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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The Digital Sales Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Sales scripts are a valuable tool that can help salespeople have meaningful conversations with customers or prospects. What are Sales Scripts? They usually refer to a prepared walk through of a sales conversation including talking points, value propositions, discovery questions and “asks” or “commitment” steps.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To amplify its impact, many companies integrate the playbook into a collaborative sales training platform that allows SDRs to easily access the playbook’s resources, engage in interactive learning modules, and apply the acquired knowledge in practical scenarios. How Do You Create a Winning Sales Development Playbook?

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Women Sales Pros

APRIL 19, 2019

Bad hires are the number one reason for the failure of sales organizations. It’s not your bad sales process. It’s not that your training stinks. Take your lead from high performing sales organizations: Have a clear role definition. Use a sales-specific assessment tool to vet candidates based on role definition.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 29, 2014

So in addition to having multiple records for the same companies (both prospects and clients), there is another big area of bad data – as follows: Contact person is no longer with the company. Contact person got promoted. Tag (categorize) the record appropriately as a pre-prospect, prospect, qualified, proposed, or client.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

We convince ourselves that we will only be at peace, feel secure, or be truly happy when we finally have enough money in the bank, when we’re finally debt free, when we’ve received the promotion at work, or when we’re retired—that’s when we’ll be able to relax and enjoy things. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Welcome to Sales Hacker’s first-ever Influential Women in Sales list! In this exclusive list, we wanted to honor not just female leaders that promote their own sales platform (no shame in that!) They say “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and the sales floor is no exception.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

Sales development reps (also known as business development reps, or BDRs) are responsible for the first step in the sales funnel: bringing in qualified leads. They conduct research to find prospective customers, reach out to gauge people's interest in the offering, and decide whether or not the lead is ready to move down the funnel.

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Markempa - Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

In spite of the fact that in the past pushy salespeople and poorly trained marketers have tarnished the image of the phone, I still believe that smart cold calling is still a very useful lead generation tool. Prospecting must be smart , articulate, engaging and organized. Here are 7 steps to improve your cold calling results.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Author of “The Sales Development Playbook,” Trish Bertuzzi has been a major player in the sales game for the past two decades. Trish is also President and Chief Strategist at The Bridge Group, a company that specializes in helping teams with inside sales. She quite literally wrote the book on it. Lori Richardson.

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Score More Sales

JULY 11, 2013

We also knew when something was “up” – either a competitor of ours working to unseat us or one of our contacts getting transferred or promoted. It can take weeks or months for some in sales to truly qualify a sales opportunity. If you would like more on this, visit our recent Inside Sales Power Tip on Listening.

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Score More Sales

MARCH 25, 2014

It’s not about you, its about them, your customers and prospects. If you have information but no one likes you because you’re unreliable or self promotional all the time then you have no trust. Ken Krogue is the co-founder of InsideSales.com, a company that offers tools and consulting to companies with inside sales teams.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 28, 2020

To keep their businesses growing and operating, sales leaders must be able to address the factors preventing them from reaching their revenue targets in today’s market. Andrews and her team work with company Presidents, CEOs, and sales executives who are frustrated with stalled revenue, and lack of company growth.

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Score More Sales

JULY 27, 2013

No doubt you are busy in your sales career working to identify prospective customers, connect with them, nurture that relationship and ultimately help them to a buying decision potentially with your products and services. Trish Bertuzzi – the Bridge Group Inc – B2B inside sales experts.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 2, 2014

The best part is that this online trade show promoting you as a thought leader runs 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. Blogging, therefore becomes answering customer and prospect questions – something that you are doing anyway. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Best Sales Podcasts for You This 2021. The ability to listen to an almost inexhaustible supply of training, case studies, and applicable tips via sales podcasts shouldn’t be taken for granted. From individual sales reps to Founders, there are so many great “shows” to help you become better at your job.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 1, 2019

Bad hires are the number one reason for the failure of sales organizations. It’s not your bad sales process. It’s not that your training stinks. Take your lead from high performing sales organizations: Have a clear role definition. Use a sales-specific assessment tool to vet candidates based on role definition.

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Trends Hiring Churn Inside Sales 75

Score More Sales

MAY 27, 2014

Within the powerful pages (250 to be exact) Jill discusses how sellers need to learn so many things any time they are in a new position, promoted, or presented with new products and services. Ask them questions that will tell you how you can go about your prospecting or whatever role you have. Increase Opportunities.

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 31, 2020

We will be talking about tips, strategies, and ideas about how businesses can prospect better and connect with potential clients. In the previous episode, Donald was joined by his sales coaching client, Scott Romney. SalesGoals SDRs and BDRs A BDR is a business development rep and an SDR is a sales development rep.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 27, 2014

Unlike the conferences that have been around for year on selling, Max strives to put a “no BS” event together with lots of actual takeaways that could be put right into use instead of promotion and selling from the stage. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide.

