Igniting Sales Transformation

MAY 11, 2018

In this Conversations with Women in Sales interview, I talked with Jen Sieger, Director Inside Sales Specialist Team at Microsoft about Digital Sales Best Practices. Jen and I talked about how to train your salespeople to leverage Digital Selling Best practices to better connect with customers and exceed sales quotas.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

General Manager, Worldwide Partner Sales. Senior Director of WW Inside Sales. VP New business – Sales leader. Regional Vice President of Sales. Vice President of Sales. Head of Strategy, People & Change. VP of Sales. Vice President, NA Inside Sales. Regional VP Sales.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

So we’ve compiled a list (in chronological order) of the top sales conferences you should attend in 2017 and 2018. The Best Sales Conferences. Digital Sales Engine. Sales Acceleration Technology Summit. AA-ISP Digital Sales World 2018. Sandler Sales & Leadership Summit. 2) Digital Sales Engine.

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SugarCRM

APRIL 1, 2020

How to supercharge your inbound marketing activities with a strong, complementary outbound marketing strategy. But in the race to master the latest must-have inbound marketing strategies, perhaps the pendulum has swung too far. Inside Sales (aka Sales/Business/Market Development). Have active social media accounts?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without further ado, here are some of the female movers-and-shakers who are creating powerful ripple effects and paving the path for the next generation of women sales leaders. Amy Appleyard – SVP Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 2013-2018.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Whether you’re a sales professional that likes reading or doesn’t, you’ll find fresh frameworks and tons of insights in the book. Who should read this : Inside sales reps will find a lot of high-value advice for smarter cold calling and actionable techniques for tackling specific sales challenges.

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Cold Calling Negotiation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 116

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

To have a successful product launch, you need to craft a thoughtful, actionable, effective go-to-market (GTM) strategy framework. To make the process easier to navigate, I’m going to walk you through everything you need to know to build a killer go-to-market strategy in this article. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 11, 2017

As you and your team kickoff the New Year, there are some important research findings you should factor into your 2017 sales enablement and content strategy. Build trust – Providing 3rd party insights and research, customer case studies and proof points helps validate potential results with prospects and drive credibility.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 23, 2018

Did you ever wonder why values are part of a strategy or strategic plan? What that really means is making the customer the focus of your business so that sales, service, development, and delivery are all about what the customer needs rather than what you want to produce. The sales team then becomes the engine that drives the company.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 22, 2017

I read an article in which the position was put forth, “Inside sales does not have the responsibility for creating pipeline, only the responsibility for selling. A terrific strategy for driving product line growth. Variations started being introduced as partners and channels became part of the go to customer model.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

We hear his best practices on developing a sales team, measuring rep productivity, why companies should lead with their product first, and what the sales team’s responsibility is inside of a product-led go-to-market strategy. How experience as a sales engineer can play into your role as a sales leader.

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Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Sales (12918). Sales Management (2614). Inside Sales (849). Channels (799). Outside Sales (81). Engineering (791). Strategy (4418). Brian, CMO of Lattice Engines, recently presented a session on predictive analytics at the Inside Sales Virtual Summit. Topics Major Topics.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 25, 2014

But does that mean sales people are becoming less important? Does that mean more and more is being shifted to more efficient, less costly channels—e-commerce/shopping carts, subscriptions, inside sales where people don’t have to be encumbered with time spent traveling too/from customers? Absolutely!

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SalesLoft

MARCH 8, 2016

ABE is the coordination of personalized marketing, sales development, and sales efforts to drive engagement and conversion at a targeted set of accounts. Coordinated touches, channels, and experiences. Marketing, sales development, and sales alignment is crucial. When you have less accounts, hope is not a strategy.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Career paths are laid out with responsibilities that leverage product management, engineering, and operations. Your typical sales onboarding process includes learning team guidelines, utilizing tech stacks, and familiarizing accounts. Inside Sales or Field Sales? (or Considerations for Inside vs Field Sales Reps.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Steps for developing a GTM strategy. Map a value matrix and messaging strategy to each persona. Pick a sales strategy. So, here’s my step-by-step guide to building your own go-to-market strategy using the strategies I’ve implemented to build multiple companies throughout the years. Generate interest.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 9, 2013

We create “functional units” in our businesses, sales, marketing, product management, customer service, and so on. Any fourth year mechanical engineering student doing gear design problems knows several things—1: There’s friction between components–that friction creates energy loss.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2018

Analyze, manage, and improve sales performance. Improve search engine optimization (SEO) efforts. To help your team streamline, quicken, and generate as much value as you can from your sales process, you should consider adopting tools and technologies that match your business model, goals, and sales framework/methodology.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Career paths are laid out with responsibilities that leverage product management, engineering, and operations. Inadequate training or onboarding processes Your typical sales onboarding process includes learning team guidelines, utilizing tech stacks, and familiarizing accounts. Inside Sales or Field Sales? (or

