SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Savvy sales managers are turning to sales automation to boost productivity — and the bottom line. Let’s take a look at the sales tasks that can be automated, the benefits, and the types of sales automation that will help you the most. What is sales automation? Everyone is being asked to do more with less.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 18, 2020

What, exactly, does artificial intelligence do for your sales efforts? Kristin Hersant , VP of Marketing at Groove offered a high-level overview of what AI tools can do for you and your sales team. Ultimately, conversational intelligence platforms streamline sales processes by trimming the fat from your sales calls.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

When every rep is comfortable with analyzing data, identifying patterns, and interpreting prospect behavior, they’ll become increasingly targeted and efficient in their day-to-day selling efforts. So, whatever budget you have for new sales technology doesn’t need to be spent on elaborate platforms that are difficult to implement and learn.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 30, 2016

Professional sales people know time kills deals and deals get stuck in the infamous black hole where nothing happens for days weeks and months. Finally, prospects who are struggling to sell your product internally. As a proud co-founder at BuyerDeck, I have three pa ssions: I love sales, technology and creating happy customers.

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SBI

MARCH 30, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more. .

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SBI

JANUARY 12, 2022

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more. .

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Yet not long ago, sales professionals started to game the system to hit their numbers. Maybe they exaggerated prospecting or sandbagged their forecast so they could sweep in as the hero at the end of the quarter, or got overly optimistic about pricing and happy ears. Our enterprise team takes more of an account-based approach.

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Close.io

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

It’s a no-brainer: If your sales reps over-achieve their quotas, you’ll have more prospects. That’s why the best sales managers spend time and money motivating their teams and sending them to training seminars to perfect the craft of cold calling. And that’s where sales dialers come in. What are sales dialers?

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Zoominfo

APRIL 15, 2018

Here’s a crucial rule to keep in mind: A data-driven sales strategy will backfire if the data you’re using is inaccurate or incomplete. Unfortunately, managing data quality is tougher than it sounds—data decays rapidly, particularly customer and prospect data. Data can be applied to every aspect of your sales strategy.

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Miller Heiman Group

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Over the course of this year, our blog took sales and services on a journey, with stories about practical challenges in growing prospects, advice for sales leaders anticipating a recession, conversations with major sales influencers like Neil Rackham and much more.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Each episode discusses topics like lead generation , sales development, sales enablement, sales hiring, CRM, sales operations, social selling , sales management, account-based selling best practices, sales process , sales psychology, customer success, sales technology, B2B sales and marketing alignment , and more.

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SalesLoft

MAY 23, 2018

One of the primary challenges a sales manager faces is finding time to effectively coach. Coaching is one of many responsibilities in a sales manager’s job description. Successful sales coaching requires managers to have processes in place that allow them to scale development activities.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

She was recognized as a leading sales mentor by Women in Sales North America. She is the co-author of a business book, called Aligned to Achieve , about sales and marketing alignment. Brooke Bachesta – SDR Manager at Outreach. Tracy Eiler – CMO at InsideView Technologies | Author.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

The Sales Career Path. Sales spans every business and every industry. Small businesses need salespeople, as do massive enterprise companies. There are a variety of roles and responsibilities that fall within sales, but the core of all sales careers are the same. Inside Sales Rep. Outside Sales Rep.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The more they educate themselves on the industry and trends, the deeper conversations they have, and the faster their sales processes accelerate. However, as a successful field sales manager in a tech company, Sue has learned that it takes more than technical expertise to seal the deal.

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Sales Evangelist

APRIL 11, 2022

Enterprise sales have dramatically changed in the last few years, and that’s as a result of digital transformations. Frontline managers no longer need to remind sellers of internal practices but rather anticipate objections and understand solutions for buyers to progress sales.

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Sales Evangelist

APRIL 11, 2022

Enterprise sales have dramatically changed in the last few years, and that’s as a result of digital transformations. Frontline managers no longer need to remind sellers of internal practices but rather anticipate objections and understand solutions for buyers to progress sales.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 9, 2020

By ensuring your inside sales reps have the tools they need to operate, your business success and growth will be in reach thanks to improved efficiency, visibility, communication. The good news is there are a plethora of inside sales technologies in existence today. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Tools.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Professional conferences are not only an opportunity to meet industry leaders -- and maybe do a little prospecting -- they’re also a way to break yourself out of your usual routine and pick up new skills. Sales leaders can explore a technology and service expo to peruse sales technology for their teams.

