Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

You might not think that automatic sales dialers have that much to offer you. What Is A Sales Dialer? A sales dialer is pretty much what it sounds like: technology that automatically dials numbers for salespeople. You’re a sales representative. Here’s where the sales dialer comes in. You have hundreds.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Sales teams must rise to greatness to thrive in the competitive market of today. The key to achieving this lies in comprehensive support and development, a realm uniquely addressed by sales enablement. Even as budgets tighten, sales leaders recognize the indispensable nature of enablement.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Whether you need to hire dozens of sales reps in the next few months or you’re a scrappy startup and need your first three sales hires, building a business will nearly always involve hiring for sales. Although hiring is the hardest job we have to do as sales leaders, it’s certainly one of the most important tasks to get right.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2022

As interest rates rise by 75 basis points for the first time in almost 30 years, experienced sales reps and newcomers alike are facing the prospect of selling during a recession. Sales is tough enough as it is, and prolonged economic uncertainties make the job even harder. Budgets are reduced or eliminated.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s true that most sales professionals improve with experience, but if you can provide feedback and personalized goals, it’s possible to accelerate the learning process and get your sellers engaging with prospects faster. This is the time-tested practice of sales coaching. What is Sales Coaching?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Millions of Americans are facing the prospect of a return to the office in the near future, and an end to the widespread remote work policies that defined working life for many during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s where things stand as corporate America heads back to the office, according to some key members of ZoomInfo’s sales team.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 5, 2022

Early in my sales career I was told that “Everybody loves a clown, but nobody buys from one.” That’s something I still agree with, but it does not mean you cannot have a sense of humor about sales. In this article, we look at the lighter side of sales. In this article, we look at the lighter side of sales.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Like many disciplines, sales teams everywhere are trying to understand what role artificial intelligence will play in their industry. It’s here, and it’s already changing sales as we know it. Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or fully on board, it’s important to educate yourself about how sales reps are using AI.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 23, 2019

HubSpot Research found that 82% of consumers rate an "immediate" response as important or very important when they have a marketing or sales question. They help marketers nurture leads, allow salespeople to engage with prospects, and assist customer service representatives to respond to questions quickly. Did you know this?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2018

Sales Call Tips. Start Sales Calls with a Bang. Just like sports, the use of science to develop elite performers also applies in sales. On the other hand, the use of science in sales focuses on two areas: the seller and the buyer. 15 Expert Phone Sales Tips. 15 Expert Phone Sales Tips. Get Emotional.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 31, 2023

So, if you want to drive more conversions for your business, you need to send personalized sales emails. P.S. There are more sales tips where these came from. Sign up for our Sell to Win newsletter to get the latest sales advice from our team delivered to your inbox for free! Why send personalized sales emails?

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Salesmate

AUGUST 18, 2020

Whether it is sports, politics, or business, there is a podcast for everything. The sales podcast offers a wealth of information that can help you level up your sales game. These podcasts can help you in improving your sales approach and conversion rate. The best sales podcasts you shouldn’t miss. Host: Jeb Blount.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Email prospecting can be a powerful tool for sales reps—when it’s used in the right way. In addition to poor click-through rates, canned emails create distrust and can damage brand reputation and undermine future prospecting efforts. 6 Keys to Better Prospecting Emails. Focus on the Buyer. Keep It Short.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Personalization allows you to make stronger bonds with customers, create more targeted and useful content, and ultimately boost sales. Rather, they see a brand that’s abusing their personal information in order to make a sale. Example : A prospect fills out a form on a landing page for a new security software.

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Janek Performance Group

JUNE 21, 2022

Remember when you started riding a bike, a new workout program, or learned a new sport? For entrepreneurs, creating a sales approach that is repeatable and scalable can be a painful experience, even for people as smart as Elon Musk. A software developer is eager to land their first major account. Here’s an example.

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Lessonly

AUGUST 25, 2020

I never thought I would be in sales. If I’m honest, my career prospects felt bleak, and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. . So much so that the husband offered me a job doing outside sales for his company. From that point years ago, I’ve been on one heck of a sales journey. . How do you measure sales enablement?

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 10, 2020

While it can take most kids years to even get an inkling about what career they might have as a grown-up, Becc knew early on that sales was her true calling. The number-one thing I loved to do was fundraising for the sports programs I was involved in,” says Becc. I knew from the jump that I’d go into sales one day.”.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It’s for that reason, we also think it’s important for our prospects, customers, and potential Spiff team members to also get to know the people that make up Spiff. After working for many years in software QA, Kevin jumped at an opportunity to become a product leader. MaryFran Anderson, Sales Development Representative.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

Whether you’re taking up a new hobby or developing on-the-job skills in a sales role, it’s true what they say: Practice makes perfect. There’s only so much that a seller can digest through sales onboarding and training content — and in order for a rep to truly hone their skills, they must practice. The value of sales role-play.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 13, 2023

Lulu has experience in customer service, sales, onboarding, data analysis, and languages (he speaks three). After meeting some family friends who were software engineers, Jacob found himself wanting to learn how to write software. He would describe sales in four words which would be to make friends and solve problems!

