Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

For nearly 20 years, Trish and The Bridge Group have helped over 320+ companies build, expand and optimize their Inside Sales practices including building pipeline, generating revenue and redefining the image of the profession. In fact, her latest book, The Sales Development Playbook , was an Amazon #1 bestseller!

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SBI Growth

APRIL 18, 2013

This post is for those who are recruiting and hiring sales leaders. It provides an overview of how to conduct a competency assessment specifically for Sales. It includes a 2-part downloadable tool for scenario-based interviews. Using the guidance and tool will improve the chances for making a successful hire.

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SBI

MAY 7, 2015

If you’re seeking smart tools to drive sales performance, I’ve got great news for you. We’ve just released our 3rd annual Top Sales Tools of the Year Guide. Use this guide if you want to learn about innovative tools designed for all kinds of sellers. Inside Sales & Biz Dev.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 27, 2012

Sales Leadership: Focus on Focus. The company has been growing, not at an aggressive pace but slowly and the sales organization was in chaos, working opportunistically on various sales deals and randomly in the marketplace. Like the Salesperson’s Business Plan, each Account Plan is presented to the entire sales team.

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Vengreso

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Dionne Mejer is the Founder & CEO of Inside Sales by Design and author of the highly anticipated book, The Stepped Approach: Onboard Better, Systemize Smarter, and Bring Out the Best in Your Sales Team. Her innovative inside sales training tactics and proven approach gets her clients results every time.

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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.

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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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SBI

JUNE 25, 2020

Successful sellers will be able to articulate how their solution will help a business over the next 12-24 months, whether that business is working toward expedited digital transformation efforts or is eager to find a tool to help them be more competitive in the field. The result: closing more deals, faster. Linkedin.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 28, 2018

You’ve probably heard the “expert” predictions that technology will render salespeople obsolete, and sales AI will soon replace us. We know that salespeople who use AI and other predictive analytics tools are far more productive than those who don’t. But will sales AI actually replace us? Not so fast.

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Mike covers three crucial areas of sales leadership with real-life examples, ethnicity, and honesty- leading, managing, and coaching in this excellent sales management book. He provides you with the concepts and tools you’ll need to be effective and proficient in each of these areas. The Sales Boss. Leadership.

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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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Vengreso

JULY 17, 2020

Hang develops and delivers a strategic framework for consistently onboarding new sellers, continuous talent nurture, and implementation of best practices in sales programs and tools. Hang is a global speaker on sales, leadership, and a passionate advocate for women in the workplace. What Will Sales Look Like in 2021?

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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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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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Score More Sales

JUNE 27, 2014

If this helps to inspire women deciding on whether to get into sales or not, it will be a worthy discussion to have. If it encourages one woman to go for a sales leadership position – all the better! Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide.

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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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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 3, 2013

There is a massive influx of tools available to sales organizations. Insides sales is growing like mad. You need to have answered the question; inside sales, outside sales, or both? Sales is no longer a simple game, that can be manhandled. The economy is back and stable. Things have changed.

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SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Speaker : Kevin Dorsey, VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop. Attend to hear Kevin Dorsey, VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop, share how to handle objections and bounce back from rejection. . Moderator: Ralph Barsi, VP Global Inside Sales at Tray.io. Objections come with the territory when making cold calls.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

If an HR leader is on top of this, their proactivity in approaching Sales Leadership will be well received. Determine if the leaving Sales Rep is worth keeping. This tool (along with many others) is available by signing up for the SBI Make The Number Tour where peers from top companies will learn how to make the number in 2013.

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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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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The sales industry is incredibly progressive. There are always new tools to implement and new strategies to try. So, we decided to ask a group of sales experts this one question: What is the biggest trend you expect to see in the sales industry in 2019? . Sales Trends of 2019 . AI for Sales . and BDR.ai.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Structure problems - field Reps were overpaid for work that should be done by lower-cost resources (aka Inside Sales). Sales recognized that Quota setting was a problem. Now HR can help Sales recognize the underlying issues that will surface. Go meet with Sales leadership and plan how to monitor for issues.

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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. If your process is optimized and well documented, sales leaders should not make excuses for the sales rep or blame themselves.

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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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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Among the things being debated are: The migration from outside to inside sales - yes it''s happening and it''s good; but it won''t happen in every company, to every salesperson or necessarily soon. The results show us that usage of these tools is way up. We only look at three roles - sales, sales management and sales leadership.

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Braveheart Sales

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

This article is written with field sales teams in mind. However, if you run an inside sales team exclusively, don’t despair, you may still find a nugget or two of helpful information as well. An outside sales call costs $308, an inside sales call costs $50 [Source: PointClear]. Source: com].

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 20, 2018

They empower sales and support teams to ace every call with a phone system specifically built for their favorite business tools. Sam Jacobs: Hi, everybody and welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast! She’s a veteran sales leader and has experience selling everything from SaaS to virtualization, storage, and networking.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 27, 2017

Work in inside sales? Grab our free Ultimate Inside Sales Toolkit. Successful Sales Professionals have all the feels: Emotional Intelligence (EI). Sales professionals who invest in developing and improving EQ gain a decisive competitive advantage in the hypercompetitive global marketplace.

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 19, 2015

This event was unique because it only focused on sales development. Kyle shared with me the convergence going on now involving products, buyers, millennial sellers, and sales leadership starting to realize there is a better way makes for a “perfect storm” for this new annual summit. I can’t wait for 2016.

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Score More Sales

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. Data is the doctor – analyze your data for better sales results.

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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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Showpad

MARCH 17, 2021

Tenbound offers a day of learning and networking 100% focused on sales development with the top minds in our industry. Speakers announced so far include Drift’s Director of Product Marketing, Maggie Crowley and Sendoso’s Lead of Inside Sales, Joe Venuti. AA-ISP Virtual Sales Summit. April 20-21, 2021. May 17-18, 2021.

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Jonathan Farrington

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The trend for inside sales is not coming — it has arrived and is sitting at our doorstep. Fuel and labor costs have soared and, because of intense competition, the prices of our products and solutions have largely flat-lined — as have sales achievement levels. Natural selection is now at work in sales teams everywhere.

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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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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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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

As a result, sales leadership training courses focus more heavily on these topics, rather than basic sales concepts and techniques. Training Programs for Sales Representatives. When it comes to ongoing training for sales reps, there are dozens and dozens of options available. The Brooks Group.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 6, 2018

Over the next two days, 1,000+ business and sales leaders will hear from more than 74 speakers, with timely and relevant presentations balanced across four key learning tracks that include: Sales Methodology & Mastery. Sales Leadership & Strategy. Sales Operations & Systems. Salesloft, Now & Beyond.

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