DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 13, 2018

“When I first started at DiscoverOrg two years ago, I joined a group of six other Sales Development Reps (SDRs). We were all green to the role and new to sales in general. We had a team lead, whose job was daily cheerleading – but the role of ‘manager’ on the Inbound team didn’t exist.”

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Predictable Revenue

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Poor hiring processes play a big role in the inability to hire timely or correctly. We’d love to show you our hiring process so you have the right tools at the tip of your hands to start hiring for success. The post How To Hire Top Performing SDRs appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 12, 2020

And that means to keep up with today’s empowered buyer, the sales process needs to transform too. Whether your sales process relies on inbound leads or targeted outreach, whether you’re a big company or small, whether your sale is complex or simple; inbound sales is relevant. What is inbound sales?

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 15, 2022

I’ve been using the summer to review some of the classic books in sales and marketing and refresh some of the fundamentals to building world-class “revenue engines” described. I started with Mark Roberge’s book “The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million”.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 6, 2019

So how do you maximize the investment you’re making in sales new hires? But the payoff is salespeople who understand your business, your customer, and your sales methodology -- a wicked combination that leads to bigger returns, faster. Onboarding Checklist for Sales New Hires. It takes time. Before They Start.

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Predictable Revenue

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

If you’re looking to create consistent revenue for your organization, a quality outbound sales team is precisely what your business needs to continue its path to growth and success. The post 10 Signs It’s Time To Hire An Outbound Sales Team appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

You were probably hired because the last person failed. Whatever the situation, you were hired to solve the problems quickly. Like many marketing organizations, the sales organization doesn’t give you the time of day. Sales Qualified Lead (SQL) numbers were so low, they didn’t bother measuring it. Sign up here.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2014

Great post for sales managers from two great people. I’ve come to learn that having a pipeline of candidates and making good sales hires is a critical part of a sales managers job. ZipRecruiter’s VP of Inside Sales, Kevin Gaither , was tasked with hiring 25 inside sales reps in just three months.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 20, 2020

One way for companies to avoid layoffs is to hire from within and look for individuals they can take from non-revenue-generating roles and move them into revenue-generating roles like Sales. . This keeps your high performers on staff while focusing resources on what will help you survive a tough economy, namely a stronger sales force.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 15, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Well, it''s really happened now. I was following a discussion in the Hubspot VAR Group on LinkedIn , where the question posed to the group was whether or not the first sales hire should be a sales or a marketing person. Big Ticket Sale. Long Sales Cycle.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. Last week, when speaking on the Inbound Stage at Inbound14, my topic was Hiring for the Inbound Sales Role. I asked the question, "Is this a sales or a marketing role?". If you needed to hire an airline employee would it be a pilot, flight attendant or a hybrid?

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Finding effective leadership in sales is every bit as difficult as it is vital. You need someone with the authority and experience to set and maintain an effective course for your sales efforts. The term that best captures the nature of a sales executive's responsibilities is guidance.

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Predictable Revenue

AUGUST 29, 2022

Top traits you should look for in sales leaders, how they differ from sales reps, and how to optimize your sales hiring process. The post Hiring Sales Leaders: Skillset To Look For To Find The Ideal Candidate appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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MEDDIC

MAY 5, 2020

Inside Sales, B2B, any US city. There is nothing more fulfilling than succeeding the Sales Job at a Sales School! In just 2 years of existence, MEDDIC Academy has trained thousands of Sales Executives, and is expanding now with a 3 digits growth rate. We sell SALES TRAINING; online courses and in-person sessions.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Boston is emerging as one of the hottest startup cities in the country, which is great news for sales professionals. These companies are all backed by venture capital and are currently hiring in sales roles. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but here are some great companies to consider for your next sales job.

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Zendesk Sell

MARCH 28, 2019

Writing a sales job description is the first step in your hiring process. Recruiting, hiring, and onboarding are time-consuming, expensive undertakings as it is. The Society for Human Resource Management found that the entire process for one employee can have a price tag of around $240,000. How will this position differ?

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The more qualified inbound leads your team gets, the better it is for them – as long as they can do something with those leads. Sales leaders are responsible for the success of a company. Marketing provides necessary resources, while sales is crucial to capturing valuable turf. The best place to start looking for new hires?

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The Center for Sales Strategy

MARCH 14, 2019

If t he obstacles to growth that you’ve identified are branding and visibility, hiring additional recruiters will not solve these problems. Most small growing businesses know they need to continue to make strategic investments to sustain their growth. The challenge is knowing where to invest.

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InsightSquared

JANUARY 16, 2019

This is especially true of Sales Development Reps, SDRs, as they are such an integral part of your sales process. As an example, let’s look at what happens after three rounds of hiring, with five people in each intake. In this scenario, the previous intakes are responsible for onboarding the new hires. Extending Costs.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

How to Hire a Salesperson that Delivers an ROI. One of the biggest challenges smaller businesses have is learning how to hire a salesperson. Hiring your first salesperson is a great milestone for any business. These reps will qualify the leads for your Account Executive level sales team—that’s an important job.

