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Inside Sales: Listen Up!

No More Cold Calling

We’re onto your tricks of calling from your cell phone so “wireless caller” appears. Inside Sales Meets No More Cold Calling: An eBook I was thrilled when Ken Krogue, founder of InsideSales.com , invited me to present with him at Dreamforce 2014. I got duped a few times, but not anymore. Delete, delete, delete.

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What’s Your Time Worth

The Pipeline

While it may be realistic to expect inside sales teams to sell more than 23% of their time, it is not for others. I have seen wireless salespeople drive a battery across town to avoid prospecting. I’ll point out that this is not about berating salespeople for the amount of time they spend selling.

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Midsize Business Optimistic

Score More Sales

If those predictions are not enough, here are a couple more interesting ones for 2015: Fortune Magazine predicts that wireless charging of your mobile devices will become a reality in 2015 – led by Starbucks creating 200 cordless charging spots in the Bay Area and manufacturer Intel making new charging products coming out next year.

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James Picks Brains: Empathetic Leadership With James Bawden

John Barrows

He’s got a killer podcast, a great personal brand and has an interesting story of how he found his true passion in an inside sales job, after working in retail sales. I spent the first six of my years in an industry, wireless retail that I figured out I didn’t want to be a part of.

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10 Must-Have Inside Sales Technologies

Hubspot Sales

Similarly, your business's inside sales team needs the right technology to be as productive and impactful as possible. Not to mention, just because the tools and tech you have in place for your outside sales team work well for their needs, doesn't necessarily mean they'll be an ideal fit for your inside sales reps, too.

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23 Holiday Gift Ideas for the Salesperson in Your Life

Hubspot Sales

A wireless headset allows salespeople to take calls and simultaneously scribble notes, check email, make dinner, or squeeze a stress ball for dear life. This journal helps sales reps get more done and feel better every day. In addition to using it for, you know, writing, it also acts as a flashlight, bottle opener, and screwdriver.

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PODCAST 133: How to Go From Startup to Pre-IPO: Unexpected Lessons From a 20-Year Sales Veteran with Jim Donovan

Sales Hacker

So I got into sales management pretty quickly with EarthLink Wireless. I just really loved people and working with people. I pivoted that into a joint venture with a company called SK Telecom out of South Korea.

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