Close.io

MAY 30, 2018

So you’re looking to build out your inside sales team and you’ve lined up a full day of interviews with potential new hires. To make sure you don’t waste time and money on a bad hire who doesn’t fit the culture, there are some questions you absolutely need to be asking in your interviews with prospective inside sales reps.

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SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Inside sales reps who engage prospects with a personalized pitch see better open rates, have longer conversations, and book more meetings. But migrating from a traditional cold calling model to one that requires a high-level of customization can be challenging, even for the most sophisticated inside sales environments.

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SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

To get that inspiration, direction, and motivation we follow mentors on social media like Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn influencers. And when it comes to expert advice & motivation, LinkedIn is the best place with over 400 million professionals sharing their stories & lessons. He is the founder of Close.io Tom Hopkins.

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OutboundView

MARCH 31, 2021

Inside sales is a dominant sales model in high-value SaaS, tech, and B2B industries. It involves handling sales remotely where reps mostly work inside an office or in a shared office environment, unlike outside sales reps who are traditional field reps that travel to meet clients.

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SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

To get that inspiration, direction, and motivation we follow mentors on social media like Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn influencers. And when it comes to expert advice & motivation, LinkedIn is the best place with over 400 million professionals sharing their stories & lessons. He is the founder of Close.io Tom Hopkins.

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Influencer LinkedIn Social Media Demand Generation Agencies 52

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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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

With a modest, go-get-'em attitude, you can learn the stats you need to know to anticipate what a career in sales has in store for you. Table of Contents Sales Career and Salary Stats The Buyer’s Journey Lead Generation Stats Sales Software Stats Sales Careers and Salary Stats Practically every business in every industry needs salespeople.

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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 18, 2023

Lars Nilsson is the VP of Global Sales Development at Snowflake. Before that he was the VP of Global Inside Sales for Cloudera. Lars has also served in sales exec roles at ArcSight, Hewlett Packard, Riverbed Technology, and Portal Software, all three of which achieved IPOs. You can’t be afraid to ask for help.

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LeadIQ

OCTOBER 16, 2018

To build out LeadIQ, I was going to need to do something in the sales universe to get reps to know about us, who I am, and give them a reason to engage with me while cold prospecting them. FYI, we’ll mainly be focusing on LinkedIn today, but most of these can translate to where ever you want to build an audience for selling.

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Sales 2.0

JUNE 29, 2014

I first created this framework from stressing out about the lousy results my inside sales team was getting cold calling. About six months after I wrote on my napkin I found out a smart guy in Silicon Valley called Umberto Milletti had already started a software company that produced results using an approach similar to this.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

Sales Technology. VP Nokia Software, North America Sales. National Association of Women Sales Professionals (NAWSP). [link]. General Manager, Worldwide Partner Sales. Senior Director of WW Inside Sales. VP New business – Sales leader. Regional Vice President of Sales. Leadership.

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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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Tony Hughes

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

We asked the participants what they believed the biggest challenges and burning issues are in Customer Experience, and we deliberately avoided steering the conversation toward CRM software. But CRM software quickly emerged as a burning issue and I made the comment that some research states 70% of CRM software implementations fail.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 28, 2022

First Steps with Sales Engagement. Any time a sales rep is reaching out to a potential prospect, it is important for them to research as much as they can about them. In many cases, this initial point of contact can set the stage for whether your sales rep gets a response back or not. Why Use Sales Engagement Software?

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Vengreso

JANUARY 18, 2022

In this way with a structured sales strategy to follow, you can dramatically improve the productivity and success rate of your entire sales prospecting process. To be clear, prospecting is not to be confused with lead generation and, likewise, prospecting tools are not the same as lead generation software. VanillaSoft.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without further ado, here are some of the female movers-and-shakers who are creating powerful ripple effects and paving the path for the next generation of women sales leaders. Amy Appleyard – SVP Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. Andrea Austin – VP at Nokia Software | Published Author.

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

She is IBM’s most prolific female inventor and a mobile software engineer. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips. Increase Opportunities.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Lars is the VP of global sales development at Snowflake. Before that he was the VP of Global Inside Sales for Cloudera. Lars has also served in sales exec roles at ArcSight, Hewlett Packard, Riverbed Technology, and Portal Software, all three of which achieved IPOs. You can’t be afraid to ask for help.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 26, 2014

I’m the kind of person who gets into an airplane and am still amazed how they always take off and land hundreds or thousands of miles away (at least all of my flights have, and nearly all flights do) To see the advances in marketing tools and sales tools – it’s really phenomenal what software can now do. Increase Opportunities.

