DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Are you leaving money on the table by not empowering your sales development teams with the ability to connect with prospects? Modern sales teams are now more data-driven than ever before. As sales science continues to evolve, what impacts will that have on the art of sales communications? The Importance of Persistence.

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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. by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 2013-2018.

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In fact, implementing a data-driven sales approach can make a business 6 percent more profitable than their competitors. Access to customer information stored in CRMs, and other tools, can help identify the right contacts to sell to in an organization, which leads to intelligent and strategically made calls.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 27, 2014

Jill Konrath took matters into her own hands and created a conference for sales women with all women sales experts as presenters back in 2007. Although the conference is not still in existence, he group of women sales experts still meet annually – we are called Sales Shebang® and I’m honored to be leading this group now.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

As if the looming year end wasn’t pressure enough for a sales leader trying to meet sales quota, will the loss of top sales reps pile on? The HR Leader can take some concrete steps to stop the exit of sales reps and therefore the loss of revenue. Determine if the leaving Sales Rep is worth keeping.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 28, 2020

How has your sales leadership style changed this year? As companies are facing uncertainty with their ability to operate and sell their products, effective leadership may have a whole new set of requirements. It’s time to rewrite the sales leadership rulebook. Use remote work to your advantage. Image Source.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 11, 2012

A client of ours has a sales division that has easily made their quota year after year. Every year they meet it easily. Their quota performance looked something like this: The vast majority of Reps beat their numbers – the "average" sales rep acheived 150% of their annual quota. Sales recognized that Quota setting was a problem.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This is where a comprehensive sales development playbook is essential to success for startups and established organizations. 6 Benefits of a Sales Development Playbook The sales development playbook isn’t just a tool; it’s a game changer for SDRs and sales leaders.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 11, 2023

Regardless of what side of the fence you are on, the bottom line is that the phone is still a valuable sales tool. Over the years, I’ve noticed a pattern among inside sales teams. In fact, when the CFO looks at the numbers, the only thing that doubled was the cost per meeting. But that math rarely works.

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JULY 17, 2013

For me, whether salespeople are lazy is not the question to be discussed – whether your company has great sales leadership IS. I love it when those who share my passion for helping companies grow sales revenues get together. Video for sales training and coaching is a given. People do not want canned conversation.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

But it can just as easily be summed up in a few statistics: Per a survey conducted by the Association of Talent Development (ATD) in 2021, over a quarter (28%) of median sales people didn’t meet their company’s sales goals during the last fiscal year. Training Programs for Sales Representatives.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

Sales and marketing lead generation tools follow this suit. But the smaller a company is, the more their internal people need to do and the less tools they will have to help them. If you don’t have your inbound web strategy in place, outbound sales will have to work harder to find prospects and nurture them.

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criteria for success

APRIL 1, 2020

When selling through uncertainty, make sure you work with sales leadership and marketing to adjust your message to meet market needs. But if you depended on in-person meetings, networking events, or conferences, you’ll need to replace those lead sources for now. Next, figure out who to target. Social Selling.

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Factor 8

JANUARY 9, 2020

Marketing tooled up you guys. They found ways to measure and track our customer’s journey well before they touched our sales departments. Tools & Tech. The average rep now has between seven and eight tools at their fingertips. Consider the terms “Tech Stack” and “Sales Enablement” weren’t even terms in 2009.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 17, 2023

Some sales organizations likely would exceed their blown sales budget in the first quarter. A SaaS technology provider with a ten person inside sales team had an average closing rate of 30 percent. The company considered this sales rep their superstar and felt lucky to have him. In sales, every presentation counts.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 23, 2013

Last week, the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) met for their annual Leadership Conference, which was held this year in Chicago. Most of the smartest folk on sales leadership were there, even though there were a number of other sales-related conferences going on that week.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

There are founder-esque tips, but most are for the sales crew. Best 3 Episodes: How to Properly Use Sales Scripts and Active Listening. Using Content Marketing as a Follow Up Tool. Podcaster Blurb: Ian Altman works with some of the biggest companies in the world to help them modernize their sales processes for the digital age.

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InsideSales.com

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Natalie Bering is in charge of Sales Leadership Onboarding and Development at ServiceNow. She’s always worked in sales and later discovered coaching, which has led her to her current role. The right coaching arms them with the right tools to oversee operations and increases employee engagement. Get It in Writing.

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ExecVision

AUGUST 31, 2018

Did you know the average win rate for an Inside Sales Team is only 22% ? Yet elite, best-in-class sales teams win 50% of their deals. Sales leaders that achieve this see: Increased sales without hiring additional reps. Attend sales conferences, such as AA-ISP Digital Sales World. The answer is simple.

