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10 Things Startups Get Wrong Selling to Developers and Engineers (from the CRO Who Scaled Databricks from

SaaStr

Selling to developers and engineers isn’t like selling to any other buyer. ” The Fix : For technical products with technical buyers, hire sales leaders with engineering backgrounds. Bottom Line : When founders have PhDs from Berkeley (like Databricks), your sales team needs to speak their language.

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Road Warrior Prospecting (Ask Jeb)

Sales Gravy

ask, How many outbound touches do I need to hit my pipeline goal? Reverse-engineer your math. What Kyle is experiencing is common for outside sales professionals. You can't prospect the same way as an inside sales rep with a dedicated desk and phone. ask, How many outbound touches do I need to hit my pipeline goal?

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The Best Sales Certifications to Get in 2025

RingDNA

The best sales certifications in 2025 include programs like the Certified Professional Sales Person (CPSP), Certified Inside Sales Professional (CISP), and Salesforce Sales Operations certification. These credentials help sales reps and managers build skills, improve credibility, and advance their careers.

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Account-based selling in 2025: Everything to know

Highspot

Without sales enablement technology to drive ABS strategies, though, sales reps and account executives can’t deliver captivating customer experiences that close deals. Sales cycle length, pipeline velocity, win rate, and deal size all improve when GTM teams work together on executing account-based sales and marketing campaigns.

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LinkedIn Sales Mastery: How B2B Teams Close More Deals with Social Selling

RingDNA

How to Use LinkedIn to Find and Engage B2B Sales Prospects While the cold call has hardly disappeared from inside sales, social media tools such as LinkedIn give you the ability to warm up cold calls with research. Here are some ways that top salespeople can use LinkedIn to add to their pipeline. Source: Gartner ​.

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GTM 154: How AI is Reshaping Sales Tech | Lessons from Building Sales Cloud, Sales Navigator and now an AI-Native Startup

Sales Hacker

06:33 Why Sales Nav was a $250M business with a “crappy product” — and how Doug turned it around. 13:26 The speed dating hack that landed Coffee’s first sales leader. 17:36 What Doug learned running Sales Cloud at Salesforce — and why he left. 24:37 Why sales tech stacks are bloated — and how AI-native CRMs solve it.

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How to Build a High-Performing Inside Sales Team

Veloxy

As any business will attest, there’s no greater feeling than when your company grows and reaches a point where you need to expand your inside sales team. Naturally, more salespeople means more sales which translates to more revenue. So, what causes a low-performing sales team? Guide to Building an Inside Sales Team.