The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 25, 2012

Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Networking. Retail Sales Trends. Debunking the Myth of “Inside Sales” Jan 26, 2012. When somebody tells me they do inside sales, I want to choke.

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Inside Sales Motivation Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 168

Closer's Coffee

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Look at any job description for an inside salesperson and there is something very important missing. Inside sales representatives work with customers to find what they want, create solutions and ensure a smooth sales process. Inside sales reps are friendly, well-spoken and ready to close the deal.”.

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Inside Sales Face-to-face Hiring Skype 61

Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 21, 2022

I said it was analogous to saying, “Hey, you don’t know me, but give me your time and tell me how to sell you.”. What was missing was the common currency of human interaction to set up the call. Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Prospecting Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling 156

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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Inside Sales Outsourcing Services Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 36

SBI

APRIL 24, 2012

Tweet AA-ISP Inside Sales Summit. Four hundred Inside Sales leaders attended the 2-day American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) Summit last week in Dallas. The Summit is the only conference dedicated exclusively to Inside Sales Leadership. Sign up for an AA-ISP membership.

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Inside Sales Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead 122

Fill the Funnel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

OFunnel works like Google Alerts within your LinkedIn network. OFunnel constantly monitors LinkedIn as your network expands and emails you results each day. If you are trying to figure out Social Selling , this tool will help you understand. OFunnel will notify you when someone in your network connects to someone at Nike.

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Networking LinkedIn Demand Generation Targets Google 115

Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 1, 2019

I’ve got some ideas about your networking issues for your new office that’s opening in Houston next month. Break up your paragraphs into sentences if possible to make them easy to read and accessible. Email Secret #5: Promise to follow up by phone if they don’t respond. Their eyes will glaze over! See it here.

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Face-to-face Inside Sales Gatekeeper Sales Qualified Lead 126

The Pipeline

AUGUST 2, 2013

As you’ll read below, she boldly predicts that by 2015 inside sales will overtake field sales, as that unfolds, she will be in greater demand. Josiane heads up TeleSmart Communications , and is leading practice and thought leader in the area of inside sales and management. How can that be?

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SalesHandy

JULY 5, 2021

Apart from this – working professionals, who make up for B2B buyers and users, tend to spend less time on these channels. This drives down the conversions on these channels, and makes it difficult for lead generation and sales functions to keep up. Which is where social selling comes in. What is social selling?

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Social Media Social Selling Media Sales Qualified Lead 98

Hubspot Sales

MAY 4, 2020

spent over three and a half hours on their smartphone each day, with half of that time spent engaging on social media networks. Not only has personal social media usage been on the rise, but professional social media usage has become more prevalent as well — and the field of sales is no exception. Social Selling LinkedIn Stats.

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Social Selling LinkedIn Lead Rank Lead Scoring 118

SBI Growth

AUGUST 14, 2013

Your sales team needs the ability to sell this way. In an increasingly competitive environment, best-in-class sales organizations are looking for an edge. When you sign up for the session, you’ll learn 4 new ways to modernize your sales force: Understanding the New Buyer. Using Social Selling to Get in Deals Early.

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SBI Growth

JULY 10, 2014

Here are 3 examples that we frequently see sales and marketing leaders implementing to make a quantum leap forward: Inside Sales: Create a new Inside Sales function to serve an ever-increasing segment of customers who prefer to purchase on-line. Forecast: The data in the CRM system is not kept up to date.

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Sage Lead Rank Forecasting Inside Sales 267

Nutshell

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Maybe it’s the electricity in the air as a highly anticipated keynote speaker fires up the crowd. Perhaps it’s the rush of meeting new and interesting people during networking sessions , or the opportunity to learn actionable tips during the breakout sessions that will help you level up your game. Unleash 20.

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Conference Top of Funnel Networking Hotels 124

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 28, 2018

You’ve earned their trust before you ever show up. Sales AI doesn’t have the same advantage. You’ve probably heard the “expert” predictions that technology will render salespeople obsolete, and sales AI will soon replace us. But will sales AI actually replace us? Yes, for those who sell commodities.

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Referrals Cold Calling Inside Sales Enterprise 232

Allego

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The selling process, especially in B2B, is complex. Staying up to date in an era of change means that you must continuously refine your sales practice. With exceptional interactive and networking possibilities, the event offers the opportunity to build relationships you’ll leverage for years to come.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

Inside Sales Rep. In an increasingly digital world, inside salespeople are the go-to for prospecting, nurturing, and converting leads remotely. They rely on email, phone calls, videos, and virtual meetings—instead of face-to-face interaction—to build relationships and move people through the sales funnel. Image Source.

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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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Top of Funnel Hiring Scale Lead Rank 111

SalesHandy

JULY 7, 2021

Figuring out how to generate sales for SaaS products might seem like a pretty daunting task. Selling software products might seem very lucrative, but it’s really challenging to generate leads and close them. . What SaaS sales is all about, and how do you go about selling your SaaS to qualified leads? What is SaaS?

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Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Inbound 98

SBI Growth

JUNE 2, 2013

She even ensures Sales Managers are getting the new hires onboarded effectively. Any virtual benches that the Sales Managers had have long ago been used up. Even though she’s sensing a problem, Sales seems to be content with the situation. You do already have your Sales Reps in your network, correct?

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Margin Commission 312

Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 30, 2018

Learn about the best creative, effective phone business prospecting scripts, tools, tips, process, methods and ideas to help you successfully close more sales. I clicked over to hear him doing it (he sells SEO services), and as I watched I noticed he was making one crucial error that was leading to him not getting very far with prospects.