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SBI

OCTOBER 30, 2018

She spent thirty years in sales and marketing. She started her career in sales prospecting technology space and has a lot of background as an analyst. Those are typically Sales Enablement types of solutions. Our landscape looks at all sales technology and that includes, believe it or not, forty-three categories.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 18, 2015

Are out-of-date prospecting systems holding you back? Now imagine a sales world where you only meet with clients who want to meet with you —a world where you never have to cold call, send prospecting letters, pester strangers on social media, or entice clients with special offers. ” Don’t you love hearing that?

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Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2018

Sales automation tools are software-based solutions that help you perform many sales tasks faster, easier, and more efficiently. As far as I know, these solutions initially focused on tedious or redundant tasks — from sales prospecting to contract signing. Technology is only as good as the human using it.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Enterprise AE at SalesLoft. Why Jordan should be on your radar: It’s probably a good idea to get used to seeing Jordan Arogeti on these sales leaders lists. From SDR in 2015, to enterprise AE in 2020–and she’s gathered quite the following on LinkedIn. VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop Inc. Jordan Arogeti.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

An award-winning author and highly sought-after keynote speaker, Konrath provides practical and modern strategies in her videos to help sales teams generate and close more leads. To drive home the importance of silence in sales (especially when it's uncomfortable), I often recommend the video “ Stunningly Unused Sales Technique."

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Velocify

OCTOBER 1, 2017

It provides the confidence for both demand gen teams and sales managers alike, that every lead is followed up with by our sales reps. Beyond that, Velocify provides insight with sales analytics, into which leads are being contacted and converting at a higher rate, by source, industry, persona and more.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

An inside look at the sales process at Google [8:42]. How to develop your frontline managers [15:54]. Don’t focus on ‘being liked’ as a sales manager [17:10]. How sales reps can leverage AI on the phone [30:48]. Sam Jacobs: Welcome to the Sales Hacker Podcast. An inside look at the sales process at Google.

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Sales has never been an easy job, and it’s even harder when the economy is in flux. Enterprise budgets are tightening and companies are more cautious about big purchases, which means B2B sellers have a myriad of new challenges to face. Outside of a recession, enterprises typically plan for about 60% of their sales reps to hit quota.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 17, 2013

How People, Not Technology, Seal the Deal — focuses on the intersection of sales, technology, and referrals—the marriage of the old (relationships) with the new (technology). Each of these has its place in sales. Read “ Message to Management: It’s Never About Closing.”). My new book— Pick Up the Damn Phone!:

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Improving effectiveness: Sellers can identify the best prospects from new leads and deals most likely to close, heightening focus and prioritization . Increasing adoption: Top-performing sellers are more likely to use sales technology, but the more tools you add to a seller’s tech stack, the lower the rate of adoption. .

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Lauren is an email marketing wiz and always has a trick or two up her sleeve to share with her sales colleagues. In this webinar How To Bump Prospect Engagement By 50% , Lauren revealed some of the closely guarded trade secrets on increasing email engagement. Matt Cameron – Managing Partner at SaaSy Sales Management.

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Allego

DECEMBER 20, 2023

I’m willing to bet you’re like me when it comes to buying something, whether it’s a new pair of boots or enterprise software. Digital Sales Rooms are personalized for each buyer, providing self-serve convenience and streamlining content sharing and collaboration to speed up deal cycles. You want to go through the process on your own.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 16, 2018

I sold to big Fortune 500 customers, I crushed my numbers, I won national and international sales contests across 500 or 1,000 person sales organizations. I literally had trucks backing up to my apartment with prizes won from these sales contests. Sales management at Global Crossing. What happened next?

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With the rise of AI, new sales technology and automation at the forefront of the sales echo chamber these days, we thought we’d take a moment to bring it back to BASICS – that’s why we’ve rounded up this complete glossary of sales terms and definitions to help you remember where it all started.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This article will cover inside vs. outside sales CRMs; the biggest challenges for outside sales reps, their leaders, and managers; time management; quota attainment; and outside sales technology. Mid-market enterprises are those which generate an estimated annual revenue between $10 and $100 million.

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SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Companies have the same desired outcome with sales and revenue data, but they aren’t approaching the process like accountants. . Sales teams are piecing together diverse technologies across lead generation, prospecting, deal closing, and conversations. See the benefits of consolidating sales technology.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

B2B is H2H – human to human – and most women can leverage these powerful skills to create lasting connections with prospects, personalize value, and create customers for life. What would you tell a woman just starting a career in sales? What is your best piece of career advice for women in sales?

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Close.io

AUGUST 11, 2019

When you look at a sales process, you see that selling is only one part of a complicated system. For example, here's a sales process we recommend for companies looking to scale: Prospecting. The modern sales organization creates a huge amount of data. Sales ops teams include people who can turn that data into action.

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