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criteria for success

JANUARY 26, 2022

Here at CFS, we often discuss setting and achieving sales goals. When you think about your sales goal, you need to take the cost of sales into account. This is a key component to your sales budget. As you work to adjust your sales budget to reflect your sales goals, keep the following principles in mind.

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SBI Growth

MAY 22, 2013

You are a Sales Rep. You must treat hiring managers as your Buyers. Then connect to them through social selling , inbound marketing techniques. The Hiring Manager as the Buyer. The Hiring Manager as the Buyer. They are on the market looking for an HR solution: a top sales rep.

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Openview

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Hiring successful BDR managers is no easy feat, but it’s crucial to the long-term success of your sales team – BDR managers own the top of your lead funnel, and often the talent pipeline for your company as well. How do you know you’re hiring the right person? Inbound: 1 BDR handles ~600 inbound leads per quarter.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

We spend an enormous amount of time searching for and then hiring what we think to be “A” players. Then we made the mistake again, forcing SDR’s to do both inbound and Outbound. Next step we: Created Inbound Role & Outbound SDR roles. Then we divided our AE team: Ramp Team – SMB accounts. Major Accounts team.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 14, 2020

Part one of our GTM series was all about our inbound go-to-market motions. From our perspective, It doesn’t matter if you’ve switched careers or if it’s your first job out of college, starting a new job at a sales organization can be overwhelming. 250+ inbound demos booked 225+ opportunities created. Doubling Down on Process.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Obtaining a ton of qualified inbound leads can be a blessing for your sales team – provided they are enabled and opportunistic enough to take advantage of them. My former Ambition colleague Dan Nice once compared B2B sales and marketing teams to Allied Forces storming Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2020

The sales field has a leadership gap in gender representation that is hard to deny. According to Gartner , though women account for 50% of the entry-level sales talent pool, only 30% of senior sales leadership, 23% of sales rep, and 15% of frontline sales manager roles are held by women.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 10, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan If you have no desire to find a lot of new business from new accounts, you don't need telemarketing (and you can stop reading this article). You can hire telemarketers - inside salespeople who will make calls and schedule appointments for your account managers.

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In a previous article, I talked about what often breaks in companies and sales organizations when scaling from Seed to Series A. Support roles for the sales org: sales operations and enablement; Hire the experience you need today; and Invest in an inbound engine. Hire the experience you need today.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 17, 2024

Leena Joshi is Co-Founder & CEO of CloseFactor , a GTM strategy and execution platform that helps enterprise tech hone in on the exact right prospective customers and accelerates their conversion by helping your sales and marketing teams be contextually relevant to them. Creating an outbound motion through inbound tracking.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 1, 2019

We spend an enormous amount of time trying to hire sales professionals that we think are “A” players. . Watch the video: How to avoid an unfocused, inefficient sales team. Specialize sales roles. Specializing roles in the sales department helps build specific skills. Specialize account executive roles.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 24, 2021

Exceptional sales reps — the ones who are prepared to both dedicate and deliver — don't grow on trees. When you're interviewing for a sales role, you're bound to run into both kinds of candidates, so the question becomes, "How do I tell them apart?". They don't understand how sales and marketing should work together.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Here, we’ll explore the role of BDRs, the pros and cons, and best practices to utilize them effectively: The Role of BDRs Typically, BDR is an entry-level position in larger, more complex sales organizations.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 8, 2020

How To Pair Inbound Leads With Sales Triggers For Higher ROI Are you thinking of ways you can pair inbound leads with sales triggers to get a higher ROI? Other inbound leads may have come to you, chatted with you and given you their email address. It is an intent data platform for B2B technology companies.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Are you at Inbound this week? Here’s my session, HOW TO HIRE #BADASS NOT #SORRYASS SDR’S. THE NEW RULES TO HIRING TALENT THAT WINS. The rules to hiring have changed. Competition, the Internet, Millennials and more have changed the hiring game. If you’re at Inbound, hit me up and say hey.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Are you at Inbound this week? Here’s my session, HOW TO HIRE #BADASS NOT #SORRYASS SDR’S. THE NEW RULES TO HIRING TALENT THAT WINS. The rules to hiring have changed. Competition, the Internet, Millennials and more have changed the hiring game. If you’re at Inbound, hit me up and say hey.

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Vengreso

JUNE 6, 2023

Top earners in sales use top sales strategies to attain their success. Brown , the CEO of CEO Sales Strategies and a Sales Revenue and Profit Growth Expert. Brown , the CEO of CEO Sales Strategies and a Sales Revenue and Profit Growth Expert. For this week’s episode, I am joined by Doug C.

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