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Tools Prospecting Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead 120

InsideSales.com

JUNE 30, 2021

The partnership enables EXL to leverage XANT’s Playbooks solution and XANT Intelligence on prospects and customers to create and take to market an AI-driven lead qualification and inside sales solution to their customers. Data, analytics, and AI capabilities have become integral for success in the sales and marketing space.

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Sage Transportation Lead Qualification Lead Rank 81

Score More Sales

MARCH 25, 2014

Many who work for companies – especially mid-sized ones selling to other businesses – get stuck in doing the same old things year after year to build sales. Last week, a list on Forbes contained my name as one of the top 30 social selling influencers in the world. Ken truly is a leader in inside selling strategies.

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Social Selling Oracle Eloqua Influencer 232

Close.io

DECEMBER 20, 2019

We recently released a piece on sales analytics : what it is, how it works, and why it can give you a massive sales advantage. Beyond the topic of sales data, our roundup also features an insider's take on freemium vs free trials , a resource on insider sales training , and a think-piece on seller expectations.

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Guarantee Analytics Hiring B2C 72

Women Sales Pros

JANUARY 24, 2019

Typical attendees might include: Direct sales (Global sales team, mid-market sales team, small account sales team) Inside sales Channel sales partners SME’s (Sales Analysts, other subject matter experts) Sales Operations Sales leadership And the list could go on.

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Outsourcing Services Guarantee Call-back Account 107

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

I’ve been selling for over 30 years, and it’s been a blast. I’ve seen some incredible changes, and I can say without a doubt that right now is the best time to invest in a sales career. Sales is fun, critically important to scaling businesses, financially lucrative, and intellectually stimulating. The first thing you need to do?

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Cold Calling Social Media Inbound Face-to-face 145

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2020

While establishing new contacts at trade shows and conferences is a great way to hone in your networking skills, don’t forget there are accessible tools that allow you to connect with other professionals from where you are. Check out these social media sales groups and start building your network anytime, anywhere.

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Social Media Groups Networking Media 16

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 26, 2018

Think of someone who disrupts an executive’s day by getting past the gatekeeper explaining he/she knows that person and is following up ‘our previous discussions’ – yeah right! Recipe for High-Performance Selling. With today’s technologies, there is no excuse for this kind of ignorance except laziness. . The opportunities are endless.

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How To Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Lead Capture 218

Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Sometimes I accept a connect request on LinkedIn with people I don’t know but others in my network do. This strategy is called, “Showing up and throwing up.” Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Increase Opportunities.

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LinkedIn Ideal Customer Profile Twitter Inside Sales 229

Igniting Sales Transformation

MAY 11, 2018

In this Conversations with Women in Sales interview, I talked with Jen Sieger, Director Inside Sales Specialist Team at Microsoft about Digital Sales Best Practices. Jen and I talked about how to train your salespeople to leverage Digital Selling Best practices to better connect with customers and exceed sales quotas.

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Microsoft Inside Sales Twitter Lead Rank 49

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 3, 2012

Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Networking. Retail Sales Trends. Never waste an opportunity to ask your current customer who else might benefit from what it is you’re selling. networking.

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Motivation Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Prospecting 195

SalesLoft

JANUARY 2, 2020

A Sales Guy (Jim Keenan) | Award-winning blog offering solutions, insights and actionable sales tips to grow sales in the 21st-Century. Cerebral Selling (David Priemer) | Articles and insights from David Priemer, Founder and CEO of Cerebral Selling. Top sales blogs ranked by Top Sales World and Rise Global.

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Lead Rank Webinar Metrics Lead Scoring Inside Sales 52

SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

Steli Efti is mainly known for his selling skills and his attitude of never giving up on a prospect. which is a platform that helps you track all your sales activity & the communication between your salesperson & the prospect. President, Heinz Marketing Inc, Keynote speaker, Author, Host of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Influencer LinkedIn Social Media Demand Generation Agencies 76

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 24, 2019

You call someone and then follow up with a letter. That means sales reps spend a lot of time on the phone, getting absolutely nowhere. Worse yet, Inside Sales reports that sales reps can spend up to 40 percent of their time just looking for somebody to cold call. Smackdown: Referral Selling vs. Cold Calling.

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Cold Calling Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation 269

LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

Sales Success Stories is a sales podcasts site that focuses on the people who are still picking up the phone and calling leads —not those who’ve since left the ranks of SDR and BDR. Predictable Prospecting brings in some of the top minds in lead gen, social selling, and sales process. The Gist: .

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Twitter Lead Scoring 98

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 7, 2015

Ecommerce systems will eliminate 1 million B2B sales jobs by 2020 due to the shift to self-service platforms. The second presumption underlying this is the idea that buyers KNOW exactly what they want, which is simply impossible in a digital world where new technologies and solutions are popping up every day.

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Lead Rank B2B Education Research 120

Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Do you find that the “small things” like organizing your office, organizing your laptop, checking in with old customers just to see how they’re doing, distract you from what you know you need to be doing to make more money – i.e., cold call, follow up on leads, call prospects back who are on the fence, etc.? 8) Etc….

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Cold Calling How To Call-back Follow-up 120

A Sales Guy

JUNE 11, 2013

They are dying on the vine and are desperate to break the sales code and start selling before they give up entirely. It sucks having to get up everyday to go to a job you don’t like. Dear Keenan, I am “S”, I have been in inside sales and marketing for 2 years and have not made any sale till now.

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Automotive Inside Sales Education Up-Sell 120