Score More Sales

JANUARY 13, 2014

Find people who are the best at what they do and use them as examples. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. email lori@scoremoresales.com | View My LinkedIn. Watch what the most successful sellers in your company do.

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Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 225

Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

For example, Sarah is planning a wedding and trying to also focus on hitting her quota for the year in the next four weeks. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. email lori@scoremoresales.com | View My LinkedIn Profile.

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Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 217

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 21, 2013

For example, if I sell cloud computing services worldwide, or throughout North America, chances are it is not a good use of my time to go to a local business networking event. Here are a few ideas on how: Create a group within LinkedIn where you can create content that helps your market niche. A Sellers Network. Increase Opportunities.

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Networking Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring 215

Score More Sales

MAY 27, 2013

An example would be a sales rep in telecommunications understanding where their telecom and data prospects (and customers) spend time online – so they can see and hear them talking about what’s new with employees bringing devices from home and how that might factor into data issues at their clients’ corporate offices.

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Inside Sales Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Telecommunications 230

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2013

For example, retailers used to rush to greet customers with, “May I help you?” Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. email lori@scoremoresales.com | View My LinkedIn Profile. Increase Opportunities.

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Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 210

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. Among B2B companies, the use of inside sales reps has exploded in popularity.

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 91

Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Here is an example: Initial voice mail message: . Hi John, this is Lori from Score More Sales. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. email lori@scoremoresales.com | View My LinkedIn Profile. Close More Deals.

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Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Call-back 221

SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Inside sales reps who engage prospects with a personalized pitch see better open rates, have longer conversations, and book more meetings. But migrating from a traditional cold calling model to one that requires a high-level of customization can be challenging, even for the most sophisticated inside sales environments.

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Inside Sales Data Lead Rank Hiring 102

Score More Sales

JULY 27, 2013

No doubt you are busy in your sales career working to identify prospective customers, connect with them, nurture that relationship and ultimately help them to a buying decision potentially with your products and services. Have you made time to learn how to leverage LinkedIn and other social selling strategies to help you grow your visibility?

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Social Selling Maximizer Resources LinkedIn 189

Vengreso

JANUARY 28, 2022

Check out this short video, where I show you a real example of a bad prospecting message I received and how it could be improved to create better engagement. First Steps with Sales Engagement. Any time a sales rep is reaching out to a potential prospect, it is important for them to research as much as they can about them.

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Examples Strategy Lead Rank Lead Scoring 123

Close.io

MAY 30, 2018

So you’re looking to build out your inside sales team and you’ve lined up a full day of interviews with potential new hires. To make sure you don’t waste time and money on a bad hire who doesn’t fit the culture, there are some questions you absolutely need to be asking in your interviews with prospective inside sales reps.

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Inside Sales Hiring Social Media Sales Qualified Lead 101

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

My answer: sales training initiatives. We’re currently in what some might consider the golden age of sales training initiatives. Sales training has grown in importance in the past decade. LinkedIn learning usage increased 3X during the same period. LinkedIn Learning Group memberships increased 130% from February to March.

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Incentives Incentive Training Channels 295

Highspot

JULY 23, 2021

” Go for strong, timely, actionable phrases instead – check out the examples in the next section for more inspiration. What Needs to Be Included in a Sales Pitch? Now that you know how to make a sales pitch, let’s take a closer look at what the pitch itself should say. How to Deliver a Sales Pitch.

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Examples Social Media Call-back Ideal Customer Profile 98

Artesian Solutions

AUGUST 15, 2018

The LinkedIn Free vs Sales Navigator Conundrum. Some of my team have LinkedIn Sales Navigator, but we find it hard to assess how much value we get from it over the free version”. I’ve heard this dozens of times when I meet Sales leaders. Companies aren’t really LinkedIn’s focus, so this is quite basic.

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LinkedIn Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 56

Fill the Funnel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

OFunnel works like Google Alerts within your LinkedIn network. OFunnel highlights new relationship opportunities that you have never been able to track this easily before by leveraging the reach of your LinkedIn connections. OFunnel constantly monitors LinkedIn as your network expands and emails you results each day.

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Networking LinkedIn Demand Generation Targets Google 115

Highspot

JULY 23, 2021

” Go for strong, timely, actionable phrases instead — check out the examples in the next section for more inspiration. What Needs to Be Included in a Sales Pitch? Now that you know how to make a sales pitch, let’s take a closer look at what the pitch itself should say. How to Deliver a Sales Pitch.

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Examples Social Media Call-back Ideal Customer Profile 52

LeadIQ

OCTOBER 16, 2018

To build out LeadIQ, I was going to need to do something in the sales universe to get reps to know about us, who I am, and give them a reason to engage with me while cold prospecting them. FYI, we’ll mainly be focusing on LinkedIn today, but most of these can translate to where ever you want to build an audience for selling.

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LinkedIn How To Video Social Selling 61

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

We realized that for the foreseeable future, instead of having 12 field people and 10 inside, we really had 22 inside sales reps. Learning to manage sales virtually versus the way we’d done it historically was going to be a learning curve,” Kavadellas said. Trends that are here to stay. Ensure tech proficiency and use.

