Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 18, 2020

On this inspiring episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jeb Blount (Virtual Selling) talks to Brian Knox, owner and founder of B Knox Photography. This conversation about sales and entrepreneurship is both educational and inspirational. Sales and the things that we do in sales matter, wherever we are in life.

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Markempa - Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

There’s something I wish I would have known when I wrote my best-seller, Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. Anyone who has worked in inside sales knows that sales professionals are always informally testing to learn what works and what doesn’t. Building our conversation around that knowledge.

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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

JUNE 20, 2018

If your remote sales team doesn’t have concrete sales goals and objectives to work toward, their natural instinct will be to go through the motions. Without ambitious goals to strive for, they have no incentive to put their best foot forward. Create a process-driven sales culture. Asana or Trello for project management.

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Chorus.ai

MAY 7, 2020

About 90% of my team is inside sales.” Inside Sales has had to adapt quickly, and there have been surprises along the way. Time management has been really crazy,” he said, “A 5-minute conversation is now a 30-minute Zoom. We’re mixing up the teams and running multiple incentives at the same time.

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Xactly

JULY 16, 2018

Watch the webinar, "Incentivize to the Power of Xactly: Life of a Sales Leader," to learn how to drive the right rep behaviors using Xactly Incent. For instance, one perceived sales trend is the idea that inside sales will replace field sales. Then, make a plan about how you want to drive the conversation.

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Chili Piper

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

With more data, companies can better auto disqualify bad fit leads so their sales reps can spend more time having better conversations with good fit prospects who are more likely to buy. Lastly, there is an incentive for sales reps to take their time. I don’t think so.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

A company was not satisfied with the success of their inside sales team, so they tested a 2-stage model. Lead conversion rates. The sales cycle length, or how long it takes to close on an average sale, also has some bearing. It needs the incentive of bonuses as well. 4) Inside sales.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

Location: If your offices are spread out, it might make sense to use a channel sales model. That makes creating multiple sales teams unnecessary. Of course, you can also use an inside sales model where appropriate. If you need money sooner rather than later, focus on direct sales for now. 3) Offer extra rewards.

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Highspot

JULY 23, 2021

How to Deliver a Sales Pitch. Any inside sales rep will tell you: pitching is hard. While it may seem silly to recite a pitch to your roommate (or your pet), live practice is one of the most effective ways to prepare for a customer conversation. Templates for Sales Pitches that Capture Customer Attention.

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 23, 2019

So, with more decision-makers guarding their time and companies adding more layers of protection to keep them insulated from pesky salespeople, how do we get a conversation? How do we keep a conversation going with the top decision-maker? They will spend their time in conversations that will help them achieve these objectives.

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Velocify

JUNE 28, 2017

With features like real-time leaderboards, scorecards, and contests, sales managers can create a data-driven sales team that is motivated to reach their goals. Buyer and company intelligence tools provide sales professionals the insight needed to get the conversation going. 6) Incentives and Commissions.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Last week we explored gender bias in sales. Today, we’re continuing the conversation by celebrating a group of incredible women from a variety of sales organizations who have made their mark in the world of sales. Erica Bukowski, Inside Sales at Evolve Vacation Rentals “Make the phone call.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 30, 2018

How do you identify what sales training is needed? Today’s sales enablement tools can help measure just about anything, from lead-to-customer conversion rate, sales funnel leakage, average deal size and what percentage of your sales team is hitting their quota. Set challenging yet attainable sales goals.

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Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Sales Management (2614). Inside Sales (849). Incentives (379). Outside Sales (81). Conversion (2818). Brian, CMO of Lattice Engines, recently presented a session on predictive analytics at the Inside Sales Virtual Summit. In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 27, 2018

A “warm” call is a sales call that follows up an initial form of contact or introduction. You may not have had a proper conversation with the potential buyer, yet they are familiar with you because of this initial introduction. 8 Tips to Turn Cold Calling into Warm Calling” by Inside Sales Box. Warm Calling. by LeadFuze.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In many organizations, the relationship between a sales manager and sales director or VP revolves around reporting on performance, leaving little room for development. When sales leaders provide consistent support to their sales managers through clear expectations and constant communication, the entire team benefits.

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Highspot

JULY 23, 2021

How to Deliver a Sales Pitch. Any inside sales rep will tell you: pitching is hard. While it may seem silly to recite a pitch to your roommate (or your pet), live practice is one of the most effective ways to prepare for a customer conversation. Templates for Sales Pitches that Capture Customer Attention.

