Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Sales managers are responsible for growing revenue. That means 1) providing sales reps with the guidance they need to continuously improve, 2) building a sales process that gives reps the best chance at closing each lead, and 3) understanding which efforts are moving the needle and which are a waste of energy. Sales dashboard.

Software 71

Software Software Tools Sales Management 71

Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It takes a lot to succeed in sales. And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. But here’s another fact: sales is HARD! There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional.

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Sales Tools Tools Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 52

Close.io

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

No joke, we’ve spoken to CEOs who want to make money on outbound prospecting in 90 days, but when asked how long their sales cycle is, they answer “four to six months.” Move into new segment (Up or down market, launch self-service or sales assisted, multichannel). Massive sales team growth. Going international.

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Outbound Case Study Ideal Customer Profile Account 60

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Approaching a task armed with the tools, systems, and knowledge you need just feels better than walking in unprepared. This is especially important for sales professionals — and sales organizations are making greater strides to ensure their reps are successful on the job. Best For: Data-driven sales productivity.

Sales Enablement 90

Sales Enablement Tools Top of Funnel Collateral 90

Sales Hacker

MAY 29, 2023

There’s one major moment in my career graph I cherish: the transition from being an outbound SDR to an inbound AE. This helps you understand the terminology used through the sales cycle and what the deal funnel looks like. And don’t forget the other tools you have in place! That’s where your team backs you up.

Ideal Customer Profile 84

Ideal Customer Profile Study Sales Cycle Top of Funnel 84

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2017

It’s the one aspect of sales that just never changes. As we’ve all experienced, sales essentially boils down to two things: Numbers. Truth is, sales is changing -- quickly. As the sales conversations grows even more buyer-focused, sales reps have begun developing his or her own hack, own technique, own process.

Prospecting 142

Prospecting Tools Top of Funnel Lead Rank 142

Highspot

AUGUST 31, 2021

If sales strategy was a puzzle, then your sales model would be a corner piece: it helps frame your approach to businesses and determines how the other pieces of your strategy will fit together. The keystone nature of sales models makes choosing the right one all the more important. Why do you need a sales model?

Lead Rank 94

Lead Rank Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Hiring 94

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 1, 2022

I’ve been an SDR , an SDR director, and now run a sales team at a startup. Typically, SDRs work from one of two territory models: Static territories based on geography or vertical or business segment. Why the old models hurt your sales team’s attainment. Related: The Top KPIs for Sales and How to Choose Them.

Account 77

Account Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Territories 77

Score More Sales

JANUARY 10, 2013

A big win for your sales team would be to find more prospective customers and start listening to what they are saying. If your potential buyer is a sales recruiter, for example, you can see where they are active and what they are working on, then tailor your messaging to better fit what their world is like currently.

InsideView 249

InsideView Research Prospecting Eloqua 249

Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2022

When time is money, sales professionals can’t afford to waste precious hours doing something that could be automated. We interviewed three UK-based technology companies — Red Sift, ActiveOps, and Stone Group — as they implemented high-quality BI tools and achieved results that went beyond expectations.

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Scale Intent Signal SalesForce Intent Data 100

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2013

In the first two posts in this series we talked about gaining visibility to grow sales as well as putting a plan in place. If it is a new plan, or new territory – find the upside to it and see how you can make it work for you. What projects are you going to commit to get done which will lead you to more sales in the coming year?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Decision Maker Sales Qualified Lead 255

SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Sales managers want to give their sellers more time to sell. Automation gives you back time to help you achieve your sales goals. Continue reading to learn how top sales teams are incorporating automations into the sales process to give sellers more time to do what they do best. Make the Most Out of Your CRM .

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Sales Automation Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 98

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Then I remembered that in sales we see this all the time, over and over, people are trying to kill cold calling. I suspect the main reason is that cold callers do not see social as a threat, is because we do see it as a great addition to an existing set of tools and techniques we use to drive business. Sad but true.

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Cold Calling Social Media Decision Maker Lead Rank 292

Nutshell

MAY 10, 2023

If only there was a tool you could use to see who’s making their way to your site so you could focus your efforts on people who are already interested in your products and services. VisitorIQ is a prospecting tool within Nutshell that automatically tracks visitors to your website and their company data. Let’s dive in!

Analytics 62

Analytics Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring 62

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Vice President of Sales at ZoomInfo, Steve Bryerton, shares his thoughts on how to implement a Team Lead within your organization. Picture this: You’re a sales leader, currently responsible for a team of nearly 10+ sales development reps. But we have to warn you, there are sales leaders who will advise otherwise.

Lead Rank 169

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 169

Score More Sales

AUGUST 10, 2012

What is the gold in your territory and your sales plan? This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. How will you reach it?

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Sports Territories Outbound Engineering 201

The Spiff Blog

MAY 18, 2023

For decades, perhaps longer, organizations of all sizes have struggled to effectively manage sales commission. In today’s blog post, we’re going to get to the bottom of this phenomenon and answer the following questions: Why has sales commission been such a persistent problem?

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Commission Scale Compensation Hiring 73

The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales And Marketing Alignment In Terms Of Lead Generation In A 2.0 Stored in BANTER , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Marketing , Proactive , Productivity , Sales 2.0 , execution. Sales and marketing are merging for small businesses and require strong collaboration for larger companies.

