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Why Marketing Should Own Inside Sales (and why they shouldn’t)

A Sales Guy

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. Revenue responsibility. Undoubtedly.

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The Different Inside Sales Roles Explained

Factor 8

Set the team up for efficiency with investments in demand-generation marketing, lead lists and data sources like ZoomInfo and Seamless + a quality dialer if it’s not already included in your toolset, and call recording for their ongoing coaching (I like Chorus , Gong , and ExecVision ). Whoa, a little heavy on the advice.

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50 Must-Know Heavy Hitters: Winners of the Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards 2017!

Sales Hacker

Demand Gen. 1) Sales Ops/Enablement: Kali Berry – Sales Operations Manager, The Muse.com. Kelly Piane – Manager of Success & Effectiveness, Global Inside Sales & Business Development, Infor. Matt Amadea – Manager of Sales Operations, Compeat. Scott Leese – SVP Sales, Qualia.

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Sales Blogs We Love: Where to go for insight in every sales role

SalesLoft

Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Blog | The #1 sales blog by Jeffrey Gitomer. Predictable Revenue Blog | Read about the latest B2B Sales Trends on the Predictable Revenue Blog. Art Sobczak’s Smart Calling Blog | How to Tips and Rants on Cold Calling, Inside Sales, Telesales and All Sales Training.

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We Asked 9 Successful Sales Leaders About the Economy

Sales Hacker

What do the changing market conditions mean for RevOps and sales? VP of Global Inside Sales at Tray.io. 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. That means working holistically, as a revenue team. Ralph Barsi.

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Need an Expert for Your Next Panel, Presentation, or Podcast? Here Are Over 530 of the Top Female Sales Practitioners

Sales Hacker

General Manager, Worldwide Partner Sales. Senior Director of WW Inside Sales. VP New business – Sales leader. Regional Vice President of Sales. Vice President of Sales. Traction on Demand. Vice President, NA Inside Sales. Regional VP Sales. Senior Director of Sales.

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The Data Will Bring Us Together: Relationship Therapy with Sales and Marketing

DiscoverOrg Sales

Both Sales and Marketing need to be on the same page when developing the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP). A “qualified lead” means something different at every company, but whatever it is – Sales and Marketing must agree ! Company size (Employee Count and/or Revenue). Seniority level. Industries. Employee count. Tech stack.