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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Demand Generation Targets Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel 120

Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

Whether you’re taking up a new hobby or developing on-the-job skills in a sales role, it’s true what they say: Practice makes perfect. There’s only so much that a seller can digest through sales onboarding and training content — and in order for a rep to truly hone their skills, they must practice. Remote selling. Negotiation.

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Negotiation Exercises Objections Coaching 105

Mindtickle

DECEMBER 20, 2023

On the other hand, sales enablement is focused on providing sales teams with the tools, training, information, content, and support they need to close more deals. Every seller needs a certain set of tools and competencies to be successful in the field. These are both examples of sales enablement.

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Sales Enablement Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Social Media 52

Showpad

MARCH 19, 2020

Here are four examples of companies shifting their strategies to succeed in this new reality. A tire manufacturing company with operations around the world needed to continue training its salesforce, but the coronavirus pandemic eliminated the viability of traditional classroom learning and face-to-face training sessions.

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Company Strategy Face-to-face SalesForce 71

Showpad

DECEMBER 18, 2020

After that, it’s sales reps’ responsibility to get those materials into those customers’ hands. For example, if you design and sell HCM software, HR directors and COOs would be key personas with notable needs such as more efficient open enrollment processes and a better-performing employee portal.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 98

Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

An outside sales rep at an insurance agency might travel to meet clients in their homes to discuss their needs, present insurance packages, and sign deals. Field reps for a B2B software company (a CRM platform, say), might attend trade shows, conferences, and industry events to promote their products and generate new business.

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Inside Sales Outsourcing Services Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 62

Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

Whether you’re taking up a new hobby or developing on-the-job skills in a sales role, it’s true what they say: Practice makes perfect. There’s only so much that a seller can digest through sales onboarding and training content — and in order for a rep to truly hone their skills, they must practice. Remote selling. Negotiation.

Negotiation 72

Negotiation Exercises Objections Coaching 72

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

Many distributors have a field sales culture in markets where inside sales models may make more sense. And companies are starting to recognize that modern sales teams need to replace legacy classroom-style training with solutions that include digital, on-demand training. Field Sales vs. Inside Sales.

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Distribution Selling Skills Lead Rank Lead Scoring 45

Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves. Although cold calling, inbound marketing, inside sales and field sales still have a place in the sales planning of many companies, the modern B2B buyer is looking for a different type of interaction with B2B sellers.

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B2B Top of Funnel Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 134

Pointclear

MARCH 22, 2018

They tele-prospect on behalf of our clients using a value-selling approach, applying their training and experience to advance the pipeline and deliver return that's well worth the price of our services. A so-called lead with a company that will never buy is going to end up being a waste of a field sales rep’s time. Brian Tracy.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Company 157

Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

We will teach you all about sales hiring: what it is, what it isn’t, and how to get it done. Sales #hiring is a #keytopic for #salesleadership today, know how you can #hire the right people out of the gate for maximum sales #success? Need to improve your company sales cycle. Want to upgrade your sales organization.

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Hiring Paid Content Salary Sales Qualified Lead 98

Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

We will teach you all about sales hiring: what it is, what it isn’t, and how to get it done. Sales #hiring is a #keytopic for #salesleadership today, know how you can #hire the right people out of the gate for maximum sales #success? Need to improve your company sales cycle. Want to upgrade your sales organization.

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Hiring Paid Content Salary Sales Qualified Lead 98

Nutshell

AUGUST 24, 2018

Inside sales refers to any form of selling that isn’t done face-to-face. Unlike outside sales (or field sales ) reps, inside sales reps connect with potential customers remotely through phone, email , and web conferencing. As an inside sales rep, you’ll probably using the desktop edition.

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 91

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Before this year, there was already a clear split in sales models. Most companies opted either for a purely inside sales model, where reps primarily sell remotely, or a purely outside sales model, where field sales reps broker face to face deals. Instead, it was how teams used the tools that made the difference.

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Hubspot Lead Rank Opportunity Lead Scoring 125

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Just try to pass them on to your field sales team and you’ll see. Because the chances are pretty low—probably 3% to 4% at best—that any of these names are bonafide opportunities if you are a B2B company with a complex sales process. Each associate is trained. They won’t get followed up. We engage our market.

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Sales Qualified Lead Forecasting Outsourcing Services PointClear 100

Vengreso

DECEMBER 4, 2020

That’s why we created the PVC Method, a sales methodology that focuses on prospecting. Prospecting is not to be confused with lead generation and prospecting tools aren’t lead generation software. This is one of the most common misconceptions among those just entering the sales field. Here’s a use case example.

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Tools Prospecting Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 132

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Stahl says he joined the Dallas-based company six years ago and built a telesales team of nearly 100 people to complement the company’s independent rep field sales team of more than 3,000. One year later, after their managers had completed training that helped them become better leaders, coaching jumped to the top spot in importance.

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Insurance Insurance Commission Lead Rank 120

Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

In this way with a structured sales strategy to follow, you can dramatically improve the productivity and success rate of your entire sales prospecting process. To be clear, prospecting is not to be confused with lead generation and, likewise, prospecting tools are not the same as lead generation software.

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Tools Prospecting Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 132

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 6, 2018

The main software concept is called a “cadence” which is a software that helps organize a blended prospecting approach across all the channels: social, email, phone, snail mail – you name it! What we need is some good old-fashioned sales training. The first volley in response: Wrong question!

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Account Based Marketing Contactual SalesForce Lead Rank 49

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 1, 2018

For example, when Turbine added just one additional conversation point to their site, the new call-to-action generated a staggering 26% of their conversions. With the help of sales email tracking tools, offered by software like the HubSpot CRM , you can monitor and receive alerts when your recipients open and click your emails.