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 29, 2019

founder and CEO Oleg Rogynskyy chats with host Greg Moore about what he’s learned about scaling sales teams from his experience leading startups and how artificial intelligence drives the future of sales. As a result, they place a huge emphasis in these three areas: Talent: finding the right sales people. Greg Moore LinkedIn.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 21, 2014

I talked about having a multi-faceted strategy in a session on the InsideSales Accelerate 14 Summit and believe it to be a key strategy for success in an inside sales position. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Sales leaders in charge of new revenue growth have felt this change in their core. Teams that traditionally sold in person had to pivot to an inside sales model. Before this year, there was already a clear split in sales models. Offices have gone virtual. Instead, it was how teams used the tools that made the difference.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Even with just 140 characters, he manages to really get to the heart of what position you need to take during tough sales calls, and how to advance your career in sales. Curious how this translates to LinkedIn [link] — David Dulany (@DKDINSF) February 5, 2021. The death of email templates is accelerating.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

Back in the 1990s, inside sales was a stepping stone, not a career. Junior reps started in inside sales, and as you moved up through the ranks you were given your own outside territory and sent out on face-to-face sales calls. Inside sales is simply more efficient and scalable. Always respond in kind.

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SalesHandy

JULY 5, 2021

Social selling isn’t a completely new concept in B2B sales – it’s been around since social platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter exist. With the rise in Software tools and API access to these networks, it’s easier today to leverage these social selling automation tools to build social selling into your B2B sales process.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Newly added sales leaders you should follow (in alphabetical order by last name): 1. Crunchbase , LinkedIn , Twitter. Why Jordan should be on your radar: It’s probably a good idea to get used to seeing Jordan Arogeti on these sales leaders lists. VP of Sales at Mixpanel. Crunchbase , LinkedIn. LinkedIn , Twitter.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Software Advice surveyed nearly 2000 sales professionals who use a mobile version of a CRM tool and found the following: Nearly all salespeople using mobile CRM (82 percent) say that accessing their system on smartphones and tablets greatly or moderately improves the quality of their CRM data. Increase Opportunities. Close More Deals.

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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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InsightSquared

MARCH 20, 2019

Some use the fanciest sales engagement software in existence, while there’s a new cohort of directors that refuses to implement any tools until their SDRs practice writing personalized emails that deliver value. We work with high-growth technology startups as they grow and scale their inside sales organizations.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

LinkedIn Sales Navigator. Sales books. Presentation software. 5) LinkedIn Sales Navigator. Savvy salespeople live on LinkedIn. With a premium LinkedIn Sales Navigator account, reps can get additional insights on prospects as well as customized lead lists. 12) Presentation Software.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 8, 2020

But now that countless sales professionals are forced to make the transition for the first time, many face an entirely new set of challenges. There probably isn’t a more directly impacted area than the field sales rep. Selling software is a highly collaborative process. Katie Fabiszak of SiriusDecisions/Forrester.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2022

What do the changing market conditions mean for RevOps and sales? VP of Global Inside Sales at Tray.io. Pay for a professional resume writer and LinkedIn writer to update their resume. Similarly, most demand gen teams set aside budgets for new program pilots, A/B testing, software, agencies, etc. Ralph Barsi.

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SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Act-On Software. Sales managers love ClearSlide for the insight it offers into their team’s activities, and sales people love the automatic activity logging. Phone, email, SMS and other channels are the lifeblood of inside sales. LinkedIn: Sales Solutions. LinkedIn ToolSkool. ActonSoftware.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Sales Conferences 2018. 5) AA-ISP Digital Sales World 2018. AA-ISP’s Inside Sales conference focuses on helping front-line inside sales reps and managers in their day-to-day roles through a combination of talks and workshops. 11) SiriusDecisions Sales Leadership Exchange. Date: 2/6/18 - 2/8/18.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The common prospecting channels include: SMS Cold calls and emails LinkedIn Walk-ins Video Physical mail Insights from The State of Sales Development survey reveal notable preferences among SDR teams: 42% find email as their top channel, 18% favor LinkedIn, while 35% view cold calling as the least effective.

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InsideSales.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

How to Do Sales Call Planning Effectively. Their company offers public relations and communication software, and they connect their clients with social influencers fit for their brand. He started his sales career with Corporate Executive Board and now, he’s been with Cision for 12 years. Explore the Contact’s LinkedIn Page.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Here are a few you might recognize: B2B or business-to-business sales : Designed for B2B-style businesses that target their sales pitch toward key business decision makers (typically C-suite level leadership or managers) who are responsible for purchasing products, services, and software for their company. The Brooks Group.

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