Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 1, 2019

I was onsite training in Montreal , Canada last week—a software company, hi everyone! and one of the sales reps brought up today’s quote as we were reviewing calls during the training. Think of your own company’s sales presentations. Unlike fishing, closing a sale should lead to a catch that isn’t released.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 1, 2019

If you’re a sales rep who is sending emails and waiting….and Something like: “Hi Barbara, Mike Brooks here with HMS software. If you or your team would like even more proven inside sales techniques, then consider signing up for our upcoming, online training program. Tired of your emails not getting returned?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 16, 2013

In this post we will discuss Agile Sales. Agile sales is an approach that can help you keep pace with your customers. A few months back I wrote a post about becoming an Agile Sales Leader. Now it is time to make the entire sales organization agile. Let’s start with the definition of agile sales.

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Salesmate

MARCH 6, 2020

If you belong to the sales and marketing initiatives, you will be aware of it. We have previously discussed 7 tried and tested sales methodologies in a brief article. In this article, we’re going to break down BANT for you and help you understand how it will enable your sales team to be more efficient. So, what is BANT?

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HeavyHitter Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2014

    The team at RingDNA just released their list of the top seven B2B sales books you should read in 2015. Sales Strategy: Competitive Insights from Interviews with 1,000+ Key Information Technology Decision Makers and Top Technology Salespeople was at the top of their list.  Sales Strategy.

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Sales 2.0

JUNE 29, 2014

It’s a framework aimed at getting you access, setting up those oh-so-important initial sales meetings. My prospecting framework has 3 elements: Define your prospects and get their basic data : for example what industry are they in, how big they are and then data like decision-makers’ emails and direct dial phone numbers.

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Factor 8

AUGUST 8, 2019

If you’re growing or starting up a team, you’re wise to spend time researching the type of rep that will best suit your sales process, talent pool, and customer preferences. And if you’re researching roles in sales, even better. Let’s dig in – starting with the top of the sales funnel or beginning of the buying process.

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SalesHandy

JULY 7, 2021

You might be new to SaaS products, or even been doing it for awhile – SaaS Sales aren’t easy. Figuring out how to generate sales for SaaS products might seem like a pretty daunting task. Selling software products might seem very lucrative, but it’s really challenging to generate leads and close them. .

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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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SBI Growth

JANUARY 21, 2013

5 years ago, the two black boxes of reliable data were Sales and Marketing. Armed with Marketing Automation Software, CMOs are tracing new customers back to their campaigns. However, it leaves sales as the sole department with spotty metrics. These are "inward out" metrics that only Sales leaders care about.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2012

My guest today is Craig Rosenberg, Vice President, Sales and Marketing and Co-Founder at Focus. He is also author of a popular sales and marketing blog, Funnelholic , where he shares B2B content with an edge. Craig specializes in lead generation, lead qualification, and B2B marketing and sales.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 20, 2020

As a result, B2B sales and marketing teams are yanked towards inside sales strategies like account-based marketing and remote selling. Sales and marketing must banish silos and band together during this turbulent time. This means that sales, marketing, and C-suite teams need to unite and develop an adaptive ABM strategy.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. When done right, they can improve your team’s performance and help you move closer to your sales goals. Why sales training is important. The different types of sales training programs. The 15 best sales training programs.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

If you ask most executives if they have a sales process , they’ll immediately say yes. But when you ask them to describe their sales process, their descriptions vary wildly. To some, a sales process means milestones in their sales pipeline. Having clear definitions for your sales process matters a lot.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. Leveraging technology, social selling, and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a sales rep. What is Sales Prospecting?

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Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The answer lies in lead generation driven by sales development reps. To truly unlock their potential, a robust sales development playbook is vital. What Is a Sales Development Playbook? Benefits of a Sales Development Playbook How Do You Create a Winning Sales Development Playbook?

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2021

Sales customer insights. Persona insights: Intelligence on the typical decision-makers, influencers and users of your proposition. This is important for anyone who prospects or handles inbound calls – could be both inside sales and field sales. Persona insights and intelligence. and capture them.

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Showpad

MARCH 19, 2020

As economic uncertainty, remote workforces and other obstacles caused by COVID-19 transform day-to-day operations, organizations are learning they must pivot their sales strategies – and quickly – to confront the challenge. Companies around the world are forced to face a rapidly changing business landscape. Embracing Virtual Coaching.

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LevelEleven

AUGUST 15, 2019

Four years ago, in the sales tech space, there were approximately one-third of the companies that exist today. The sales tech industry has exploded in the last few years and continues to show extreme growth potential. The sales industry is evolving as more technology becomes available. This story is not uncommon.

