A Sales Guy

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

The increasing trend of having marketing take over the MDR or lead qualification role of inside sales has been hotly debated and tested in recent months. I still think it’s a good idea, but needs certain expectations and circumstances across sales & marketing to work long-term. Managing inside sales can be a full time job.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Names have been altered to protect anonymity: Acme Company. These LDRs were well trained and capable of qualifying true prospects. Prospects who did engage were speaking with multiple vendors as well. Prospects who did speak with the Teleprospectors were better informed and more aware of competitive alternatives.

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SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2018

NANCY: WHAT ARE THE TOP 3 WAYS YOUR SOLUTION CHANGES THE GAME FOR A SALES ORGANIZATION? John: TechTarget’s data and insight products for sales called Priority Engine and Qualified Sales Opportunities are built on proprietary knowledge of enterprise purchase intentions and the specific people involved in them within accounts.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 20, 2018

4) How and when to execute as a VP of Sales [20:35]. Sales Hacker Podcast—Sponsored by Aircall. The company’s called Aircall and we want to thank them. They empower sales and support teams to ace every call with a phone system specifically built for their favorite business tools. Inside Sales at VMware.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

Sales spans every business and every industry. Small businesses need salespeople, as do massive enterprise companies. There are a variety of roles and responsibilities that fall within sales, but the core of all sales careers are the same. Choosing a career path in sales depends on your experience, company, and industry.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 14, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we talk to Amy Appleyard , the recently appointed SVP of Global Inside Sales at CarbonBlack. . Amy walks us through her background from being an SMB entrepreneur to leading large sales teams and why sales emerged as her true calling. What You’ll Learn. Sam’s Corner [46:50].

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Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2016

As a business-to-business marketing or sales leader you have numerous options for lead generation tactics and tools. Top choices include teleprospecting, direct marketing, search engine marketing, website, and trade shows. Most of the good sales people do not dream of becoming technical experts. We can do it cheaper inside.

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Score More Sales

JULY 22, 2014

Midmarket companies and larger SMBs seem to fall into three camps: the ones who understand the power of social sales and actively work to build a plan of action, the ones who are coming around to this idea but not doing much yet, and those who are turning a blind eye and are missing a great window of opportunity.

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Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The last reaction salespeople want from their sales prospecting efforts is to ignore the requests of a sales lead. SEO – Search engine optimization. Within 3 hours after I requested removing my email from this company’s database, the salesperson ignored my request and sent me this reply: Hi Leanne, .

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Evidence suggests there will be increased adoption of this software and, similar to CRM, it will change how sales teams prospect and engage with leads. The Value of Sales Automation Automation brings greater efficiency to sales operations and gives reps more time to spend on prospecting and engaging with potential customers.

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Face-to-face Sales Automation Scale CRM 130

Vengreso

JULY 17, 2020

As an experienced leader in high-tech companies, her expertise spans sales enablement, business development, marketing and engineering in large companies like AMD and Cisco as well as smaller companies such as Gigamon and 8×8. How will #sales look in 2021? of the time with a prospect.

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Vendor Neutral

JULY 30, 2021

Which sales technology tools and solutions can arm RevOps with everything they need for success. Improving remote engagement experiences with prospects and customers. Tom Pisello, Mediafly Tom Pisello is a thought leader and author on sales and marketing effectiveness, as well as a serial entrepreneur. Our Panelists.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Ryan Lallier , Director of Inside Sales at InsightSquared. Ryan has a diverse background in Sales, with positions ranging from individual contributor to head of sales roles at companies like Dataminr, Gartner, and YayPay. Ryan’s Sales Career Journey.

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Score More Sales

JULY 31, 2014

It often is based on specific companies you are following who fit your profile for best target companies as prospects. Do you want to learn about your prospective customer’s world? Example: I just became interested in a company after they visited our website. Next, put a plan into place. Follow them there.

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Ideal Customer Profile How To Twitter Google 229

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 29, 2014

There is definitely an issue in smaller and midsized companies which you don’t always see but is there in nearly every organization. So in addition to having multiple records for the same companies (both prospects and clients), there is another big area of bad data – as follows: Contact person is no longer with the company.

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Data Policies Ideal Customer Profile Guidelines 193

Pointclear

APRIL 17, 2014

In the article I assert: "A healthy, driven inbound marketing department is great, but over-reliance on inbound marketing (what I call ''inbounditis'') negatively affects the revenue backbone of any company. In fact, it makes the whole sales pipeline sick. From Chris Snell , Inside Sales Manager, SMB at Care.com.

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Inbound Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Outbound 257

SBI

JUNE 17, 2019

SalesTech Video Review: TechTarget’s Priority Engine. TechTarget’s Priority Engine tells you which prospect has the highest probability of needing what you have to offer and the greatest likelihood of buying now. With Priority Engine Sales can find the best people to call on right now. Video Reviews.

