Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Here, we’ll explore the role of BDRs, the pros and cons, and best practices to utilize them effectively: The Role of BDRs Typically, BDR is an entry-level position in larger, more complex sales organizations.

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Any company involved in selling needs to decide where to center its efforts: outbound or inbound sales. Balancing outbound selling and inbound selling will enable you to prep your sales team to deliver the right strategies at the right moment. What are outbound sales? What are inbound sales?

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The Postwire page (one of my favorite tools for curation) has all ten of the tools mentioned, plus links to the presenters, moderator, and sponsor pages. What tools are you using to grow sales? ” What tool could you not work without? More notes to follow. What did we miss in our “top 10?”

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Social Selling Tools Webinar Metrics Outbound 239

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Here’s an interesting thought exercise: how many separate problems do you think you have to solve in order to get outbound sales to work? A “zero” or “unsolvable” on one could mean a zero result on outbound overall. In that setup, your chance of getting outbound sales right the first time around is a whopping 6.9% (.80^12).

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Outbound Ideal Customer Profile Scale Hiring 110

Sales Evangelist

JULY 12, 2020

Finding the Right Blend of Personalization and Automation In Outbound Sales There has to be a balance between personalization and automation in outbound sales. Stephen Lowisz always says that he sucks at everything except sales. When Stephen started sales, it was old-school smile-and-dial.

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Outbound Cold Calling Scale Call-back 98

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

When developing a sales strategy, many leaders aren’t sure where to begin. Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to revamp an existing sales strategy, creating campaigns based solely on instincts or assumptions is no longer acceptable. To craft an effective modern sales playbook , data and analytics must reign supreme.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The cost and expertise required to produce content continue to drop and now there is no reason for sales organizations and their sales reps not to be producing content. This year, LinkedIn has been busy and launched several new initiatives to help sales reps and their organization expand their reach. Notification Bell.

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Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn Tools Distribution 62

SalesFuel

APRIL 2, 2024

Managers can help sales reps who are waiting for great leads to be passed along by the BDR team. Innovative Ways to Maximize Productivity For BDRs The latest research shows BDR team members are working both outbound and inbound leads. For outbound lead management, BDRs primarily use email and social media.

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Maximizer Face-to-face Social Media Hiring 116

Crunchbase

JUNE 28, 2021

Investing in team training is a critical part of business success and growth. Your sales team is the backbone of your company, and your employees are just as vital to business success as your customers. You can’t simply train your sales reps once, send them out into the world, and expect them to adapt to new challenges without fail.

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Webinar Metrics Training Strategy Software 111

Sales 2.0

MARCH 15, 2023

This is the fourth in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. AI as a sales assistant The most exciting application of AI will be as a sales assistant.

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Outsourcing Services Tools Buyer Industry 195

Vengreso

APRIL 4, 2022

The platform has quickly become a vitally important resource for B2B sales professionals too! Yet many sellers still don’t know how to take full advantage of their LinkedIn account’s potential to book more business, grow their sales pipeline and close more deals. Can LinkedIn Support Your Sales Goals for Your Team?

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LinkedIn B2B Conversion Training 71

Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 25, 2021

First the no part: Sales is much, much more than just “rolling the numbers,” as they used to say. Skill level of the sales rep is the most important thing; however, there are other variables like the type of lead—inbound versus outbound; the territory; existing client or new prospect; the marketing and/or branding of the company, etc.,

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Face-to-face Gatekeeper Decision Maker Licensing 178

Vengreso

DECEMBER 4, 2020

With digital selling taking over traditional sales methodologies, there has never been a more exciting time to be in sales. Leveraging technology, social selling , and sales prospecting tools has ushered in a new era for anyone pursuing a career in sales. But before we start, let’s define what sales prospecting is.

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Tools Prospecting Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 132

Score More Sales

JANUARY 17, 2013

It has been the case that many sales tools have been unapproachable for smaller and SMB sales teams due to the financial investment as well as the time and expertise to get some tools in place. The Good News – Tools Can be Easy to Try Out and Implement. Field Reps Needing Mobile Tools – Salespod.

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Tools Hiring Report Face-to-face 230

Sales Hacker

JULY 28, 2023

2 of cracking outbound w. Setting up cadences / sequences Let’s talk about how we set up your cadences or sequences in your SEP (Sales Engagement Platform). Founder Question Most people do have some of the main basic tooling, but not everyone’s using a sales engagement platform, at least at the moment. Jason Vargas.

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Outbound Call-back Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

BrainShark

MAY 2, 2024

A sales rep Scorecard is a report that tracks key performance indicators about members of your sales team. It’s used by enablement and sales managers to track and improve the performance of their sales reps by surfacing gaps in training and areas where they’re struggling or succeeding.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank SalesForce Inbound 62

Vengreso

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the digital era, sales professionals need to embrace social selling training to remain relevant and successful. Short Summary What is Social Selling, and why does your sales team need it? Short Summary What is Social Selling, and why does your sales team need it? Tips for adoption of social selling training.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 9, 2024

I believe salespeople are irreplaceable when it comes to B-to-B complex sales. But an alternative question sales leaders must consider is, “Do salespeople need to be trained in AI?” AI is fundamentally changing the way we all work in sales. Effectiveness in sales is about achieving the desired outcomes.