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Klozers

JUNE 10, 2014

. If a sales person was to spend the same time working with your Marketing department, to develop a customer testimonial or creating a case study, this material could be used again and again in many different ways, that could generate interest from a much larger audience via the web.

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Mindtickle

JULY 24, 2017

In fact, the key to building sales capacity is ensuring you’re not over-investing. In order to grow a business needs more reps who are selling more effectively and meeting quota. This yield helped them define their sales capacity and identify what capacity they needed to hit their targets. Button down your processes.

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Mindtickle

JULY 24, 2017

In fact, the key to building sales capacity is ensuring you’re not over-investing. In order to grow a business needs more reps who are selling more effectively and meeting quota. This yield helped them define their sales capacity and identify what capacity they needed to hit their targets. Button down your processes.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 9, 2020

With limits on in-person meetings, it’s even more important to double down on your digital selling strategy. Sales leaders must shift their focus to empowering talent, strengthening customer relationships, and acquiring new opportunities in order to survive and thrive in this environment. And so we built the calendar around that.

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OnePageCRM

JANUARY 21, 2019

Try and meet every speaker you listen to. Try and meet conference organizers – may be useful for future events. This leadership retreat is perfect for individuals who have a sales leadership responsibility. Leadership Summit 2019. The Inside Sales Leadership event of 2019!

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OnePageCRM

JANUARY 7, 2019

Try and meet every speaker you listen to. Try and meet conference organizers – may be useful for future events. This leadership retreat is perfect for individuals who have a sales leadership responsibility. Leadership Summit 2019. The Inside Sales Leadership event of 2019!

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OnePageCRM

JANUARY 21, 2019

Try and meet every speaker you listen to. Try and meet conference organizers – may be useful for future events. This leadership retreat is perfect for individuals who have a sales leadership responsibility. Leadership Summit 2019. The Inside Sales Leadership event of 2019!

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

But, what if we told you a quick reading break might actually increase your sales productivity? We won’t go so far as to say you should skip important meetings or spend half of your day reading blog posts—but we definitely recommend that you spend a few minutes every day catching up on industry news and sales blogs.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

But, what if we told you a quick reading break might actually increase your sales productivity? We won’t go so far as to say you should skip important meetings or spend half of your day reading blog posts—but we definitely recommend that you spend a few minutes every day catching up on industry news and sales blogs.

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Don on Selling

OCTOBER 26, 2018

These activities included sales meetings, prospecting, follow-ups, and referrals. – Providing the sales pipeline with more opportunities. These are all behaviors, not results. Customer relationship management (CRM) systems are what drive this issue today.

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Vengreso

JULY 10, 2023

Unlocking the power of sales might seem like a Herculean task, but with the right approach, it can become an achievable goal. Sales goes beyond merely selling products or services; it involves comprehending the desires of your customers and providing tailored solutions that meet their individual needs.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Sales Benchmark Index. Inside Sales Experts Blog. Sales Source. The Sales Leader. Topline Leadership Blog. The Center for Sales Strategy Blog. As a busy sales professional intent on meeting your objectives, you might wonder if you can afford to consistently read sales blogs.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 23, 2020

But finding out which of these tools are the real deal? We decided to tackle the heavy lifting to create this round-up of our favorite sales resources, tools, and guides. Sales Outreach: Tools & Templates. Professional development tools. Remote sales resources. Best sales books.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

Focus: Sales meetings, objection handling, and closing. Intended audience: B2B sales teams. Focus: Sales strategy and process; prospecting strategies. Intended audience: High-level salespeople and sales-focused entrepreneurs. B2B Inside Sales Training. Focus: Sales skills and process.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Mastering the Complex Sale. Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. Outbound Sales, No Fluff. How to Get a Meeting with Anyone. Once you understand how to identify the Challengers in your organization, you can model their approach and embed it throughout your sales force.

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Score More Sales

JULY 24, 2014

When many professional women in sales I know attend professional conferences about selling, we want to meet, see, and hear successful women speaking on ways to grow revenues in companies large and small in addition to the great men we are proud to call our peers. you can follow at @salesshebang ). See you there!

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Sobczak is known for his hands-on, practical advice for telephone and inside sales professionals. Sales for Life also has a series of videos featuring social selling tools, including HubSpot Sales. Check out her dance moves on " 5 Killer Science Based Sales Techniques " (the techniques are smooth too).

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A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The best thing to do to keep this from happening is to break your sales team into manageable sections; strategy, structure, people, process. Each of these pillars represents the critical parts of sales and are the only focused areas sales leadership controls that can move the number. Is it working?

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