Close.io

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In this post, we’re sharing three inside sales job descriptions that you can steal and personalize for your business in order to attract the right sales talent in 2020! Job description template: junior inside sales professional. ? Job description template: inside sales leader. ? Let’s get going.

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Pointclear

JUNE 4, 2018

There's another win-win value proposition that applies to outsourced tele-prospecting: “Costs Less. Outsourcing inside sales really does save you money while at the same time providing you the leads and revenue you need to be successful. The fact is, insourcing tele-prospecting is harder, and more expensive, than most imagine.

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Closer's Coffee

APRIL 23, 2020

Here’s What You Need To Know About The Inside Sales and Outside Sales Roles. As companies seek to grow their sales numbers it’s not always clear which sales approach to take. As companies seek to grow their sales numbers it’s not always clear which sales approach to take.

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Zoominfo

JULY 6, 2021

We all know Tom: the sales guy trying to sell you something you don’t really need on a Tuesday afternoon. Tom is pitching to you because his office is based a few blocks away from your house and your street happens to fall within his territory. The Old World vs. New World of Sales. The Rise of Inside Sales.

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Score More Sales

MARCH 26, 2014

Finding the right prospective buyers and then actually having conversations with them are the top two challenges most sellers are facing now. If assigned a vertical territory of financial services I would do several things right away: look at who my existing and past customers in financial services are. Look Socially. Close More Deals.

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2018

What does the future hold for the inside sales jobs role for a salesperson and will its job description come to mean anything more than facilitating a customer’s purchase. What will the inside sales jobs role look like in three-to-five years? The inside sales role will evolve in line with technology.

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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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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 16, 2020

We’re all in unchartered territory now. Anyway, how do you handle this objection when you’re prospecting? Sales reps have a hard time with this, but now is the perfect time to practice this skill. Second: It’s important to stress to prospects and clients that what we’re going through now is temporary. And for good reason.

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Pointclear

JUNE 26, 2012

His new firm, which specializes in strategic positioning and provocative sales messaging, is called Visible Impact. But, when I attended the recent Leadership Summit put on by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP), I was reminded that sometimes questions can just lead to more questions.

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Score More Sales

JULY 7, 2014

Do you have a strategic prospecting plan or will you just “wing it” again, like you often do? You need to start planning during your prior work day for upcoming prospecting you’ll be doing on the next business day. Stop being haphazard about sales. Download the “Strategic Prospecting Plan” here.

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OutboundView

AUGUST 16, 2019

You’ll have sales leaders helping close deals. You’ll have outside salespeople prospecting or inside sales people helping close deals. Inside sales and outside sales roles have very different responsibilities. Inside sales and outside sales roles have very different responsibilities.

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Sales Evangelist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Should I Start Off With Inside Sales or Outside Sales? Are you new to sales and asking yourself the universal sales question, “Should I start off with inside sales or outside sales?” The business development reps may be the ones finding new prospects for the business.

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OutboundView

AUGUST 14, 2019

Sales organizations today are commonly organized in two groups, outside sales and inside sales. Inside salespeople reach out to possible prospects and find new sales opportunities. Inside salespeople are also called business development representatives, or sales development reps.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

If you ask most executives if they have a sales process , they’ll immediately say yes. But when you ask them to describe their sales process, their descriptions vary wildly. To some, a sales process means milestones in their sales pipeline. Having clear definitions for your sales process matters a lot.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Sales—and life—can be hard at times. In sales, you face a lot of rejection, daily, and yet you need to persevere and overcome in you want to succeed. The question it: What is the secret to dealing with life—and sales—when situations don’t go your way? How are your leads and your territory? How is your company doing?

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Factor 8

AUGUST 8, 2019

If you’re growing or starting up a team, you’re wise to spend time researching the type of rep that will best suit your sales process, talent pool, and customer preferences. And if you’re researching roles in sales, even better. Let’s dig in – starting with the top of the sales funnel or beginning of the buying process.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 13, 2019

If you think you’re broke or that your territory is poor or that you can’t do something, then you’ll find evidence to support your belief and you’ll act (or not act!) The post 3 Secrets to Reaching Your Financial Goals in 2020 appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. accordingly. Who Should Attend? Upcoming Schedule.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 27, 2019

While it may be realistic to expect inside sales teams to sell more than 23% of their time, it is not for others. If you are a full-cycle rep, with a demanding client base in a defined territory, 23% is not bad. They not only give away their time; they pay the prospect for the privilege of doing so. Giving It Away.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

We tend to focus on the pieces/parts of what we do, the responsibilities of our organization, for example marketing, SDRs/Inside Sales, AEs, Account Managers, Sales Engineering, Sales Ops, Sales Enablement. Today, I want to focus on Sales Management.