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Distribution Pricing Journal

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

They once simply executed pricing inside of an ERP pricing matrix, but now they are responsible for analyzing marketing trends, conducting competitive research and sifting through customer buying patterns to determine optimal pricing that drives profitability. And sales reps might like dropping in on important deals.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 22, 2018

I run a European-based sales agency for software and technology companies. In this article, I will summarize what I’ve learned about B2B sales outsourcing. W hat is Sales Outsourcing? Sales outsourcing gives parts of your own sales process to others (individuals or agencies). Inside sales or field sales?

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Most C-Level Decision Makers Prefer Referrals. Why are so many calls made and emails sent that don’t even attempt to connect with the absolute highest decision-maker ? “I think it’s really unusual, and that’s why we’re really selling more enterprise software than Oracle or SAP.”

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InsideSales.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Learn call planning best practices from Jeff Boyle of Cision and find out why you should never skip this part of the sales call process. RELATED: How To Optimize Your Sales Process Top To Bottom. Is 15 Minutes Enough for Sales Call Planning? How Your Pre-Call Preparation Benefits the Sales Process. Key Takeaway.

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SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

More than 1400 sessions, more than 350 exhibitors, 18 keynotes, 20 parties, 2 rock concerts, and 5 opportunities to help charities on site, there is perhaps no bigger event for sales and marketers. Act-On Software. Thousands of sales organizations use DocuSign to get contracts signed more quickly than ever before. ActonSoftware.

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A Sales Guy

JULY 27, 2012

Last week A Sales Guy community member Rob Sader sent me an email asking my thoughts on the future of sales people and whether or not sales was a dying breed. Ultimately, every company needs a Sales person to convince the customer that why their product is better from others. Sales people do more than sell.

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SBI

JANUARY 21, 2014

For a prospect to make a purchase decision, someone has to take action. A long-lived tenet of sales is that people make a decision to take action based on reason and then proceed to justify the decision with emotion. This is, I suppose, very much in line with the Challenger Sale. Something else matters as well.

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Close.io

JUNE 26, 2019

You know the type: clunky interface, obsolete features, massively user-unfriendly, too technical for your sales team, the list goes on. Frankly, it’s an awful situation for any sales team. Step 1: Talk to your sales teams about their needs. Is your sales team cold calling a lot of prospects? Successful trip? Not really.

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Zendesk Sell

MARCH 28, 2019

Writing a sales job description is the first step in your hiring process. In this article, we’ll start by going over job description basics and then look at descriptions for two common sales positions: Sales development rep (entry-level sales role). Account executive (more tenured sales role).

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InsideSales.com

MAY 29, 2020

The difference between a good and great sales development rep (SDR) is the skills they grasp. A Sales Development Representative, or SDR, is one of the primary roles within a sales and marketing team. They are inside reps who are focussed more on inbound lead qualification and channeling those leads into qualified appointments.

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Chili Piper

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

This stat comes from a Harvard Business Review study and for today’s B2B sales and marketing teams, it has several problems…. The study which measured the correlation between lead response time and likelihood to connect with a key decision maker (i.e. Lastly, there is an incentive for sales reps to take their time.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Obtaining a ton of qualified inbound leads can be a blessing for your sales team – provided they are enabled and opportunistic enough to take advantage of them. My former Ambition colleague Dan Nice once compared B2B sales and marketing teams to Allied Forces storming Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion.

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Gong.io

JUNE 25, 2021

Hard-hitting sales stats. ” Our product gives sales leaders data-backed insights into their sales team. And our Gong Labs team pores through stats from millions of sales interactions to uncover actionable sales tips. Sales Stats for Prospecting. Sales Stat #1: DON’T use ROI in cold emails.

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MarketJoy

JUNE 12, 2018

At MarketJoy, we adhere to the unique challenges that software companies face while matching target customers’ pain points with their highly technical key features and consistently deliver qualified leads and appointments that convert. Inside sales team was tied up with other work that prevented them to follow up with prospects.

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 6, 2022

What Is Inside Sales? Inside sales refers to the practice of remote selling, wherein inside sales representatives solely use technology to conduct sales activities. The rise of remote selling has blurred the line between inside sales and outside sales. What Is Outside Sales?

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Close.io

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Your sales reps want to close deals. People will vent their frustration on social media, write negative reviews on software review sites, and badmouth your company to their peers. Who is the decision maker? You can capture this information in your favorite sales CRM and manage your sales pipeline more effectively.

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OutboundView

JULY 14, 2019

EBQ By Appointment Only Strategic Sales & Marketing. Their team syncs their messaging with your brand’s and finds prospects so that your sales staff doesn’t have to. In addition to appointment setting, EBQ provides full service sales and marketing outsourcing. Strategic Sales & Marketing. Still confused?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 22, 2018

In fact, getting a response from prospects was identified as the hardest part of the sales process in the 2018 State of Inbound Sales Report. These 45 tips from three remarkably insightful sales experts should make it much easier for you. Jill, Trish, and Lori had amazing sales careers before starting their own businesses.

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