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Prospecting Top of Funnel Social Media Hubspot 101

Chorus.ai

JULY 28, 2020

Sales objections come in many forms, and it takes experience and quick wit to get used to them. It’s not just reps fielding sales objections who think so, either. As many as 35% of sales leaders believe objection handling is the biggest challenge their reps face. How do you then sell them SaaS software?

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Objections Case Study ROI Lead Rank 104

Close.io

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The easiest way to imagine what an inbound sale looks like is to think about what an already interested prospect would do to find your products and buy from you. For example, let’s say you have a Saas company that creates invoices for freelancers. That’s one example of a path created by an inbound sales strategy.

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Paid Content Outbound Inbound Top of Funnel 64

Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Sales objections come in many forms, and it takes experience and a quick wit to get used to them. It’s not just reps fielding sales objections who think so, either. As many as 35% of sales leaders believe objection handling is the biggest challenge their reps face. How do you then sell them SaaS software?

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Objections Case Study ROI Lead Rank 73

Close.io

AUGUST 28, 2018

A predictive dialer is call automation software that allows sales teams to dial multiple numbers at once, where the technology behind the dialer detects when a real human answers the phone and immediately routes an available sales rep to that call. Measuring the impact of predictive dialing on sales productivity.

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Outsourcing Services Hiring Call-back Lead Rank 91

MEDDIC

OCTOBER 19, 2021

An example. I’m going to go to give an example in retail. That’s why I’m going to take an example of being a buyer in a retail situation when you’re going to buy clothes in a store or something. If you sell new security software to large corporations, that’s got to have its own letter.

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Sales Qualified Lead Sales Methodology Forecasting Hiring 52

Showpad

OCTOBER 9, 2020

For example, we release a new product every two months to encourage collaboration with our customers and better serve their needs.”. The traditional setting of sales meetings and pitches is no longer the way businesses exist. As buyers have become more independent, there’s been a blurring of inside and field sales.

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Hiring Sales Enablement Lead Rank Enterprise 40

ExecVision

APRIL 23, 2018

Example: They answer that they really enjoyed the keynote on Marketing Automation Best Practices. You sell marketing automation software. On the flip side, if they say their favorite session covered prospecting and you sell customer service training, it’s probably not a match. They use product parties as an example.

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ROI Ideal Customer Profile Maximizer Closing 40

Sales Hacker Training

MAY 8, 2020

This video training was originally presented at the 2019 Sales Hacker Success Summit. Why mega deals aren’t just for sales superheroes. From an operational standpoint we completely changed the nature of the team, and I’ll give an example of that a little bit later. What You’ll Learn.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Call-back Oracle 80

Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2021

This is important for anyone who prospects or handles inbound calls – could be both inside sales and field sales. For example, a minimum number of maintenance technicians would be critical if you sell a field service app. Example job titles. Roles and responsibilities. What keeps them awake at night.

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Conversion Ideal Customer Profile Customer Face-to-face 107

Mindtickle

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Utilizing Mindtickle’s app, CrowdStrike is also able to share peer examples so the reps can learn from each other in their own time as well. And we talk a lot about sales rep but there’s also the capability for a day technical salespeople to be able to do a demo as well through the platform. New sales rep. adds Meersman.

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Hiring Conversion Webinar Metrics SalesForce 52

Mindtickle

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Utilizing Mindtickle’s app, CrowdStrike is also able to share peer examples so the reps can learn from each other in their own time as well. And we talk a lot about sales rep but there’s also the capability for a day technical salespeople to be able to do a demo as well through the platform. New sales rep. adds Meersman.

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Hiring Conversion Webinar Metrics SalesForce 52

Cience

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In addition to that, we’ve seen a significant increase in companies that are adopting inside sale strategies and leveraging it compared to 20 years ago. We have the data showing the growth of IS versus field sales or other strategies. Some of them for example were successful field reps, but didn’t want to travel anymore.

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Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Outsourcing Services Inside Sales 50

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 8, 2019

Percentage of leads followed up within target time range (for example, 8 hours). Outreach Sales Metrics. Average time to find, onboard, and train new partners. Sales Productivity Metrics. Sales productivity is defined at the rate at which your salespeople hit their revenue targets. Average lead response time.

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Cost per Acquisition Lead Rank Churn Webinar Metrics 130

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Take Apple, for example. I’ve also outlined how you can iterate and optimize as your company evolves, and you’ll find helpful examples of how we’ve broken these steps down at my most recent company, SalesHero. Using SalesHero as an example, the buying center breaks down like this: 3. Test your messaging.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 98

Bigtincan

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Your enterprise might be working with any or all of these types of sales collateral: Product Documents. Internal Training Videos & PowerPoint sales presentations. This post will show why these factors are essential and how Bigtincan (our sales collateral management software) excels in them all. Case Studies.

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Collateral Enterprise Enterprise Case Study 59

Sales Hacker

APRIL 17, 2019

Skill Pill provides micro-learning and gamified learning apps, delivering high-impact training when and where you need it. Spotio is a field sales software that allows reps to canvas with ease. Features include tracking software, territory management, a sales intelligence tool, leaderboard, and appointment calendar.

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Travel Hubspot Microsoft Google 110

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

It’s a simple, timeless, and repeatable process that’s been known to help reps close 30% more sales. You Can’t Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar : The Sandler Sales Institute’s 7-Step System for Successful Selling. The Seller’s Challenge: How Top Sellers Master 10 Deal Killing Obstacles in B2B Sales.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Hiring Handbook 141