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Score More Sales

JUNE 30, 2014

To win in sales you, and your company, need a recipe for success. The ingredients to win in sales must be pure and of high quality to create a great, high-end, finished product. Here is what we believe it takes to compete with a strong solid sales team that closes the right deals with great sales velocity.

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SBI

MAY 7, 2014

You’ll need a new fuel source if you want to blast sales into the next stratosphere. Today’s best-in-class sales organizations implement a variety of sales tools to impact their revenue. Power Prospecting. Sales & Marketing Content. Sales Enablement. Territory & Account Planning.

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Score More Sales

JULY 22, 2014

Midmarket companies and larger SMBs seem to fall into three camps: the ones who understand the power of social sales and actively work to build a plan of action, the ones who are coming around to this idea but not doing much yet, and those who are turning a blind eye and are missing a great window of opportunity. Are there any new executives?

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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. Tag (categorize) the record appropriately as a pre-prospect, prospect, qualified, proposed, or client. How do you cleanse the data?

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SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

REV2020 , SalesLoft’s industry conference about where sales is going , is shaping up to be a truly transformational event. Speaker : Kevin Dorsey, VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop. Objections come with the territory when making cold calls. In the 10 years since this concept has become a standard in complex B2B sales.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 2, 2013

“Do we have a sales turnover problem that needs to be fixed now?". HR is busy filling open Sales Rep positions. This post helps HR and Sales decide if it’s time to fix the underlying cause. She is the HR business partner to sales. She does great work in recruiting and hiring of Sales Reps. Hanna is good.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The process of sales and marketing alignment is so fraught with assumptions, misunderstandings, and disagreement that we think both departments need a relationship therapy session! Sales has others. Sales uses a CRM … but the marketing automation system might not integrate. Reporting structure/org charts (Sales loves).

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Your Sales Strategy. It is one thing to have a sales strategy. VPs of Sales are asking the question “What have I done before?”. VPs of Sales are asking questions like: Is our Sales Process good enough? Are my Sales Managers good enough? Do This— Start with a Sales Strategy Blueprint. This is flawed.

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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. Here are the four primary selling styles that most sales reps fall into. Selling styles aren't set in stone.

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Guard your time – a bit of advice given to me years ago by a wise sales manager that I’ve always worked to remember. Because of everything you do in your sales career, time is the one thing you cannot recoup. Start timing tasks – how long does it take you to write three emails to prospective buyers? .

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Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2014

A startling fact, presented over and over in b2b studies shows that most sales reps do not follow up enough – despite the few we know of who seem to overcall – or follow up too many times with unqualified opportunities. The same is true for companies in your geographic territory who fit one of your buyer profiles.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 11, 2020

I’m often amazed looking at the pipeline profiles of a lot of enterprise focused sales organizations. Each of these organizations had reasonably performing sales people. As we reviewed what the sales people were doing, we found the same thing their managers had found. The client changed territory assignments.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 14, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we talk to Amy Appleyard , the recently appointed SVP of Global Inside Sales at CarbonBlack. . Amy walks us through her background from being an SMB entrepreneur to leading large sales teams and why sales emerged as her true calling. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

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. 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Kick to the Curb in 2018. The first thing you need to do?

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Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2014

A startling fact, presented over and over in b2b studies shows that most sales reps do not follow up enough – despite the few we know of who seem to overcall – or follow up too many times with unqualified opportunities. The same is true for companies in your geographic territory who fit one of your buyer profiles.

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Sales Hacker Training

JUNE 17, 2020

According to statistics from our sales professional user base here at RepVue , only 46.7% of sales professionals globally are achieving quota. And it’s even fewer in software sales organizations. 6 Key Fit Factors When Hiring for Sales. How does the candidate’s sales methodology align with the vision of sales leadership?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Jessica Williams, Inside Sales, Thales eSecurity. Melissa Warner, Senior Director, Global Sales Operations, CoreOS. CSMs and sales reps don’t always have the privilege of believing in their product. Ben Loria, Manager of Sales Training. Ben Loria, Manager of Sales Training, DiscoverOrg.

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SBI

MAY 6, 2014

You’ll need a new fuel source if you want to blast sales into the next stratosphere. Today’s best-in-class sales organizations implement a variety of sales tools to impact their revenue. Announcing the Top 40 Sales Tools of 2014 - a multi-media guide that brings you up to speed on the best tools to increase sale productivity.

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