The Sales Association

MAY 22, 2011

Sharing best practices in sales and sales management www.salesassociation.org. Why Telemarketing Remains the Unsung Hero of Lead Generation. By Kathy Tito Denise Clancey is a true luminary in the field of telesales and telemarketing. How does a sales organization reconcile all of the options? Sunday, May 22, 2011.

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Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Add cold calling to your sales outreach strategy. You can get up to 82% of buyers to accept a meeting by starting a series of communication with sales cold calls. Cold calling is an outbound sales tactic companies use to contact a potential customer who hasn’t shown explicit interest in the company’s services.

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Apptivo

MAY 4, 2022

A contact center is a communication point from which the companies manage all the interactions of the consumer across multiple channels. The primary focus is to offer superior customer support, provide customer service and assist them in sales. The reports also contain the level of customer satisfaction across multiple channels.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 19, 2021

In his 20-year journey in B2B tech, Gop has focused on connecting processes, content, and tools that equip customer-facing representatives to engage customers over that time. We now have a pretty wide aperture through which we’re looking at the customer experience and their interaction with a brand. Listen to the entire podcast here.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 22, 2022

We surveyed over 1,000 sales professionals around the globe to find out the top sales trends of 2022, and one thing is certain – the pandemic made a lasting impact on the relationship between salespeople and their prospects. If you’re looking for a specific insight, you can skip ahead to these sections: The Top Sales Trends.

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OutboundView

AUGUST 14, 2019

Sales organizations today are commonly organized in two groups, outside sales and inside sales. Inside salespeople reach out to possible prospects and find new sales opportunities. Inside salespeople are also called business development representatives, or sales development reps. But what is inside sales, really?

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Pointclear

JANUARY 26, 2012

But what are the most effective outbound marketing channels for kicking off a business relationship? These are the five essential channels you can rely on for generating a steady stream of inquiries that you can then convert to qualified leads, and have a prayer of closing enough sales to meet your revenue quota.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Nelson Gilliat , Demand Generation Manager at Brantr Media and Author of Death of the SDR , a book whose controversial central philosophy we discuss. The problems with the SDR to sales handoff. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast.

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HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled the THE 12 SALES METRICS THAT MATTER MOST.     Sales is both an art and a science. Below, you will find twelve of these key sales metrics that benchmark sales organization performance, structure, and effectiveness.

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Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

Unlocking the power of sales might seem like a Herculean task, but with the right approach, it can become an achievable goal. Sales goes beyond merely selling products or services; it involves comprehending the desires of your customers and providing tailored solutions that meet their individual needs. What is Sales?

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Pipeliner

MARCH 9, 2018

As sales managers, you all know how important it is to be effective at managing your sales staff and sales pipeline. At times, being reminded of 3 Steps to effective sales management can have a profound impact on your effectiveness. Sales Culture – What makes up your sales culture?

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Sometimes I wonder about the discussions I hear about Inside versus Outside/Field/Direct sales. In ancient times, when I started selling (the ’80’s), I started as a direct/field sales person. In those ancient times, inside sales started changing a lot, primarily with new phone and computer technology.

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Telemarketing Inside Sales Face-to-face Field Sales 48

Close.io

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Wondering what the right sales approach for your company is? Should you build an inbound sales machine, set up an outbound sales team, or take a hybrid approach? Inbound sales is famous for being able to attract customers to any business, be cost effective, and scale really well. Pros & cons of inbound sales.

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Pipeliner

MAY 28, 2021

For marketers, the old approaches to brand and product promotion are no longer relevant, and marketing channels that were considered novelties in the past are already well-entrenched. However, the way you use inbound marketing channels will set you apart from your competitors and increase your brand recall and revenue.

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Sales Training Advice

JULY 14, 2010

This activity got me thinking about how we run our businesses, and how we all need to regularly pick up the trash in our sales approach—in other words, by doing an inventory of how we interact with prospects and customers and unloading the strategies and selling tools that just aren’t working. Do this regularly. Be objective.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Any advanced selling system is based on the fundamentals however you have to leverage a process and acknowledge the nurturing required for an effective sales cycle to happen in social environs over time. The folly of Sales 2.0 Where I'm going with this is that Trigger Event selling is a science irrespective of technological channel.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 14, 2021

Appointment setting is a sales development activity where specialized reps follow-up on top of funnel leads or do cold calling. An appointment setter’s goal is to schedule a sales meeting between a potential client and a closing sales representative. Sales Development Representative V.S.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Sales is the lifeblood of every business. While the sales process can be complex and time-consuming, targeted automation with the right tools can ease the burden on your sales team. In this post, you’ll explore the best lead distribution software that can help you optimize your sales process and improve lead conversion.

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Cience

JULY 9, 2020

If you’ve worked in marketing or sales over the past decade then you’ve most likely heard it said: “Cold calling is dead.” Telemarketing. Cold Calling Tools CIENCE Uses. How to Handle Objections In Sales Calls. Cold Calling Tips From Sales Pros. The cold calling technique takes its origin from door-to-door sales.

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Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

As Managing Partner, she leverages her colleagues’ experience in sales process methodology, measurement and metric development, project management, and recruiting to build high performing teams for clients. Those same skills are used to help her B2B technology clients build, expand, and optimize their inside sales teams. Hello Laurie!

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales. Adaptive Business Blog.

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