Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

As a longtime member of the incentives industry, I am often asked what businesses can do to better manage their sales teams and their relationships with their channel partners in the constantly changing world. My answer: sales training initiatives. the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Why consider a sales incentive strategy?

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

A variety of industries use inside sales as a popular high-growth sales model. According to Harvard Business Review , 46 percent of high-growth tech companies are expanding through inside sales, as compared to 21 percent growing through outside sales teams. Growth Carries Challenges.

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SBI

APRIL 24, 2012

Tweet AA-ISP Inside Sales Summit. Four hundred Inside Sales leaders attended the 2-day American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) Summit last week in Dallas. The Summit is the only conference dedicated exclusively to Inside Sales Leadership. Evening out with my gal pals.

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Inside Sales Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead 122

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 7, 2024

But when an inside sales professional wants to establish their authority over the phone, they need to use their voice tone and pacing to get the point across. In some fields, swearing is accepted (from personal experience, I know the copier industry and Wall Street use colorful language), but in most cases, it’s not.

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Hubspot Buyer Decision Maker Inbound 121

Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

However, the B2B marketing world isn’t the only industry boasting some big names in the social sphere. The B2B sales arena has a few social celebs of its own. In today’s post, we’ve compiled a list of the top sales influencers on our radar. Up next is sales extraordinaire, Trish Bertuzzi, CEO of The Bridge Group Inc.

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Score More Sales

MARCH 25, 2014

Build trust first and then educate, educate, educate! Ken Krogue is the co-founder of InsideSales.com, a company that offers tools and consulting to companies with inside sales teams. Ken truly is a leader in inside selling strategies. He is a regular main stage speaker at industry events.

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Social Selling Oracle Eloqua Influencer 232

SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

REV2020 , SalesLoft’s industry conference about where sales is going , is shaping up to be a truly transformational event. With so much great content planned this year, we want to dive into each of the educational tracks and highlight some not-to-be-missed gems from the lineup. 50+ sessions. 100+ speakers. 2000 attendees.

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Revenue Scale Inside Sales Cold Calling 95

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

Sales spans every business and every industry. 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. Inside Sales Rep. Image Source.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 2, 2023

Today, it boasts a subscriber base of over 100,000 go-to-market professionals and 1000s of educational pieces of content. Our current portfolio companies like it as well because we are able to promote them organically and provide them with even more educational material that they can take back to their GTM orgs and action on.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 16, 2013

What has changed in Agile Sales Organizations ? Talent – industry experience and tenure are not as valuable. Agile Sales Talent – reps possess the competencies of the new A player. This is true whether your organization is comprised mainly of outside or inside sales. Agile Sales – embrace the agile movement.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

Table of Contents Sales Career and Salary Stats The Buyer’s Journey Lead Generation Stats Sales Software Stats Sales Careers and Salary Stats Practically every business in every industry needs salespeople. Inside sales reps are tasked with nurturing leads and converting them into customers.

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Ideal Customer Profile Salary Hiring Lead Rank 119

Pointclear

OCTOBER 31, 2017

They get a cohesive team of B2B teleprospecting associates—experienced, educated and trained—who can deliver immediate results. Clients benefit from our proven methodology and technology platform based on 20 years of industry success. That’s essentially what PointClear clients do when they engage us for outsourced lead generation.

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Score More Sales

JULY 7, 2014

Who ever said sellers need not practice what it is they are saying that educates, informs, and helps buyers in their world? Pique their interest, or educate them on something they may not already know. Are you working with others in their industry? You were too busy? Collegiate and professional athletes practice.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Sales leaders in charge of new revenue growth have felt this change in their core. Teams that traditionally sold in person had to pivot to an inside sales model. Before this year, there was already a clear split in sales models. Offices have gone virtual. Do any of your products or services benefit those regions?

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Hubspot Lead Rank Opportunity Lead Scoring 126

Bigtincan

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Of the topics discussed, how to thrive post-COVID-19, how to transform your commercial function to best respond to rapidly changing B2B ‘consumer’ behavior, and how to make the customer experience of the future a reality right now stood out as the main concerns for medical technology sales moving into 2022. . How to thrive Post-COVID-19.

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Face-to-face Scale Consumer Sales Cycle 105

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Matt (check out his blog here ) talked about hiring myths in sales – specifically whether previous industry experience is required for your sales position and even whether previous sales experience is required. He was promoted from inside sales to a coveted outside position within 2 years.

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B2B Hiring Webinar Metrics Lead Rank 240

SBI Growth

AUGUST 14, 2013

Competitors are beating your sales team consistently. Your industry has shifted. They are more educated. Think about the last 3 meetings you took with a sales rep. 1-3% - cold calling appointment rate (source: American Association for Inside Sales Professionals). You find out about deals after the fact.

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Social Selling Decision Maker Cold Calling Hiring 330

SalesLoft

JANUARY 29, 2020

There are a lot of great sales networks out there, each one doing something awesome in their corner of the world. We gathered a list of some of the sales industry’s favorites, and where to find them. Modern Tech Sales : Today’s services and systems are complex and expensive.

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Groups Scale Networking Webinar Metrics 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

Women Sales Pros

APRIL 19, 2019

And clarity regarding role, expectations and decision authority levels enable inside sales, outside sales, account management and enablement to work more collaboratively and communicate much more effectively. Use a sales-specific assessment tool to vet candidates based on role definition. Inside sales is an example.

