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Inbound Leads: Slam Dunks or Looky-loos?

Mr. Inside Sales

What is a sales person’s dream? An inbound lead. If you’ve been fielding inbound leads for a while, then you’ve probably noticed something: Not all inbound leads buy. The way to capture a deal in this situation—if there is one—is to treat an inbound lead like any other: you need to qualify them. Not so fast….

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5 Questions to Ask Every Inbound Lead

Mr. Inside Sales

A company I’ve been working with for over a year now gets a portion of their leads via inbound email requests for information on their services. Another company recently reached out to me wondering if there is a best practice approach for handling inbound leads. So, stop pitching your inbound leads and start qualifying instead.

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Is Sales Really Just a Numbers Game?

Mr. Inside Sales

First the no part: Sales is much, much more than just “rolling the numbers,” as they used to say. Skill level of the sales rep is the most important thing; however, there are other variables like the type of lead—inbound versus outbound; the territory; existing client or new prospect; the marketing and/or branding of the company, etc.,

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How to Measure Sales Fitness

Sales and Marketing Management

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. Author: Peter Gillett, CEO and founder, Zuant.

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The Proven Process for Developing a Go-to-Market Strategy [+Templates]

Hubspot Sales

While the traditional, one-off funnel method focuses on attracting leads and nurturing them into sales, the flywheel approach uses inbound marketing and other strategies to build long-lasting customer relationships. The sales cycle ranges between a few weeks and a few months. Create content to get inbound leads.

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40+ of the World’s Best Sales Training Programs to Get Your Team Into Shape

Sales Hacker Training

The company’s training solutions aim to transform sellers into sales professionals who can orchestrate the desired outcomes for both buyers and vendors. Among other offerings, there are robust training programs for inside sales, field sales, telesales, and sales coaching for managers. Excellence in Inside Sales.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

Once you understand how to identify the Challengers in your organization, you can model their approach and embed it throughout your sales force. Shanks has trained and advised 100’s of companies on SPEAR Selling to increase sales pipeline in all types of sales functions (inside sales, field sales, customer success, channel sales).