Crunchbase

APRIL 11, 2023

Find a balance between inbound and outbound prospecting There are two main prospecting methods used by sales reps to generate leads and prospects: outbound and inbound. Inbound prospecting relies on marketing efforts to drive action or engagement from prospects. It’s also known as “cold outreach.”)

Ideal Customer Profile 98

Ideal Customer Profile Closing Prospecting Intent Data 98

SalesLoft

MAY 13, 2016

SDRs follow-up in the least time possible, diagnose the need, and close for a meeting. If they’re not doing that, then they’re cold calling people to drum up demand. In this traditional world, the one we’ve been living in for decades , there’s inbound and outbound. That is no longer true in today’s world.

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Outbound Inbound Account Penetration 52

Zoominfo

APRIL 5, 2023

As companies add and reallocate talent, enter new markets and territories, and adopt more security tools, corporate email systems are becoming increasingly complex. That kind of repetitive, low-value work is a big reason sales professionals only spend about 28% of their week actually selling, down from 34% just five years ago.

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Sales Qualified Lead Scale System Ideal Customer Profile 130

Alice Heiman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

To actualize that goal , build a sales strategy that breaks it down so that everyone understands what they need to sell by when and the best way to make that happen. . How much did your team sell? . To whom did they sell it? . How much can you increase revenue inside existing territories with existing products? .

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Sales Goal Top of Funnel Territories Funnel 106

Apptivo

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Wind-Up Overview No matter what you sell or the sector you’re in, you need a consistent flow of qualified leads to develop your business. However, inbound sales teams need a well-defined lead management system and the right tools to get the most value out of those leads. Sales Lead Management Process 4.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Management System 103

SalesforLife

AUGUST 8, 2019

We’ve been working with a Fortune 50 company over the last couple of years, and it’s been incredible to watch how they’ve incorporated modern, digital selling with traditional calls, email-based selling, and account-based marketing as part of the trifecta of success. So let’s get more tactical, with six steps that you can take.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Customer 80

Alice Heiman

MAY 10, 2022

Set yourself up for #success by answering these 6 questions to ensure you hit your sales #goals! Simply giving salespeople a larger quota and telling them to sell doesn’t work. Which are the top companies you need to sell to successfully? We tend to think that salespeople should just sell what we tell them to sell.

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Strategy Buyer Persona Lead Rank Lead Scoring 140

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 6, 2019

The average ramp-up time for salespeople is between six and nine months. Below is a guide to accelerated ramp-up time for your salespeople (along with some examples of how HubSpot trains their salespeople). Take care of HR documentation, set them up with a computer, and introduce them to the company at a high level. Orientation.

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Hiring Training Hubspot Inbound 119

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 27, 2020

While there's no definitive standard for segmenting salespeople, there are some archetypes that sales professionals tend to fall into — categories that can help reps better understand how they sell and what they should work on. Selling styles aren't set in stone. Here are the four primary selling styles that most sales reps fall into.

Telemarketing 131

Telemarketing Engineering Top of Funnel Territories 131

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Eventually, most antiquated models are replaced by more up-to-date, efficient, and sometimes exciting models. Inbound Marketing - following up on internet-driven leads. Outside sales is being replaced by inside sales but not in the way that most people think.

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Inside Sales Outside Sales Telemarketing Travel 268

The Pipeline

AUGUST 23, 2012

Rejection comes with the territory and simply cannot be a deterrent for future attempts. A great sales person sells things, but also combines an air of expertise with a genuine feeling of concern for the client. A great sales person sells things, but also combines an air of expertise with a genuine feeling of concern for the client.

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Trade Show Small Business Small Business Call-back 243

Hubspot Sales

MAY 2, 2022

It's why every great sales team needs a connector — someone who identifies prospects and warms them up with outreach and networking. Social Selling. A sales development representative (SDR) is responsible for qualifying inbound leads — ones who have previously engaged with the SDR's company or offerings. Back to You.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 77

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

I’ve been selling for over 30 years, and it’s been a blast. Although it’s arguably more difficult to sell effectively in 2018, it’s easier for top performers to differentiate themselves. If you’re still cold calling prospects and think it’s a great way to generate new opportunities, stop selling now. Drop the 18 tactics below.