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SBI

AUGUST 13, 2013

“Inside Sales now generates more than 50% of company revenue and is being tasked with more responsibilities and expectations—to grow territories, form partnerships, and generate new business. In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. They don’t think a salesperson needs to educate them. Customer 2.0

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InsideSales Hiring Inside Sales Webinar Metrics 129

Igniting Sales Transformation

MAY 11, 2018

In this Conversations with Women in Sales interview, I talked with Jen Sieger, Director Inside Sales Specialist Team at Microsoft about Digital Sales Best Practices. Jen and I talked about how to train your salespeople to leverage Digital Selling Best practices to better connect with customers and exceed sales quotas.

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Green Lead's B2B

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

On March 6, 2012, Green Leads is teaming up with HubSpot to host a fund raising event powered by New England's inside sales talent pool. Volunteers from the inside sales community are invited to raise money for NEADS. Volunteer for Inside Sales for Charity now. Volunteer for Inside Sales for Charity now.

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Inside Sales Sales Talent Transportation Hubspot 30

The Digital Sales Institute

JANUARY 18, 2021

This is especially true for inside sales teams where time off the phone or digital channels can result in revenue lost. A great advantage of sales training programs accessed online is that it allow salespeople to learn, relearn and upskill in their own time and pace without taking up internal resources.

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Training Hiring Remedy Video 98

SugarCRM

APRIL 1, 2020

Instead, they want to educate themselves and establish natural, trusting relationships with companies before they make a purchase. Growing activity in industry publications about your business’ area of expertise. Inside Sales (aka Sales/Business/Market Development). As a result, inbound marketing was born.

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Inbound Marketing Outbound Webinar Metrics 48

ROI4Sales

APRIL 17, 2017

Seller MUST: have a knowledgeable sales force that can be responsive to a buyer’s inquiries, engage with the prospective buyer, and be an “expert” who can guide the buyer through the buying process. #2: The statistics are firmly established and organizations with inside sales are well aware of the changing buying environment.

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Training Hiring Journal Education 71

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 26, 2018

Despite the plethora of martech and sales enablement technologies now on the market, most sales teams are still performing at sub-optimal levels. With all these new tools making a salesperson’s job easier, there’s no excuse for your sales team not to excel. Sure new technologies in other industries can be a little daunting.

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How To Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Lead Capture 218

Igniting Sales Transformation

JUNE 27, 2018

Lauren is launching a new program called #girlsclub designed to help women in inside sales individual contributor roles develop the skills needed to move into sales leadership positions. Lauren has worked with in-house and outsourced sales teams selling outbound, inbound, via chat, direct, field-teamed, & channel.

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Outsourcing Services Microsoft SAP Hiring 56

Allego

OCTOBER 9, 2020

We really haven’t had a situation like this where we’ve had to turn into inside sales reps to create the surround sound that we need for our business.That’s the biggest challenge facing all of our clients right now in biotech and pharma. You have small conversations face to face. Because it really is unique.”.

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Pharmaceuticals Face-to-face Biotechnology Journal 71

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Industries. Both Sales and Marketing need to be on the same page when developing the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP). Depending on the solution you are selling, there are going to be more or less filters applied, but it may include the following: Industry. Seniority level. Employee count. Tech stack. NAICS code. NAICS code.

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Ideal Customer Profile Data Scale Marketing 202

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 24, 2020

You can identify users that are particularly interested in your industry or products and services similar to yours through forums like LinkedIn groups and similar message boards. By joining and contributing to those groups, you can find interested prospects and establish yourself as an industry authority through your insight.

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Social Media Webinar Metrics Case Study How To 131

Igniting Sales Transformation

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Perhaps the biggest reason is that my guest, Debbie Dunnam , Corporate Vice President of Inside Sales at Microsoft, walks her talk. Debbie then transitioned into technology sales with the help of a friend in the early days of the technology revolution. Digital sales transformation requires a shift in mindset. Google Play.

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Microsoft Lead Rank Meeting Inside Sales 62

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. 3) SPIN Selling.

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Hubspot SalesForce Social Media Google Analytics 59

HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

  Velocify, the leading sales acceleration platform provider announced its inaugural virtual sales kickoff,  ELEVATE , co-sponsored by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP). WHAT: ELEVATE – Virtual Sales Kickoff Educational Forum and Networking Event.    

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Influencer Inside Sales Software Software 60

Showpad

MARCH 8, 2019

With all the sales enablement events happening this year, be sure you catch up with our team at one of the following: UNLEASH. 3 Steps to Invincible” is the 2019 Unleash theme, focusing on educating and empowering sales reps to reach peak success in their careers. Date: March 10-12, 2019. Location: San Diego, CA.

Marketo 40

Marketo Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Conference 40

Showpad

MARCH 8, 2019

With all the sales enablement events happening this year, be sure you catch up with our team at one of the following: UNLEASH. 3 Steps to Invincible” is the 2019 Unleash theme, focusing on educating and empowering sales reps to reach peak success in their careers. Date: March 10-12, 2019. Location: San Diego, CA.

Marketo 40

Marketo Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Conference 40

Showpad

MARCH 8, 2019

With all the sales enablement events happening this year, be sure you catch up with our team at one of the following: UNLEASH. 3 Steps to Invincible” is the 2019 Unleash theme, focusing on educating and empowering sales reps to reach peak success in their careers. Date: March 10-12, 2019. Location: San Diego, CA.

Marketo 40

Marketo Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Conference 40