SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

You’ll find articles, book reviews, webinars, and an “ask the expert” feature. This year Trish Bertuzzi and founder of The Bridge Group, nominated yours truly for consideration. Trish’s company helps inside sales organizations make the big decisions. Trish Bertuzzi – The Bridge Group. Thank you Trish!

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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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SalesLoft

JANUARY 2, 2020

Art Sobczak’s Smart Calling Blog | How to Tips and Rants on Cold Calling, Inside Sales, Telesales and All Sales Training. Jill Konrath’s Fresh Sales Strategies | Get fresh sales strategies from Jill Konrath. Discover how to crack into new accounts, speed up sales and win more business.

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SBI

AUGUST 13, 2013

“Inside Sales now generates more than 50% of company revenue and is being tasked with more responsibilities and expectations—to grow territories, form partnerships, and generate new business. In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. Playbook is an apt description for The Smart Sales Manager.

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SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Act-On Software. Integrate your CRM, webinar management and more, most with one click. Use Act-On for all your online marketing campaigns. InsideView delivers the most accurate company and contact information, including business insights, and professional connections to increase sales and marketing productivity. SAVO Group.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

Harder to manage: It can be difficult to update your sales strategy, change your messaging, add a new product, or make any kind of major shift. You’re not simply rolling out a change to one group -- you’re asking multiple external groups to adapt. That makes creating multiple sales teams unnecessary.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

We also want to express a special thank you to the members of the sales community who spoke up, and volunteered their time to help us as we not only reissue this list, but also think about even more ways we can shine a light on underrepresented groups within sales going forward. Founder and CEO of The Bridge Group.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) refers to any cloud software product that a company hosts and makes available to customers over the Internet, rather than offering it as a download onto their computers or mobile devices. By the end, you should have a clear roadmap for reaching your or your company’s sales goals. What Is SaaS Sales?

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SBI

JUNE 25, 2013

Inside Sales” Brooks , and Mark Organ. The group was in agreement about the importance of LinkedIn for salespeople and that ‘social’ is really all about connecting in a meaningful way. Click to get Nancy’s What & When weekly digest with invitations to complimentary webinars and informative publications.

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criteria for success

APRIL 1, 2020

Criteria for Success is hosting a series of group Q&A's about selling during COVID-19. For example, let’s say you sell analytics software. For example, if you sold a software to help companies better track their warehouse inventory, you solve multiple problems for multiple people. Selling Through Uncertainty.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

These channels are run by well-established sales experts -- they're bestselling authors and well-known speakers in the industry. YouTube isn’t their only outlet, but it's one this group has smartly leveraged as the site has grown to reach more than one billion users. 1) Jeffrey Gitomer. 4) Art Sobczak. 16) Annette Lackovic.

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PandaDoc

JULY 11, 2022

Behind almost every successful business is a successful sales team. Whether you’ve got a small team of inside sales reps, a large outdoor sales team, or a wholesale department working on distribution partners for your next product, sales is the lifeblood of any business. Build a positive sales culture.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

As you grow your inbound strategies, follow one of the leading software and content providers in this small and medium business space, Hubspot. And the larger your company (it’s reach, sales force, brand offerings, partner layout), the more robust your tools need to be. And the easier and more comprehensive your software, the better.

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Markempa - Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

There are free digital groups you can join such as LinkedIn Groups and Twitter that allow you to get really close to your targeted prospects. Software, which was amongst the first in CRM available. B2B : How do I know if I need to expand the size of my current network? JR : I was introduced one day to the co-founder of the ACT!