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Cold Calling Social Media Inbound Face-to-face 145

Gong.io

AUGUST 24, 2022

Sales managers use forecasts for territory planning as well. If you know that next quarter, you’ve got an expected $250k in revenue from one territory and only $100k in expected revenue from a second; you can more appropriately allocate resources to the more lucrative geography. Bottom-up forecasting . What’s at risk and why.

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Sales Forecasts Forecasting Hiring How To 62

criteria for success

DECEMBER 1, 2021

If you want to develop a strong organization with core capabilities and predictable results, you need to sell the same kinds of things to the same kinds of people. As you do this over and over again, you’ll build systems and processes to support the selling and delivery functions. Are you selling different solutions?

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Buyer Persona Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Trade Show 98

Hubspot Sales

JULY 12, 2021

Almost all tech salespeople were selling from home this past year, and several will continue to do so throughout 2021. But the perks of selling from home come with a host of challenges as well — one of the most pressing being keeping up with self-care. Keep a sacred morning routine to get into the groove.

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Energy Social Media Face-to-face Hubspot 122

Hubspot Sales

MAY 7, 2020

First, work your inbound leads. But what if you don’t have enough inbound leads? You still have to keep your pipeline full, so how do you create net new opportunities if your inbound leads are running dry? You still have to keep your pipeline full, so how do you create net new opportunities if your inbound leads are running dry?

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Inbound Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 124

SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Buying a Sales Engagement solution is uncharted territory for many organizations. Set up lead-scoring criteria. Once these process areas are developed, a Sales Engagement platform will be easier to successfully set up. Lining up the right people with the right skills helps the implementation go smoothly.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Buyer Persona 105

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The most recent would be assassins are Socialites, social selling advocates, who seem to spend as much time sniping at and proclaiming the death of cold calling as they do speaking about what they sell, social selling products, seminars, remedies and dreams. Since we are on stats, allow me to digress for a second.

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Cold Calling Social Media Decision Maker Lead Rank 292

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 30, 2020

It listed information for all the prospects in my California territory including the company name, revenue figures, address, telephone number and — of course — the decision maker’s name and title. The training program, called "Professional Selling Skills," took a then-new consultative approach to sales.

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Sales Process Webinar Metrics Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead 137

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Eventually, most antiquated models are replaced by more up-to-date, efficient, and sometimes exciting models. Inbound Marketing - following up on internet-driven leads. Outside sales is being replaced by inside sales but not in the way that most people think.

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Telemarketing Travel 178

Pointclear

MARCH 17, 2015

Anthony Iannarino who wrote the foreword for the book sums it up perfectly: “This isn’t an academic treatise on sales. A while back we dealt with a sales rep whose territory was Warner Robins Air Force base. In Chapter 5 Mike explains why you should sell higher up in organizations. My friend S. It’s not full of theories.

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Handbook Face-to-face Inbound Outbound 100

The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. If you don’t have your inbound web strategy in place, outbound sales will have to work harder to find prospects and nurture them. A solid inbound web strategy also includes nurturing, but if you don’t have marketing tools then outbound sales will have to manually nurture as well. Free Resources.

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Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring 266

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Sell, sell, sell. In this growing sales landscape, we’ll outline the various processes and key strategies for prospecting -- the phase of selling that often consumes the most time and energy (and is the most crucial to get right). Cold calling: Unsolicited calls to sell a product or service. Inbound Prospecting.

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Prospecting Tools Top of Funnel Lead Rank 142

Zendesk Sell

MARCH 28, 2019

Furthermore, if the criteria are not clearly spelled out in the job description, you may end up with a hire who hurts your overall customer experience. Just as the candidates want to sell their skills and abilities to you, you need to sell your company and department to them. Why Zendesk Sell? Qualifications. Be concise.

