What is warm calling? Warm calling is an outbound sales strategy that focuses on dialing, connecting with, and having sales conversations on the phone with sales leads who have been “warmed up” with some kind of prior activity. Warm leads can be defined as prospects that have previously engaged with your company in a meaningful […]
When you hire salespeople, you should always look for team players. It takes more than consistent coaching and training to create a productive sales team. According to CEB, the most effective sales teams no longer focus on individuals, but on teamwork. In order for sales teams to perform at their best, sales reps must do […]
While there are many sales organizations that have cold called their way to success, recent data indicates that a referral strategy can be far more effective. In a referral program, partners recommend your goods or services to to their prospects and customers. The idea is that if a lead has already has done business with […]
When is the last time that you made a purchase on a whim? This past weekend, I decided to go to a really fancy brunch with two of my friends. When the check came, it was about 5 times the price of what I would normally spend on brunch. It was a splurge, to be sure, but […]
A Simple Lesson Very early in my sales career I made a cold call on the CEO of a large homebuilder in my territory. I was selling computers for what was at the time one of the larger computer companies. I was freshly trained in sales and computers, a newly minted sales rep ready to […]
If you’ve been tasked with hiring sales reps, you’ve likely already faced the reality that it’s getting harder and harder to hire reps with proven sales experience. A lot of the sales leaders we’ve worked with here at Revenue.io have told us that competition to recruit reps has grown so fierce that they are hiring […]
There’s a new revolution in sales, and it’s moving quickly. Guided selling stands to change sales teams forever, and many of the most successful organizations are quickly employing it. In fact, Gartner found that 51% of sales teams have already deployed are plan to deploy guided selling software in the next five years. As B2B […]
As our customers already know, Revenue.io wasn’t just built for inside sales reps. Features like call recordings and our predictive call analytics give managers the insight they need to coach reps more successfully. But we’ve recently added some additional goodies that give our customers even more power to coach reps in real time. Here’s a breakdown of […]
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According to the Bridge Group’s recent Inside Sales for SaaS report, by simply using dialing software, inside sales reps can have 22% more conversations each day. But our Intelligent Dialer for Salesforce delivers a barrage of high-octane sales acceleration features that will empower your reps to have far more conversations than that. Here at Revenue.io, […]
It’s almost time for Dreamforce again, and this year I’m honored to be moderating two panels that are filled with top sales experts from some of the world’s most successful enterprise and growth-stage companies. Both panels are scheduled for Tuesday October 4, with each addressing a vital challenge that sales teams face today. Our first session is called Selling Globally: […]
IT professionals of the world rejoice! With the release of iOS 7, Apple has redoubled their efforts to secure enterprise data. As a result, we expect to see BYOD programs gain even more traction with enterprise companies. Apple’s commitment to data security is nothing new. According to SilverSky’s CTO Andrew Jaquith, “Before iOS 7, Apple […]