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The Spiff Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Watch any movie centered on sales professionals, and you’re likely to notice a recurring theme: competition. The sales reps in these films will stop at nothing to become the lone name atop a literal or figurative sales leaderboard – usually resorting to extreme tactics in order to be the best. What is a sales leaderboard?

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Close.io

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Back in the days when we ran our sales consultancy and sales outsourcing company, we did a lot of cold calling for Silicon Valley technology companies. One of our clients was selling software directly to doctors. Fun fact: We've now built a predictive dialer in our CRM, so you too can reach more prospects in less time.

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SBI

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The Pros and Cons of Following Sales Playbooks. When you think of a “sales playbook”, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If you’re thinking of a plan or guidebook for your sales team to follow, you aren’t too far off. In sports (particularly football), playbooks are an integral contributor to a team’s success.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

If you are manually tracking orders, you can save time, reduce your sales cycle, and increase future sales by implementing a configure price quote (CPQ) solution. Depending on your company’s pricing strategy , the price functionality of a CPQ tool can support your ability to make the sale by modeling the correct price for each deal.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 14, 2020

Excel: the software that literally everyone totally knows how to use … according to their resumes. Excel is, first and foremost, a business software. The variety of the software’s potential applications is so wide that there may only be a handful of companies that use it the exact same way. How is Excel used in business?

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John Barrows

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

This week on the podcast, we’re excited to welcome a baller on the sales team at SalesLoft, Jordan Arogeti. She’s crushing it and is here to tell us about how she found her sweet spot in sales, how she picked the right company to work for and embraced their culture. Or in some way shape or form be in the sports world.

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SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

More than 1400 sessions, more than 350 exhibitors, 18 keynotes, 20 parties, 2 rock concerts, and 5 opportunities to help charities on site, there is perhaps no bigger event for sales and marketers. Act-On Software. Thousands of sales organizations use DocuSign to get contracts signed more quickly than ever before. ActonSoftware.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Industry: Productivity Tools, Scheduling, Software. Industry: Analytics, Basketball, Software, Sports. Industry: Audio, Collaboration, Messaging, Software. Industry: Information Technology, Software, SaaS. Industry: Audio, Music, Software. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Funding: Raised a $350 million Series B on Jan.

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Gong.io

MARCH 17, 2020

So in true Gong fashion, we looked at the data behind sales execution to learn how to close deals effectively. Your sales approach will change if you keep reading. We analyze sales interactions from our product users (anonymized of course). We’ve all heard that buying is a team sport. You can’t un-know the truth. .

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 18, 2012

Guest post Monday and we have Ken Thoreson of Acumen Management Group sharing why it is so important to be prepared for that important sales call. As a rookie salesperson, I learned that when it comes to making sales calls, it’s best to follow the Boy Scout motto: Be prepared. ” “How will you open the call?”

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Pointclear

APRIL 4, 2011

It is occurring because revenue is an enterprise wide problem and no successful enterprise software platform finds wide market acceptance without winning over IT. Sports and Entertainment delivering personalized messages to drive more ticket sales. The bickering and obsessive competition is turning prospects away.

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OnePageCRM

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

We have previously covered the top sales tips from our most successful agency clients. The post was so popular that we’ve decided not to stop there and ask our CRM clients from software companies as well! As an engineer, my natural tendency used to be trying to avoid doing sales at any cost. Get used to the idea of ‘selling’.

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Tenfold

JULY 15, 2017

Business guru and well-known provocateur Tom Peters once addressed a crowd of over 400 sales and marketing executives saying : “I hate sports analogies. To properly understand the difference between sales and marketing, however, another analogy seems more suitable: that of musical theater.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

Whether you’re taking up a new hobby or developing on-the-job skills in a sales role, it’s true what they say: Practice makes perfect. There’s only so much that a seller can digest through sales onboarding and training content — and in order for a rep to truly hone their skills, they must practice. The value of sales role-play.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s been a tough couple of years, Sales Hackers. What do the changing market conditions mean for RevOps and sales? What do the changing market conditions mean for RevOps and sales? VP of Global Inside Sales at Tray.io. Your prospects may share that they’re pausing on projects or vendor meetings. Ralph Barsi.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 9, 2022

Shaan started Flockjay as a way to train people from non technical backgrounds and usher them into the tech ecosystem primarily through sales. Now Shaan has made Flockjay a platform to give managers and sales leaders cheat codes to how and why they win by following the journey of their success stories. Show Agenda and Timestamps.

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Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 2, 2020

How a Power Dialer Streamlines Your Sales Process and Improves Productivity Power dialers improve your sales process and productivity. Sean has a background in long sales cycle sales, specifically in the process automation where they are selling automation software.

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