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Close.io

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

And, if you’re an inside sales rep or leading an inside sales team, here are the metrics that you should be tracking as you prepare for 2020. Sales activity related metrics. Progress toward your sales goals can be quickly measured by those direct daily activities you complete.

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Nutshell

APRIL 28, 2020

In terms of your sales tech stack , you probably already use lead generation , email automation, electronic signature software, and CRM solutions on a regular basis. Video conferencing tools can be used to converse with potential clients and allow you to demonstrate products without traveling. Develop an Outreach Process.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 9, 2020

And of course our second sponsor is Outreach , the number one sales engagement platform. Outreach revolutionizes customer engagement by moving away from siloed conversations to a streamlined and customer-centric journey. RELATED: How to Adapt to the New Sales Environment. Go to sales.linkedin.com to try it out for yourself.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Yes, we're very proud that we've created the best inside sales CRM for startups and SMBs. In general, we found that the best way to get customers to switch from a monthly to an annual plan is to have a real conversation with them. Let me give you an example: We at Close are obsessively customer-focused. But we don't stop there.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

Let me give you an example: Outsourcing sales development has a negative impact on your Account Executives. Account Executives focus on conversations and presenting product values in meetings. Sales Development Representatives secure such a meeting. Closing the sale or sales execution.

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Klozers

JUNE 5, 2014

. Every interaction a sales leader has with the sales person is at 45 degrees and sharpens the blade. Every interaction the sales manager has dulls the blade and blunts the knife. These interactions are the day to day, seemingly innocuous small conversations that happen.

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Cincom Smart Selling

JUNE 30, 2015

Many of these folks correctly guessed or figured out that I have been involved in sales myself. Indeed, I have carried a briefcase around a territory, lived on draws and commissions and also more recently actually looked after a group of inside sales agents. As indicated in the previous piece, the role of Sales is changing.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 6, 2012

My friend, Jim Keenan, wrote an interesting post on “The Sales Stack.” ” It offers an interesting view and initiates a great conversation on critical elements of developing and implementing a customer focused “Go To Market Strategy.” What Is Their Buying Process?

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Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

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. Those same skills are used to help her B2B technology clients build, expand, and optimize their inside sales teams.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 2, 2019

After you have a casual conversation with your prospects and their guards are down, they might share their requirements and objections in buying your product. Besides offering commissions for generating sales, also incentivize your sales reps for collecting valuable information and labeling suspects vs. leads vs. prospects.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 1, 2019

I ended up being a top fundraiser every year and received incentives like a free trip to Six Flags Great Adventure, a dinner and a Broadway show, as well as a cash prize. Kevin Dorsey , VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop. I remember my first “big” sale, and looking back it’s pure comedy.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 16, 2020

Product led growth (PLG) is a sales growth model that focuses on the end-user. PLG companies rely on the product itself as the primary driver of customer acquisition, conversion, and expansion. Instead, they have a sales team that proactively reaches out to certain accounts before they run into barriers.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2020

They are the number one sales engagement platform. Outreach revolutionizes customer engagement by moving away from siloed conversations to a streamlined and customer-centric journey. Today we’re incredibly excited to have the VP of global sales for PandaDoc with us on the show, Jim Donovan.

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Nudge.ai

DECEMBER 8, 2017

We sifted through B2B sales tools on Capterra , G2 Crowd , Gartner and more to pull out our top 126 picks for everything from new-age social selling tools to B2B sales automation software. Base: Next-generation CRM software for leading B2B sales teams. Close.io: The inside sales CRM of choice for B2B startups and SMBs.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This rich data will also allow sales and CS to have better more personalized conversations; whether one-to-one or one-to-many. In product lead companies, adding product usage data to the data that sales & CS is using is critical to prioritizing accounts. – Lars Nilsson , VP of Global Inside Sales, Cloudera.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It’s a great conversation, and it’s really all about going off on your own and pushing yourself into that zone of discomfort where all personal growth happens. I think that that’s kind of crazy to look at, but it was still relatively new, at least for an inside sales team. Great conversation with AJ Bruno.

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Close.io

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Or will it be used by a sales manager or leader to track overall performance metrics to award bonuses and create incentive plans? Is it used to see real-time information, track trends, or forecast future sales ? Sales opportunities. Conversion. How well are your sales strategies working? Number of demos.

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InsideSales.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In this post, you’ll learn how to use predictive analytics and big data to improve your team’s inside sales skills. Follow these sales best practices to improve your sales reps’ selling skills and turn regular salespeople into sales superstars. 7 Sales Best Practices. Selling Is a Competitive Sport.

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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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