Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

In this guide, we’ll dive deep into sales training and give you the information you need to choose an impactful course for your team, including: What is sales training? Why sales training is important. The different types of sales training programs. The 15 best sales training programs.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, Kavadellas, CEO of Georgia-based Orasi, a software developer, reseller and consulting firm, was scheduled to play a round with a client and a prospect the day after we spoke with him in November for this story. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.

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Close.io

JANUARY 28, 2019

If some of them had in-house solutions and they switched to your solution anyway, there’s no reason to disqualify a potential customer just because they currently have a team or a piece of software that works. That’s when you change your angle to focus on your solution as a supplement to their existing software or team.

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Objections Hiring Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead 132

CloserIQ

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

With that in mind, here are a few of the most important in the industry – courses and programs you should almost always add to your repertoire. Whether you’re a first-time job-seeker looking for a career in sales or a seasoned professional, there’s always something more you can learn. 5) Software Certifications.

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Openview

JANUARY 14, 2019

Software that’s sold with a traditional license and maintenance contract is rapidly taking on dinosaur status. Clearly, the software as a service (SaaS) model is here to stay; most vendors that sell via the long-established model need to contemplate making the switch.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) refers to any cloud software product that a company hosts and makes available to customers over the Internet, rather than offering it as a download onto their computers or mobile devices. By the end, you should have a clear roadmap for reaching your or your company’s sales goals. What Is SaaS Sales?

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 2, 2020

Sales blogs to go to for insight in every sales role, from sales professionals to sales managers to sales leaders — aside from Salesloft.com, of course! For Sales Professionals: The Sales Blog (Anthony Iannarino) | Anthony Iannarino is an international speaker, author, and sales leader.

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Lead Rank Webinar Metrics Lead Scoring Inside Sales 52

Showpad

MARCH 19, 2020

The company decided to accelerate its implementation of Showpad Coach in order to provide salespeople with compelling learning experiences that can be arranged in bite-sized training paths of required courses, electives and real-world assignments. Pursuing Digital Insights. Supporting Remote Selling.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The first step toward actionable sales benchmarking is identifying the metrics that matter most to your organization. Over the years, we've seen the following metrics stand out as key performance indicators for inside sales teams: sales cycle , quota attainment, average deal size, bookings, win rate.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Ken Murray is a 30 year veteran of the Inside Sales space. He has designed and built inside sales campaigns for numerous Fortune 500 companies. His sales teams have sold over 168,000 products annually and produced north of 700 million dollars in annual sales. If it is working, don’t change it.

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Outsourcing Services Lead Generation Top of Funnel Leads 160

Close.io

JANUARY 28, 2019

If some of them had in-house solutions and they switched to your solution anyway, there’s no reason to disqualify a potential customer just because they currently have a team or a piece of software that works. That’s when you change your angle to focus on your solution as a supplement to their existing software or team.

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Objections Hiring Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead 71

SBI

OCTOBER 9, 2013

MM of revenue next year using our software. Among other things, it actively suggests which deals to focus on based on factors that continually change throughout the sales cycle. Now let’s take a look at the world of sales organizations with feet on the street. You’ll generate an additional 12.7 And that is indeed the case.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

Of course, you still need to do call prospecting, and in this scenario, warm calling is the way to go. Back in the 1990s, inside sales was a stepping stone, not a career. Junior reps started in inside sales, and as you moved up through the ranks you were given your own outside territory and sent out on face-to-face sales calls.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 8, 2019

Whether it’s predictive dialers, software tools, email tools, list developers, social media platforms, even “bot developers.” Of course the tools are focusing on enabling us to do more in that time, but that breaks down, as well. (We’ll But as one looks at sales performance results, they continue to decline.

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Distribution Pricing Journal

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

With better web-accessible software platforms and data tools, pricing managers no longer need to be tethered to the office to get real time data. She explains, “I use web and cloud-based software that gives me the ability to log in and update pricing information anywhere I happen to be working. How can you help?

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Sales Hacker

MAY 11, 2021

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Joe Venuti, VP of Inside Sales at Sendoso, on how to maintain a healthy work culture in a remote environment and why direct mail is effective in the digital world. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Who sales development should report to [22:16].

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2022

What do the changing market conditions mean for RevOps and sales? VP of Global Inside Sales at Tray.io. Q: What should sales orgs expect to see in the coming weeks? Of course, they don’t want to take their foot off the gas in terms of goals — which leaves a lot of revenue teams grappling to do more with less.

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Cost per Lead Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Lead Scoring 91

Velocify

JUNE 13, 2017

But with so many new and untested solutions coming out, could sales organizations be facing an overwhelming list of choices, integration challenges, and sales training nightmares? High-growth companies surveyed were more familiar with nearly all (95%) of the 20 sales technologies in our survey than flat or declining companies.

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SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Act-On Software. InsideView delivers the most accurate company and contact information, including business insights, and professional connections to increase sales and marketing productivity. Phone, email, SMS and other channels are the lifeblood of inside sales. Seismic Software ToolSkool. ActonSoftware.