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Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring 266

Score More Sales

AUGUST 20, 2012

We have a very high respect for the Sales Force Effectiveness Blog over at Sales Benchmark Index. They regularly have great and highly valuable content, covering key topics and issues on the minds of sales leaders and C-level leaders around sales and leadership. Stop calling inside sales inside sales.

Inside Sales 193

Inside Sales Travel Outside Sales Territories 193

Score More Sales

MARCH 13, 2014

It is not enough in selling anymore to just show up and be effective at working a sales territory. At Score More Sales we call the multiple strategies in prospecting the Sales Pipeline Success Puzzle. Put all the pieces together, and you have the whole picture – which means you have new sales opportunities.

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Referrals Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 238

Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2021

Prospects expect customization at every stage of the sales cycle but, as every salesperson knows, customization is impossible without accurate and relevant data. That’s where sales intelligence comes in. Sales intelligence can help sales teams automate research and customize outreach to book more meetings with qualified prospects.

Ideal Customer Profile 111

Ideal Customer Profile Data Closing Hiring 111

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Picture this: You’re a sales leader, currently responsible for a team of about 10 sales development reps. You have a strong solution to go along with a solid stream of both inbound and outbound activity, which prompted you to split the team by each channel to maximize meeting creation — and hopefully pipeline.

Lead Rank 130

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 130

Sales Hacker

APRIL 6, 2020

This means more emphasis on independent research, and a diminished need to engage with a sales rep during the discovery stage of the buyer’s journey. Because of this trend, sales organizations must strive to align their sales process with the buyer’s purchasing process. The freemium model is nothing new to the SaaS industry.

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Intent Data Lead Rank Intent Enterprise 75

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 22, 2019

If you work in sales and marketing, I’ll bet you think a company’s employee count on LinkedIn is the absolute best way to determine how many employees work at that company. Why is employee count important for sales? Sales and marketing professionals use employee counts to understand a company’s size. I would know.

Social Media 179

Social Media Media LinkedIn Data 179

SBI

JULY 12, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? Connect with him on LinkedIn or Twitter.

InsideView 104

InsideView Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 104

DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 27, 2017

Account-Based Sales Development. More specifically: Account-Based Everything (ABE) is a strategic go-to-market approach that orchestrates personalized marketing, sales, and success efforts to drive engagement and conversion at named accounts. You can follow him on twitter @brandon_lee_09 or connect with him on LinkedIn.

Account Based Marketing 120

Account Based Marketing Account Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics 120

Crunchbase

JUNE 21, 2022

There comes a time when every business needs to decide on its primary sales strategy, which usually means considering inside sales vs. outside sales, or settling on a blend between the two. It’s no shock that the sales industry landscape has changed considerably over the last couple of years. What is inside sales?

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 97

Close.io

DECEMBER 2, 2019

It’s a great addition to your sales skills , pave the way for closing more business, and become a top-performing sales rep. What is cold canvassing in sales? However you also engage them in your sales process and open opportunities for selling down the road. Let’s begin with the basics. Establish rapport. More revenue.

Campaigns 80

Campaigns Cold Calling Territories Face-to-face 80

Gong.io

MAY 31, 2021

Meet Exceed sales goals. Pick any (or all) of the above, and you have the reason sales playbooks exist. A sales playbook serves as a guide or a model for capturing best practices for each and every potential sales situation. Best-in-class sales playbooks include: . Sales enablement materials. Team processes.

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Examples Top of Funnel How To Segment 118

Hubspot Sales

JULY 17, 2019

Here’s a question: How should sales teams spend their time? There are two primary ways to ensure that sales teams actually have time to sell: Make sure the right teams own the right tasks. Decrease the time spent on “non-sales” tasks, or better yet, automate them. Which one will make your sales organization's lives easier?

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Exact Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hubspot 95

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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Outside Sales Inside Sales Face-to-face Comparison 64

criteria for success

DECEMBER 1, 2021

To learn more about leveraging buyer personas, check out our eBook on Sales & Marketing Alignment. Sales & Marketing Alignment. And speaking of sales and marketing alignment , it’s essential that you engage marketing as you identify your ideal targets. How will sales work with marketing to help plan and develop content?

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Buyer Persona Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Trade Show 98

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. The Top 2 Sales Tips to Leverage the People in Your CRM or Contact System. You need the right tools to manage these contacts and ensure the most important ones are surfaced to you when they matter.” – Connected. 50 DAYS To Build Your Sales – 2nd edition. Consulting.

CRM 174

CRM Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 174

LeadFuze

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Sales prospecting techniques are important matters in sales but before we dive directly into them, let’s get to know what prospecting means first. ” In its simplest form, sales prospecting is the process through which sales representatives contact prospects with the goal of generating sales possibilities. .”

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Prospecting Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile 95

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.

Inside Sales 162

Inside Sales Hiring Conference Field Sales 162

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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Inside Sales Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 49

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In sales, sellers who cite convoluted reasons to explain poor performance, rather than proactively doing something about it often remain — unsurprisingly — at the bottom of the success ladder. There certainly are a lot of things in sales that make life a tad more difficult. Our sales process is broken. Our marketing team sucks.

Ideal Customer Profile 86

Ideal Customer Profile Cold Calling Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 86