Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Here are five things you can do today to get the most out of each member of your team — #1) Make your monthly revenue goal, and each rep’s part of that goal, crystal clear. I’m sure you have a monthly revenue goal, but does each member of your sales team know what their specific part of that goal is? Sound familiar?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 1, 2019

Do you want to be confident when speaking with gatekeepers and decision makers? Are you ready to double or even triple your sales—in 2019? Better training = more sales. It’s that simple. Starting on Tuesday, May 21 st , we’re launching our powerful, 7-week Online Inside Sales Training! See our week by week curriculum here. Who Should Attend?

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 2, 2021

If they need a little help here, I use layering questions like: “What was your revenue like last year?” After talking briefly about the holidays and new year’s celebration, I always start with question number one: “So __, what are the top 3 initiatives for your department this year?”. Then I hit mute and take notes.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

Bypass the gatekeeper and score meetings with decision-makers every time. Thoughtful and provocative questioning has a huge impact on close rates and sales revenues. Only one kind of lead with a 50-to-70-percent conversion rate. Only one kind of lead that sales managers should care about. And that’s referral leads.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

If you’re truly ready to add experienced talent to your team to make your 2023 revenue numbers, then reach out today. Getting screened out by the gatekeeper. In your email, please let me know what your company sells, what kind of reps you’re looking for (remote or inhouse, what part of the country, how many, etc.),

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

40% of businesses did not meet revenue targets in 2020. Keep reading for the most important sales trends your revenue organization should keep a close eye on. 40% of businesses did not meet revenue targets in 2020. Sales intelligence tools have been key in helping many revenue organizations bridge the gap remote work created.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 11, 2020

And if your team is doing this now, then I’ll bet you’re not meeting your monthly revenue targets. And as a result, your company misses its revenue numbers. If you’d like a sample of what you’re learn—and a proven and effective way to deal with gatekeepers—then view a sample her e. so instead they just wing it.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Sales teams can no longer be gatekeepers of the buyer’s journey. Highlights of this Episode: [1:57] We are a revenue strategy, operations and enablement company and really what that means, we’ve got 40 plus people globally and what we do is we help organizations optimize the sales process. [3:13]

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 29, 2021

Can you make your revenue goal this year is the same thing as asking: Can you run a marathon? And you can do a lot of other things as well—like make your revenue goal this year. So, if you look at your revenue targets this year and think you can’t do it, reframe your thinking! You know, a 26-mile marathon race? But you CAN.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

They’re off-the-charts busy, bombarded with sales messages, and gatekeepers keep them well insulated. They want to know how you’re going to help them: grow revenue or reduce costs. The projected revenue growth or reductions in cost need to be worth their time. The phone is also a terrific way to get past the gatekeepers.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 22, 2021

They have specific, aggressive goals for the acquisition of business (and I mean, really big target revenue goals); They invest in sales training for their team. This top producing company has drilled into every employee at their firm the expectation of greatness, and they aggressively pursue that goal—and they attain it.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Measure the right sales activities, manage to those activities, and coach your reps on the behaviors that turn those lead generation activities into revenue. Dylis and Joanne discuss how to get introductions to the type of clients you love working with, avoiding gatekeepers, and why prospects don’t call you back. Listen to the podcast.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

To add insult to injury, executive-level assistants are trained to be gatekeepers. Work with a B2B data provider like ZoomInfo to access the contact information you need to bypass gatekeepers, increase connect rates, and close more deals. To gain access to the C-suite, sometimes you need to pay to play. Leverage trigger events.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 15, 2021

Your lead generation tactics aren’t driving bottom line revenue. They don’t have to worry about getting past gatekeepers or heading off the competition, because they have the best possible competitive advantage—a relationship built on trust. Not getting the ROI you expected from your lead-gen tactics? Try this instead. That’s a fact.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

When you receive a referral introduction, you breeze past gatekeepers and walk right into meetings with your prospects. The trick is to focus on leading indicators like referral activities, not just lagging indicators like revenue. Your referral sources can provide intel that you won’t get anyplace else. Then, ask for an introduction.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 2, 2021

This means an immediate bump in revenue and profits often within the first 30 days…”. Elevator pitch example #2: “ _, we make inside sales teams as much as 33% more productive by providing them with a best practice approach that helps them cold call more effectively and close more qualified prospects.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2020

If so, you know how tough it can be to connect with busy executives, To add insult to injury, executive-level assistants are trained to be gatekeepers. Work with a B2B data provider like ZoomInfo to access the contact information you need to bypass gatekeepers, increase connect rates, and close more deals. Leverage trigger events.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2018

To add insult to injury, executive-level assistants are trained to be gatekeepers. Keep reading if you’re ready to bypass gatekeepers and set more meetings with the C-Level. Work with a B2B data provider like ZoomInfo to access the contact information you need to bypass gatekeepers, increase connect rates, and close more deals.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Here’s why the last weeks of the year have great potential to drive B2B revenue: It’s a myth that all execs take vacation at year-end. This means the absence of gatekeeper types, which increases the odds that key players will pick up their own phones. While that isn’t a bad thing, it won’t do much to help reach quota.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 12, 2017

It’s easy to see the correlation between data accuracy and sales efforts: If phone numbers are correct and link sales reps directly to their buyers, they can spend more time talking to likely prospects at the other end of the line, rather than shaking down a phone tree of gatekeepers. 50% fewer encounters with gatekeepers.