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Hiring How To Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 77

SBI

MAY 7, 2015

Handle inbound leads fast and effectively. And it means empowering Sales with the right marketing materials so they can sell effectively no matter who they’re meeting with or where (that means mobile, social, and international)! CPQ & Guided Selling. Value Selling & RO. Social Selling.

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Tools Territories Compensation Inside Sales 50

criteria for success

DECEMBER 31, 2019

A sales process is to selling as a recipe is to a cake. Without the proper steps in a particular and strategic order, you will fail at both selling and baking a cake. This depends on the type of solution you sell and who you sell it to. Instead, it’s about what works for those that are out selling each and every day.

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Sales Process B2B Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 59

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 22, 2017

I read an article in which the position was put forth, “Inside sales does not have the responsibility for creating pipeline, only the responsibility for selling. They should never pick up the phone and make a prospecting call!” Enter the realm of account management/territory. How do we reduce the cost of selling?”

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Territories Segment Inside Sales Pipeline 48

The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As a result, we’ve seen several new movements crop up in response to the general discontent felt among employees. Someone who’s already in the throes of burnout is more likely: To skip the training altogether to get caught up on work. In Practice : Your AE’s are responsible for following up with inbound demo requests.

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Commission Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 78

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Rejection comes with the territory, from prospects choosing another vendor to cold calls hanging up because they have no interest in the conversation. In other words, how can the product or service you’re selling help someone else? This could mean taking up a hobby, doing some traveling, or just spending time at home.

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Cold Calling How To Hiring Travel 104

Smooth Sale

JUNE 28, 2019

I would finally be selling a known brand of business equipment. Enthusiastically, I set out for my territory to begin the infamous pattern of ‘knocking on doors.’. Never give up until every stone is unturned and you gave every attempt your best. Relationship Selling: Empathy Sells.

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Opportunity Vendor Face-to-face Commission 68

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2018

Whether you’re at a networking event, a party, a conference, or an office function, walking up to a stranger and introducing yourself can be terrifying. Not only is it boring and unoriginal, but it’s like planting a huge sign in the prospect’s brain that says, “ I’m trying to sell you something!!!”. I’ve been thinking … ”. They do not.

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Apparel Hubspot Google Buyer 145

Sales Hacker

MARCH 27, 2018

You head out to a territory (market) where you can mine (generate) something valuable, then sift (qualify) good finds from the bad. You then focus on refining (nurturing) the good finds and attempt to make a hefty profit by selling value to the best buyers. 4) Cold meetings don’t end up as sales wins. 7) Social selling.

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B2B Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 87

Sales Evangelist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

For some companies, the sales development reps are focused on the inbounds. When the sales come in through marketing or via the website, the sales development reps will get more information making them the first line of contact with the SDRs.They talk to potential clients, qualify them, and set them up for appointments.

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Government Inbound 40

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2018

Inside sales reps often sell remotely, from an office base, while outside sales reps travel, brokering face-to-face deals. Inside reps are sales professionals primarily selling remotely, while outside sales professionals primarily broker face-to-face sales. In 2017, inside sales made up 43.5% Inside vs. Outside Sales.

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Outside Sales Hiring Face-to-face Inside Sales 126

The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. You might or might not be in the position of having to eventually call up and ask for that first sale. It will likely depend upon your business, whether you hire a sales team or do most of the selling yourself or whether you are even running a business in which a sales call is appropriate.

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Cold Calling Pipeline Hiring Twitter 256

Sales Hacker

APRIL 11, 2019

With this approach, you won’t need to develop creative ways to get them to want to sell more. When you praise them, you’ll see them smile and “light up.”. Don’t change anything mid-year that will lead them to believe their compensation may be affected negatively, such as a territory or role change. They just will.

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Motivation Compensation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 85