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves. Although cold calling, inbound marketing, inside sales and field sales still have a place in the sales planning of many companies, the modern B2B buyer is looking for a different type of interaction with B2B sellers.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Interacting with humans intelligently.The Need for Artificial Intelligence in Sales The Need for Artificial Intelligence in Sales An estimated 33% of an inside sales rep’s time is spent actively selling. Artificial intelligence presents a compelling opportunity to improve this stat and level up your sales operation.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Top 25 Sales Blogs for all Sales Professionals. 1. Factor8: Your Inside Sales Advisor. According to the Factor 8 website, Factor 8 is an award-winning inside sales training and consulting firm catering only to inside sales. The Hubspot sales blog is one of the best in the business.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Strategy and Process. Hacking Sales. The Pirate’s Guide to Sales. The Sales Acceleration Formula. It’s a simple, timeless, and repeatable process that’s been known to help reps close 30% more sales. Strategy and Process. Hacking Sales – The Playbook for Building a High Velocity Sales Machine.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Top 25 Sales Blogs for all Sales Professionals. 1. Factor8: Your Inside Sales Advisor. According to the Factor 8 website, Factor 8 is an award-winning inside sales training and consulting firm catering only to inside sales. The Hubspot sales blog is one of the best in the business.

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Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

They involve base salary plus commission payments and leverage various strategies such as consultative selling & account based sales to drive success. What is Sales? Sales can be defined as the activities related to the exchange of a product or service for a monetary value from a seller to a consumer or business.

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Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Laurie is never shy to point out tactics masquerading as strategy. A trusted advisor, coach, and mentor, Laurie uses her two decades of strategic sales management experience to build the capacity of The Bridge Group and each of its inside sales consultants. Laurie Page. Managing Partner, The Bridge Group. Amazing work!

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Close.io

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Well Robert Frost would be deeply frustrated with my answer, because when these two marketing strategies diverge in the woods, I pick both. To see my take on this topic, including who should use each strategy, watch the short video below where I tackle the question, “Outbound vs. inbound sales: Which should you use?”.

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OutboundView

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This B2B marketing guide was written to provide a high-level overview of the key components included in a B2B Predictable Pipeline Strategy. This guide will help B2B companies set a solid strategy and allocate resources in the most optimal way for their business. Resource allocation, with both people and dollars, is difficult.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Founded Why Sales Network, a global sales training company to provide valuable content to develop the next generation of leaders. 8X published author, sales champion, passionate mentor. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career? She has a passion for mentoring women and helping them find their love of sales.

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Close.io

JUNE 24, 2019

A team of well-trained SDR’s can use a variety of channels including email , SMS , and phone calls , to make contact with prospects as soon as possible and help win their business. Increased ROI from sales reps Improving the quality of your leads increases the number of deals your sales team can close. 21 times higher.

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Vengreso

APRIL 4, 2019

Another reality is that derails effective follow up is that most sellers are only utilizing 2 channels to connect with prospects – phone an email. 1:54] Dave’s story and the history of how Inside Sales came about. [7:16] 7:16] What is AI and what should sales pros be doing about it? [12:58] Hortonworks. Salesforce.

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Close.io

MAY 20, 2019

Why it’s so important to track your monthly sales growth: Using monthly sales growth as a sales KPI gives you actionable insights you can use to optimize your sales processes, strategies, and product priorities. Who benefits the most from understanding this sales KPI?

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

But we’re also a pretty capital efficient business where 18 people, and the heavy head count is actually in product and engineering. So I’ll get to dive into sales and talk about my sales career. The end of the day, sales is what makes a lot of businesses run, what drives the engine.”

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DialSource

JANUARY 16, 2020

Using this insight, the startup can develop a niche software solution and promote it with a data-backed marketing strategy, securing a competitive advantage over bigger rivals. Sales teams need to be smarter when it comes to serving the new digital consumer. Taking on digital sales transformation is overwhelming for sales leaders.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Rather than get frustrated by the challenges posed by seemingly-uphill sales battles, smart reps invest in ongoing education? Thanks to the wealth of information being published today, everything you need to stay on top of your game — from new information to tactics and strategies — exists to help you meet your goals.

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The Sales Association

MAY 22, 2011

She also established a successful Small Business Sales organization that was responsible for bringing in $32 million in new business its first full year of operation, 100% via telephone. Today Denise runs her own firm to help organizations launch, re-engineer, or re-claim the management of their telesales and telemarketing organizations.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. But here’s another fact: sales is HARD! There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional. You need empathy, grit, and drive.

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