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Costello

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Dionne Mischler, CEO & Founder, Inside Sales by Design. With more than 20 years of sales experience, Dionne Mischler has made a name for herself in the field. She runs Inside Sales By Design , a sales consultancy she launched in 2014, where she helps mid-sized companies establish and grow their inside sales teams.

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Trish Bertuzzi is one of the world’s leading experts on sales training and development. She provides a proven sales playbook that the sales team can use to build a repeatable pipeline effectively. The sales development playbook presents six elements for building a new pipeline and accelerating revenue growth inside sales.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Trish Bertuzzi Author of “The Sales Development Playbook,” Trish Bertuzzi has been a major player in the sales game for the past two decades. Trish is also President and Chief Strategist at The Bridge Group, a company that specializes in helping teams with inside sales. She quite literally wrote the book on it.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 11, 2021

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Joe Venuti, VP of Inside Sales at Sendoso, on how to maintain a healthy work culture in a remote environment and why direct mail is effective in the digital world. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Who sales development should report to [22:16].

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CloserIQ

DECEMBER 21, 2018

” You’ve Been Promoted to Sales Manager; Now What? “I wanted my sales team to be an exemplar for our customers, to do things better than anyone had ever done them. 5 steps to sales prospecting (for higher quality leads) in 2019 (Ryan Robinson of Close.io). Nick Hedges of Velocify).

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Igniting Sales Transformation

MAY 23, 2018

And SDR/BDR reps are often the first personal point of contact with a prospect, so they’ve got to be excellent at what they do. How important it is for a BDR to research their prospect before reaching out to try and engage them. She then transferred to ion interactive where she was a BDR for 8 months.

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CloserIQ

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

. “Though there’s never a one-size-fits-all solution to anything in sales, I’ve found that proper use of sales data and analytics tools can drastically reduce the time to close.” ” Expanding Your Network of Prospects Within a Company (Adam Honig of Spiro Technologies). Struggling With Inside Sales Turnover?

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InsightSquared

JANUARY 16, 2019

This is what happens when badly trained people train people badly. When we talked about hiring new sales reps , we showed the “cash trough” that each new rep starts with. BDRs usually want to hit the ground running, but it is up to us to guide them through training. At InsightSquared, we aggressively promote from within.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

Rapid testing: Channel partners let you experiment with new customer bases, products, packages, promotions, and/or marketing campaigns in a low-stakes environment. Wondering if channel sales is right for your organization? Location: If your offices are spread out, it might make sense to use a channel sales model.

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Channels Lead Rank Hiring Lead Scoring 96

Score More Sales

APRIL 27, 2014

Unlike the conferences that have been around for year on selling, Max strives to put a “no BS” event together with lots of actual takeaways that could be put right into use instead of promotion and selling from the stage. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide.

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Revenue Outsourcing Services PipelineDeals Scale 120

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 11, 2020

Wes started his career at Sisense, becoming head of enterprise business development and ultimately director of inside sales for North America. As of January 2019, he moved on to leading the US sales team at Red Points. Sam Jacobs: What do you think the biggest mistakes people are when they get promoted to manager?

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Don on Selling

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The average salesperson’s tenure does not last if it takes to get a decent promotion. This is probably a big reason that sales representatives don’t stay very long. Sales representatives will have an 18-month tenure on average. Most sales representatives are too impatient to wait this long for a promotion.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Why Trish should be on your radar: Trish Bertuzzi is a sales powerhouse, a bestselling author and founder of The Bridge Group, an organization dedicated to helping B2B technology companies build world-class inside sales teams. She’s an advocate for women in the aviation industry and beyond, and an accomplished sales leader.

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MarketJoy

JULY 3, 2018

With whatever products or services you’re offering and have deployed your most valuable resources on the same, the next step is always going to move in the direction of finding the prospective clients. Improve Time Efficiency: Eliminate the non-sales time by taking the burden of prospecting (calling, emailing, messaging etc.)

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Outsourcing Services Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 45

Chorus.ai

MARCH 19, 2019

A trick I used a lot earlier in my career, and still do from time to time, is asking the prospect for feedback at that critical juncture (the part where they hang up on you). Scott Barker, Head of Partnerships, Sales Hacker and Evangelist, Outreach.io. Head of Partnerships, Sales Hacker and Evangelist, Outreach.io. Scott Barker.

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Cold Calling Face-to-face Call-back Lead Rank 67

Groove.co

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS Interest in sales engagement is spreading like a virus “We Are All Inside Sales Now” might not ever become a huge rallying cry within the B2B sales industry, but the grounding of outside sales reps is real. Sales is no stranger to using technology. Adtech, martech, salestech.what the heck?

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PandaDoc

JULY 11, 2022

Behind almost every successful business is a successful sales team. Whether you’ve got a small team of inside sales reps, a large outdoor sales team, or a wholesale department working on distribution partners for your next product, sales is the lifeblood of any business. Select the right applicants.

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