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

It just so happens that many of the speakers (26 of them, actually) are also some of our favorite Sales Hacker contributors! We’re so excited about seeing these pros speak that we took a little time to gather some of the best articles, webinars, podcasts, and guides they’ve shared with the Sales Hacker community in the past.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2013

The sales productivity gains associated with Social Selling will dwarf the gains we achieved from previous technological advancements. If you are wondering how, attend this webinar to see what Social Selling can do for you. More recently, he pegged the failure rate of marketing automation software at 50%. At least I do.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Let’s address the elephant in the room – there are just too many sales resources available to know what’s good and what isn’t. The increased interest in personal and professional development has created a cottage industry of experts claiming their book, podcast, or webinar is the only thing standing between you and success in your career.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Sales for Life. LinkedIn Sales Blog. The Sales Blog. Sales Benchmark Index. Inside Sales Experts Blog. Sales Source. The Sales Leader. The Center for Sales Strategy Blog. Best for: Inbound sales professionals and marketers. The Best Blogs for Sales Leaders and Executives.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

According to Gartner, the typical buying group for a complex B2B solution involves six to 10 decision-makers. They show this through digital behavior like downloading an ebook or joining a webinar, allowing you to engage them with educational content. The sales cycle ranges between a few weeks and a few months.

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Salesmate

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Listed by Drift among the 12 sales development leaders, Becc has been inspiring a whole new generation of salespeople. She’s the Head of Sales at Chorus.ai and recently developed her brainchild, ‘Flip the script’ from a webinar to a North America tour. Stutz is recognized as Top 1% influencer in sales. Elinor Stutz.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Following Sailthru’s sale to CM Group in 2018, Cassie took on the expanded role of Chief Customer Officer for CM Group’s 200MM+ martech portfolio. A people person with extensive C-Level experience in enterprise software, business development and operations. Founder and Managing Partner at Reality Works Group.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 28, 2019

With inbound, the prospect does the searching, the reading of an article, the attending of a webinar, or the scheduling of a free consultation call. The prospect initiates the contact, and that could be as simple as submitting their email for a free ebook, and then later an inbound sales person might email or call them. Let’s look.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Here’s a list of advice you may find effective enough to put your sales errands in order. Effective time management strategies for busy sales professionals. Be ready to re-group. What is more, PandaDoc offers a range of fully-customizable sales proposal templates you can use for varying sales purposes.

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Cience

JULY 9, 2020

The cold calling technique takes its origin from door-to-door sales. According to Cargill Consulting Group , the main principles of cold calling haven’t changed since Patterson. In 2018, The Rain Group studied 488 B2B buyers and 489 sellers and found some interesting stats: So why does “the cold calling is dead” myth persist?

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InsideSales.com

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In this article, we’ll discuss the eight techniques you can use to effectively train your sales team. Why sales training is important. Every round of new hires that join the sales team will need a group of designated mentors to help them get acclimated to the company sales processes. What is your value proposition?

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Regarding our 2017 sales predictions , here’s a quick reflection: What we were RIGHT about: Powerful partnerships and mergers e.g. Salesforce & Google. Powerful buyer influence of software review sites like G2Crowd & Capterra. The evolution of Sales & Marketing into Revenue Ops & Customer Ops.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 20, 2013

Just a few years back, we were unsure how many sellers there are out there, let alone inside sales professionals. Recently a paper came out called Inside Sales Market Size 2013 – published by the InsideSales.com Research Division with Ben Warner who ran and challenged the data. Inside Sales Structure.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Resources All White Paper Awards & Recognition Blog Article Brief Case Studies eBook ebooks & Guides Funding & Acquisitions Guide Industry News Infographic Interview Podcasts Report Resources Video Video Reviews Webinars. The Gartner Market Guide for Sales. Field Sales. Field Sales. Sales Enablement.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

If RFPs are slowing down your sales team, you need to check out Loopio. It’s the leading RFP response software trusted by more than 800 high performing organizations across North America. I think that that’s kind of crazy to look at, but it was still relatively new, at least for an inside sales team.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. But here’s another fact: sales is HARD! There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

G2 Crowd Sales Blog. The Gist: G2 Crowd is a massive name in the software space. What some may not know is that they also have the best sales blogs to help those tech founders grow their business. Now he’s turned his attention to building the software platform that will power the next wave of Cold Calling 2.0 The Gist:

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 13, 2018

Launching your own LinkedIn Group below is 'pull.' Go ballistic in LinkedIn Groups. You can join a maximum of 50 groups and consistently drop groups and add others. You never want to sell or link-bomb in groups. There are dozens of CXO groups and Marketing groups, some with hundreds of thousand of members.

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