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Pointclear

MARCH 12, 2013

Lori is a senior analyst with extensive marketing, sales, and operation experience in the information systems and software industries. In our discussion, Lori shared key insights into the B2B buyer's journey as well as marketing and sales alignment. Of course, that’s still nowhere near what a sales person would consider a lead.

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Research B2B Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 253

LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

12 Interviews With Inside Sales Gurus. The Gist: The title of this sales podcasts program pretty much is the gist. Its episodes are geared towards those in sales leadership roles and take a look at how to grow revenue, land big positions, and otherwise rock an entire sales department. 25 Selling Disruption Show.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Twitter Lead Scoring 98

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Dan is the chief revenue officer and chief strategy officer at Dialpad, which is helping people manage their telephony across big customer support teams and big customer service teams, sales teams, etc. Dan was also an early employee at Google, where he led the inside sales organization at AdWords. Hire for values.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 26, 2017

And from where I stand -- as the manager of an inside sales team -- one thing is clear. Of course, that’s probably one month before video prospecting starts to lose its impact …). HubSpot has lead nurturing tools baked into our software, so any sign of a freemium model begs to be explored further. Active listening.

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Hubspot Lead Rank Call-back Sales Qualified Lead 141

Sales Hacker

JUNE 2, 2020

He is a long time tech industry veteran who started his career in the pharmaceutical sales industry, but he grew up in financial services, software sales. You need the right sales enablement and culture wrapped around them. So of course you want proximity to customers. Our first sponsor is Chorus.ai.

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LevelEleven

JUNE 18, 2018

If you’re like many sales leaders, you’ve experienced the challenge of having too much data in too many places. A combination of Salesforce reports, dashboards, spreadsheets, as well as other sales software programs can make it nearly impossible to extract the critical information necessary to take action.

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Data SalesForce Hiring Coaching 72

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.

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Channels Lead Rank Hiring Lead Scoring 96

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2018

And in this day and age of cutthroat competition, the War for Talent, and fast-evolving B2B sales and marketing environments, you need the best B2B sales and marketing professionals serving on your behalf. Hiring for Your B2B Sales Team. Segmenting Your B2B Sales Team. The best place to start looking for new hires?

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

It can be incredibly frustrating to roll out a program only to have your sales team meet it with resistance. The good news is that a bit of course correction can be all it takes to turn your CRM headache into the beneficial tool that it really should be. Sales Coaching Sales Performance Improvement Sales Team Motivation

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Zendesk Sell

MARCH 28, 2019

We are looking for entry-level Sales Representative professionals to join our growing team. Our Inside Sales Representative role offers an environment to learn, practice, challenge, and establish a strong foundation that’s invaluable to your career. 2+ years of software selling experience; SaaS experience preferred.

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Velocify

JUNE 20, 2017

— With technology of course! Sales leaders are leveraging technology to increase rep productivity. In the latest sales research by Velocify and AA-ISP , 84% of participants surveyed said they’d be much less efficient today if they only had access to 10-year-old technology. How can you top that?

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Real Estate Licensing Face-to-face Study 82

Chili Piper

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Doing prep work before the call allows sales reps to bring up specific value points unique to that prospect, which will result in a better conversation for the prospect and a higher chance of conversion. Kevin Dorsey (VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop ) and I experienced this first hand when we worked together at ServiceTitan.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring B2B Leads 80

SBI

JUNE 25, 2013

Inside Sales” Brooks , and Mark Organ. Of course, you could use coercion or threats to obtain the desired behavioral change but that doesn’t do much for moral and it’s not a good technique for long-term behavior modification. Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert increasing sales productivity through the use of tools.

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Appbuddy

MAY 16, 2018

83 of senior executives complained that their biggest CRM challenge is getting their team to use the software—and, assuming the team is trying to use your CRM, frustration mounts when records are left blank, half complete, or not updated regularly enough to keep the data current. Human nature, of course. CRM Spring Cleaning.

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Outsourcing Services CRM Data Lead Capture 40

SBI

MAY 26, 2010

Remember when all software used to come in a box? A growing percentage of software is now “rented” or hosted online. Just like Salesforce.com changed the way we buy and use software, Brainshark is changing the way we communicate our message. Then along came Salesforce.com and everything began to change.

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SBI

JANUARY 21, 2014

Except, of course, we know that isn’t true. Lynn wrote a post highlighting three suggestions for how to affect change within Inside Sales organizations, her area of expertise. Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert increasing sales productivity through the use of tools.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 21, 2022

There comes a time when every business needs to decide on its primary sales strategy, which usually means considering inside sales vs. outside sales, or settling on a blend between the two. It’s no shock that the sales industry landscape has changed considerably over the last couple of years. What is inside sales?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 4, 2022

Our private membership gives you access to like-minded peers, courses through Pavilion University, and workbooks, scripts, and playbooks to accelerate your development. B2B and B2C companies I consulted with didn’t have good inside sales teams. It needs to be deeper than we help companies that sell software.

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