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Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 279

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

When you think of how you spend your time, who you are around, and what you read, for example – are these people, places and reading materials that help you craft your future and pull you forward? Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. your relationships. your network.

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Energy Twitter Inside Sales Google 215

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

Inside sales reps are tasked with nurturing leads and converting them into customers. Glassdoor estimates that inside sales reps often have a take-home pay of $70,000, including commission and bonuses. Outside sales representative positions include some travel time to meet with buyers and pitch products.

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Ideal Customer Profile Salary Hiring Lead Rank 116

Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 2, 2018

AI and Inside Sales: 3 Things You Need to Know Now. How Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Sales Automation Software Tools Platforms are Affecting Inside and Outbound Sales. Quick: Can you tell me, in three sentences or less, exactly what AI is and how it is going to impact your sales career or company?

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Sales Automation Software Software Tools 147

SBI Growth

JULY 10, 2014

Here are 3 examples that we frequently see sales and marketing leaders implementing to make a quantum leap forward: Inside Sales: Create a new Inside Sales function to serve an ever-increasing segment of customers who prefer to purchase on-line. But they all share the common challenge of change management.

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Sage Lead Rank Forecasting Inside Sales 267

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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InsideView Cold Calling Decision Maker Twitter 309

Score More Sales

JULY 30, 2014

LinkedIn, Twitter, and content creation / blogging are the three ways we attract new eyes to our website and to my world. LinkedIn certainly had little idea of the power it would later wield among sellers and business professionals, so it has changed quite a bit over time. Here is one example. Increase Opportunities.

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How To Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn Twitter 230

Score More Sales

AUGUST 18, 2014

Example: Instead of saying, “If you get a quick minute it would be great if you could give me a call back” change to “Call me back at _. ” Know that this is one of the most important things you can do for success in sales. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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Ideal Customer Profile Call-back Twitter Inside Sales 228

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 13, 2014

I am convinced sales reps are making key mistakes when it comes to sending email messages. The email I receive weekly from sales “professionals” serve as great examples. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. Increase Opportunities. Close More Deals.

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Vendor Influencer Segment Twitter 204

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 14, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we talk to Amy Appleyard , the recently appointed SVP of Global Inside Sales at CarbonBlack. . Amy walks us through her background from being an SMB entrepreneur to leading large sales teams and why sales emerged as her true calling. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Company 54

SalesHandy

JULY 5, 2021

This drives down the conversions on these channels, and makes it difficult for lead generation and sales functions to keep up. Social selling isn’t a completely new concept in B2B sales – it’s been around since social platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter exist. Which is where social selling comes in.

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Social Media Social Selling Media Sales Qualified Lead 98

Sales Hacker

APRIL 14, 2020

Here are two other ways to organically connect with leads using LinkedIn Sales Navigator. We’ve all seen talk of the “new normal” floating around rapid-fire tweets, deep-dive B2B podcasts, and earnest LinkedIn posts. Remember that before you start exporting the 2,500 leads your LinkedIn search returns all at once.

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Face-to-face Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 123

Score More Sales

APRIL 2, 2014

Creating content and building your own personal brand online is the best way to do this now because it is simple (not easy) and there are some great examples of sellers doing this in the last couple of years. For business-to-business (B2B) sales professionals, think about making human-to-human connections online. Expand Your Pipeline.

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Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Twitter Webinar Metrics 232

Score More Sales

JULY 31, 2014

Example: I just became interested in a company after they visited our website. At the same time we will see what they post on LinkedIn and elsewhere online. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. Next, put a plan into place. Follow them there. Increase Opportunities.

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Ideal Customer Profile How To Twitter Google 229

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

We realized that for the foreseeable future, instead of having 12 field people and 10 inside, we really had 22 inside sales reps. Learning to manage sales virtually versus the way we’d done it historically was going to be a learning curve,” Kavadellas said. Trends that are here to stay. Ensure tech proficiency and use.

Demand Generation Targets 120

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

Vengreso

JULY 17, 2020

In the post-quarantine world, remote sales professionals won’t be working from home all the time, but neither will outside sales teams be in the field as they used to. For example, in the last few years, a salesperson relied on trade shows for prospecting and lead generation. How will #sales look in 2021? On LinkedIn.

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Chemicals Trade Show Engineering Social Selling 115

Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2022

VP of Global Inside Sales at Tray.io. For example, your best, most active customers may pull back on expansion talks or inquire about term or price adjustments. Keep a close watch on your KPIs : win rates, average deal cycles, and pipeline coverage, for example. CEO of Score More Sales; President of Women Sales Pros.

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Cost per Lead Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Lead Scoring 91

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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Trends Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Churn 129

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Example: If I am looking up a restaurant from my mobile device and am on the road, having a phone number right on the main page is critical because I may want to call for a reservation. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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Tools Lead Rank Lead Scoring CRM 214

Score More Sales

JULY 15, 2014

In the last 10 hours of speaking with sales reps, some things surfaced which caused me to think about this trap we get in figuring how many people must think the way we do. For example, one seller was telling me that if they phoned one of their dealer reps with a lead, they should not send an email immediately because it would seem too pushy.

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Buyer Lead Rank Lead Scoring Call-back 223