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MarketJoy

AUGUST 6, 2020

Irrespective of the business you are in, your leads or prospective customers are essential to the growth of your organization. However, in the last decade Google Adwords, mobile-readiness, landing pages, web forms, and the marriage between sales and marketing has become table stakes for effective lead generation. Omnichannel.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 105

Score More Sales

JUNE 30, 2014

To win in sales you, and your company, need a recipe for success. The ingredients to win in sales must be pure and of high quality to create a great, high-end, finished product. Here is what we believe it takes to compete with a strong solid sales team that closes the right deals with great sales velocity.

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APRIL 30, 2014

If you know that you have a “more probable” prospective customer – a potential buyer who is in the market niche where your company does its best work, and there are industry peers of your prospect company already working with you – it’s upon you to follow up and make connections in this company.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

With all of the technology, tools, methodology and sales process in place you’d think there was no real simple way to help with your sales messaging. The challenge with the messaging you say to your prospective buyers by phone, through e-mail and in voice mails is that there is no one-size-fits-all. What Helps Most?

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AUGUST 26, 2014

Did you know you’re missing out on sales opportunities by having a poor mobile company website? A recent post talked about 3 Must Haves (for your company website) and today we are talking about the importance of personalization for your site. We have run into many B2B websites lately that do not work well on mobile devices.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 21, 2014

Many mid-sized, mid-market companies have not invested in current technology to make their website effective for those buyers on the go. This conversation is directed at B2B companies who are not selling services online. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide.

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B2B Google Ideal Customer Profile Compensation 231

Score More Sales

MARCH 25, 2014

Many who work for companies – especially mid-sized ones selling to other businesses – get stuck in doing the same old things year after year to build sales. What if you could break out from being unstuck, and catapult your company and maybe even yourself to higher visibility and more revenues?

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Social Selling Oracle Eloqua Influencer 232

Score More Sales

JULY 11, 2013

He was my sales colleague. We both were account managers selling millions of dollars worth of technology to a major aircraft company. We had the understanding of what was being purchased and why to such a degree that we could inform others at this company who were not in the loop. Get those answers. Increase Opportunities.

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Sales Qualified Lead Opportunity Lead Rank Lead Scoring 309

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

One sales expert I know recently went on a rant about how social selling has not affected KPIs in any of the companies they have talked with. They went so far as to say that many of us “other sales experts” don’t know what we are talking about when it comes to understanding business improvement and revenue increases.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Selling Twitter 228

Sales Hacker

MAY 8, 2020

But now that countless sales professionals are forced to make the transition for the first time, many face an entirely new set of challenges. There probably isn’t a more directly impacted area than the field sales rep. Key Challenges in Remote Sales: Connecting with prospects and coworkers. Delivering a great online demo.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2014

If you know that you have a “more probable” prospective customer – a potential buyer who is in the market niche where your company does its best work, and there are industry peers of your prospect company already working with you – it’s upon you to follow up and make connections in this company.

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Follow-up Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Buyer 144

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Professional conferences are not only an opportunity to meet industry leaders -- and maybe do a little prospecting -- they’re also a way to break yourself out of your usual routine and pick up new skills. So we’ve compiled a list (in chronological order) of the top sales conferences you should attend in 2017 and 2018. Dreamforce.

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InsideSales.com

MAY 15, 2020

Lars Nilsson, Founder & CEO at SalesSource, has over 25 years of sales and operations experience in the technology sector. Prior to SalesSource, Lars was Vice President of Global Inside Sales for Cloudera, the company that transformed enterprise data management. Retrain or coach SDRs about their prospects.

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Webinar Metrics Tourism Enterprise Enterprise 52

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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Top of Funnel Hiring Scale Lead Rank 111

Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Furthermore, the playbook aligns sales activities with broader business goals. It harmonizes sales and marketing to ensure focus on unified business targets. When they are equipped with tools and resources to do their job, the business will experience increased conversion rates, higher revenue, and more successful sales outcomes.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 52

SugarCRM

APRIL 1, 2020

Instead, they want to educate themselves and establish natural, trusting relationships with companies before they make a purchase. The idea is that these activities will “pull” people to your company by attracting them naturally as they go about their daily activities and do their own research. As a result, inbound marketing was born.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Kick to the Curb in 2018. If you’re still cold calling prospects and think it’s a great way to generate new opportunities, stop selling now. I mean it -- quit sales and get a new job. Of course, you still need to do call prospecting, and in this scenario, warm calling is the way to go.

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Score More Sales

MAY 27, 2014

Another strategy Konrath recommends for people new to a position is to find the successful “upstart” – that person who has not been with the company more than a few years yet has found ways to be successful. Ask them questions that will tell you how you can go about your prospecting or whatever role you have.

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Compensation Positioning Pipeline Engineering 216

Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Most successful sales reps have a wealth of experience with cold calling. They are used to consistent action: qualifying prospects , sending cold emails , booking meetings, maybe following up a couple of times, and finally closing the deal. Who should read this : For inside sales professionals that do a lot outbound prospecting.

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Fill the Funnel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Think about how significant this tool can be in a company setting. The networks of everyone in your company are also expanding constantly. Sales Scenario: You work in a company of 50 people. There are 9 other sales people, inside sales and outbound. There are 5 System Engineers.

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