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Ideal Customer Profile Outbound CRM Data 62

Score More Sales

MARCH 5, 2013

Recently I had the pleasure to interview Kyle Porter, co-founder and CEO of SalesLoft , a sales intelligence software company. Kyle is a co-founder of B2B Camp- an “unconference” for B2B sales leaders, CEOs, and sales professionals. KP: We’ve created two services for sales folks that are connected to LinkedIn.

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Social Selling Tools LinkedIn B2B 243

Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 7, 2022

If you are new to receiving these sales tips, or even if you have been subscribed for a while, I want to give you something that will help you sell more. It’s not often that we get something for free, but I’m going to give you some resources, some inside sales techniques that will help you sell more with less resistance.

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SalesHandy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

You need to stay updated with the latest sales statistics for setting up your goals, defining the KPIs, and measuring the performance metrics of your sales team. But, the sales statistics frequently change depending on the buyer’s behavior and sellers’ persona, economic conditions, and market sentiments to reflect trends.

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Cold Calling Lead Nurturing Outbound Inbound 131

Alice Heiman

MARCH 7, 2023

A typical B2B sales strategy relies on Sales Development Reps (SDRs) making cold calls or cold emails to try to set up an appointment for an Account Executive (AE) to deliver a sales pitch. The SDR in turn calls the prospect and sets up a sales call for the AE to pitch. We have no control over them.

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Referrals Top of Funnel Closing Strategy 131

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. That’s why we need sales managers. Actually, what we need is strong sales leadership. Sales managers do what they ask others to do. I’m including myself here.

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Score More Sales

MARCH 13, 2012

Want to become your sales manager’s new favorite rep? Time is almost up to enter the Smart Selling Tools Sales Software Sweepstakes. We also like and trust many of the sales tools in the prize packages: Front Row Solutions, ePrize, Qvidian, DocuSign, OneSource, and IntroRocket. Revenue Maximizer Prize.

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Sales Tools Tools Outbound Maximizer 165

Sales Hacker Training

MARCH 14, 2023

Here’s a list of the best lead generation tools on the market today. These solutions range from CRM tools to exit-intentlead capture to sales management tools to marketing software and beyond. Lead generation can be a mix of inbound or outbound techniques aimed at attracting potential customers to your product or service.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead 52

Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. Table of Contents What is sales productivity? What is sales productivity?

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How To Sales Qualified Lead CRM Face-to-face 71

Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2018

We’ve been compiling this sales automation tools list for a while, trying to figure out the best way to get the information out there. There are a number of existing resources available on sales automation, but they don’t offer use cases and examples of how to put the tools to action. What Is Sales Automation?

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Sales Automation Outsourcing Services Sales Process Tools 65

Klozers

APRIL 13, 2022

How to Build an Outbound Sales Team – Top question from Google What is outbound sales? Outbound sales is the process of a sales team or salespeople initiating engagement with potential and existing customers. In contrast, inbound sales. In contrast, inbound sales. Read more.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

Billions of dollars have been invested in software promising to transform how sales and marketing teams reach new audiences. Sales and marketing tech stacks have swollen, with dozens of conflicting tools promising greater efficiency, accelerated growth, and higher revenue. Except that’s not what happened.

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Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Marketing Face-to-face 130

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

This is second installment detailing DiscoverOrg’s TiLT Sales Development Challenge and it’s 10 core learning modules. 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. You Say “Tomatoes”.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 11, 2023

A sales manager recently asked, “Is cold calling effective?” My answer was not an attempt to be glib or elusive, but rather a factual observation from working with hundreds of sales teams. There are sales teams who find cold calling effective, while there are others who think it is useless. I replied, “Sometimes.”

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2023

Like all disruption, generative AI in sales has the potential to completely change the way things are done. In this post, we’ll share the state of generative AI in sales today with three use cases for AI in sales. In this post, we’ll share the state of generative AI in sales today with three use cases for AI in sales.

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Lead Rank Hubspot Microsoft Lead Scoring 104

Hubspot Sales

MAY 29, 2019

If you're in sales or marketing, I'm willing to bet you answered 'no' to that question. Here, we're going to explore some of the best group scheduling tools you might use to create a more effective scheduling process. But first -- what should you look for in a good group scheduling tool? Sales automation tools (ex.

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Groups Tools Outsourcing Services Hubspot 133

Allego

DECEMBER 22, 2021

During the pandemic, sales managers in all industries have faced time constraints, reduced visibility into seller activity, and hybrid work environments that make personalized coaching even more difficult than it was before. Arco’s sales team of 30-strong outbound reps faced a number of challenges. Better Visibility.

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Conversion Decision Maker Hiring Face-to-face 139

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Author: Giuseppe D’Angelo Inside sales have never been hotter, and the sales field is experiencing considerable change. Much of this is due to the technology that is beginning to drive the sales process much the way it has driven marketing for the past several years. Increasing demand for skilled inside sales reps.

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Inside Sales Trends Outsourcing Services Face-to-face 209

Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 26, 2022

Sales isn’t rocket science. In today’s episode of The Sales Evangelist, Donald is joined by former NASA flight control engineer and CEO of ElevenPoint2, Kristin Taraszewski, to learn how sales organizations can adequately train their employees with technical knowledge to close more sales. Give sellers a clear map.

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Alice Heiman

JULY 18, 2023

If CEO, Julian Lumpkin, learned one thing from his sales career it was to follow what the most successful sellers were doing and do that. Knowing that all salespeople need case studies throughout the sales cycle, SuccessKit was born. He started his career in tech sales, moved to management, and then founded SuccessKit in 2016.

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