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Score More Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Be conscious of how often you’re actually asking for the sale, for the business, to meet with the decision maker, to get in with and past the gatekeeper. Carolyn’s 10: . Does your idea stand the test of time? Keep a folder on your desk for sales spontaneous ideas you want to implement.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

37% improvement in overall revenue plan attainment. Lies You Tell Gatekeepers. Gatekeepers can smell phoniness a mile away. When you have a referral, you’ll never have to use duplicitous tactics to bypass the gatekeeper. Read “ Lies You Tell Gatekeepers.”). 29% increase in percentage of sales reps making quota.

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Zoominfo

JULY 29, 2020

And with the use of intent data , preparation can include things like current pain points, revenue, industry niches, and beyond. So unless you have your prospect’s direct contact info , you’re likely to have to deal with a gatekeeper receptionist. So whatever you pitch to your prospect needs to work for their purchase-savvy staff.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2020

If so, you know how tough it can be to connect with busy executives, To add insult to injury, executive-level assistants are trained to be gatekeepers. Work with a B2B data provider like ZoomInfo to access the contact information you need to bypass gatekeepers, increase connect rates, and close more deals. Leverage trigger events.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2021

We’ve heard from some of our community members that they feel like Revenue Operations has been severely misunderstood. Watch this video if you: Never want to misunderstand Revenue Operations again. Everybody wants one, but not everybody knows how to set one up.” — Feras Abdel , Senior Director of Revenue Operations at Outreach.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 29, 2022

You know your business, you know your revenue goals, and you know your strategy for meeting them. Leveraging data to maximize growth is what we get into in this episode of Revenue Innovators with Neil Hoyne. RELATED: Use Activity Data to Stop Revenue Leakage in Your Sales Org. But how do you leverage data to help you execute it?

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 30, 2019

For my own growth and success, I found that the moment I made a commitment to improving my sales skills—from call to call—that was the moment I produced bigger and bigger revenues, month after month. Another great truth in the profession of sales. Who Should Attend?

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2020

People are using their cell phones for business, and if your sales team has access to those numbers, they don’t have to deal with voicemails that are never checked or gatekeepers that won’t pass along their messages. They are getting through. So how can you help your team make sure they are making those connections?

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Women Sales Pros

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

They’re the same habits that may be keeping you from getting past gatekeepers or closing more first appointments. You have to be able to address prospecting objections from gatekeepers through decision makers. Many of your best and worst prospecting habits are ones you probably aren’t even aware of until you hear them. That’s simple!

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 28, 2018

And the one metric I’ll be speaking about is the one that is the most important one for driving sales and making revenues. For example, on the prospecting or cold call, did your rep: Handle the gatekeeper professionally and get put through to the decision maker? I wonder if you can guess what it is?

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Sales Evangelist

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Gatekeepers do a very good job at gate keeping, try building a relationship with them. Be transparent with the gatekeepers. Scratchpad is the first Revenue Team Workspace specifically designed to adapt to each salesperson’s workflow, so you don’t have to change your habits. Not that we’re speaking from personal experience.)

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 7, 2018

Your lead generation tactics aren’t driving bottom line revenue. They don’t have to worry about getting past gatekeepers or heading off the competition, because they have the best possible competitive advantage—a relationship built on trust. Because what you’re already doing isn’t working. That’s a fact.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 3, 2021

Sales team management is important to any organization that relies on its sales team to bring in revenue. You’ll find your team progressing through sales stages smoothly, converting leads into accounts before you can say: “revenue growth.”. Gatekeepers. This eliminates gatekeepers from the process and increases sales velocity.

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eGrabber

MARCH 27, 2020

Above all, sales people also have the rising pressure of meeting or exceeding increasing revenue targets. You can close only a few deals which mean less revenue for you as well as your company. Successful sales folks tend to know the main drivers of revenue for their business. It is the ratio of effectiveness versus efficiency.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 28, 2012

After playing with the client’s accounting software for a fun few hours I managed to get a list of their top 100 accounts by revenue for the last year. I thought there might be room to boost revenue by selling more to their strongest existing clients. But that person was not the head of marketing – more of a gatekeeper.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Remember, SMEs are not necessarily expert content creators, so you should be the gatekeeper of the content before it goes out to sales – vet it, package it and refine it. Even Gartner recently redefined “sales enablement” as “revenue enablement” in recognition of this broadening scope. But this still isn’t the case at many companies.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2012

This is especially important for smaller companies where revenue growth and new clients are vital for success. To compensate them for these efforts, you pay them both on trailing revenue and new logos. But once they establish the terriroty with a solid revenue stream they get comfortable. They've stopped hunting for new clients.

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