SaaStr

MARCH 25, 2025

Splunk is very enterprise and its CRO also sees 3x the conversions when they show up in person. In Splunks world, where deals are complex and relationships are everything, showing up in person signals commitment and builds trust in ways that virtual interactions simply cant match. Slice does much of the same.

Conversion

SaaStr

JULY 23, 2025

Splunk is very enterprise and its CRO also sees 3x the conversions when they show up in person. In Splunk’s world, where deals are complex and relationships are everything, showing up in person signals commitment and builds trust in ways that virtual interactions simply can’t match. Slice does much of the same.

Conversion

Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

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.

Inside sales

Veloxy

JULY 19, 2023

Are you struggling to optimize your sales territories and boost your sales team’s productivity? 64% of companies struggle with ineffective territory planning. In this blog post, we will guide you through the essential steps to create an effective sales territory management plan that will lead your team to success.

Territory

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Lessons from inside sales mid-pandemic [18:50]. Kristin on the future of sales [23:04]. Sam Jacobs: This week, we’ve got another great episode for you with Kristin Twining , VP of business development and inside sales for FireMon. We’re on iTunes. And on Stitcher.

Inside sales

Veloxy

DECEMBER 28, 2023

So, let’s answer the question, “what is outside sales?” Grab a warm coffee or tea and let’s get started! Download Now: The Big Blue Book of Field Sales Outside Sales Reps — flip to the chapters on outside sales productivity, mastering the art of in-person selling, and how to shorten your sales cycle.

Outside Sales

Score More Sales

JUNE 3, 2013

A common issue among newer remote (inside) sales pros is that we tend to latch on to one person within a company to call on. This is one of the TOP issues I see when meeting with an inside sales team or with individual sellers. It’s funny how territorial people can get at their job, isn’t it?

Inside sales

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

Regional Vice President of Sales. Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Sales Director. General Manager, Worldwide Partner Sales. Senior Director of WW Inside Sales. VP New business – Sales leader. Regional Vice President of Sales. Vice President of Sales.

Territory

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

When you love being a sales rep, or a business development rep, or a regional account rep, or a national account rep, you know it. You are willing to work hard, with grit and tenacity to build up the potential. It is worth the commute into the office, and all of the follow-up it took to get you and your buyer there.

Territory

A Sales Guy

JUNE 21, 2012

hire a two new sales reps. redo the sales process. change the sales strategy. promote a new sales manager. establish new territories. start content marketing. create a sales operations function. establish and inside sales team. build an outside sales team. You can’t just.

Commission

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. Inside Sales Reps.

Outside Sales

Score More Sales

MARCH 4, 2013

A week ago I sat down with a sales professional who told me that when he started at a midmarket big data company in sales, he was given no guidelines, no leads, and very little guidance in getting started with his new sales territory. He started just one year ago. Get started. Make it happen.

Inside sales

SaaStr

JUNE 9, 2021

I think you’ll pick up at least one good idea or improvement. — Jason, ed. … How We Increased Sales Nearly 100% In One Quarter at HackerRank – Brendon Cassidy. Here is how we did it: Eliminated Traditional Territories. And here is why: You have no idea what the territories are worth.

Territory

Sales Hacker

APRIL 10, 2018

Setbacks of using a 2-Stage inside sales organization. 1) Across regions. Regions often respond with a 1-2 year delay to the US Market. Some regions behave similarly such as within Scandinavia. discount levels quickly start to group around 10% and 20% levels. A customer signs up for a free service.

Go To Market

SaaStr

JULY 16, 2024

Here’s my experience directly and indirectly for inside sales AE, from about $1m to $50m in ARR or so. (In In the very early days it will be different): Generally, almost 0% of time on cold calls and cold emails once the engine is running, especially for inside sales reps. Helping out their peers with questions.

Cold Call

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Kevin had indeed killed it–he had filled up one Account Executive’s calendar with meetings for the entire month. First, start small. The SEAL program can bolt on to traditional models like pods, round robin or regional inside sales structures and give those structures superpowers. Let’s take a look.”.

Territory

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 14, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we talk to Amy Appleyard , the recently appointed SVP of Global Inside Sales at CarbonBlack. . Amy walks us through her background from being an SMB entrepreneur to leading large sales teams and why sales emerged as her true calling. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

Inside sales

Veloxy

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Customers missed the face-to-face interaction these past two years, but there are three tactics you can do to improve the customer experience in 2023: Proactively schedule roadtrips to your territories. Some of our clients have scheduled week-long trips to territories a month in advance, filling up their calendars with 2-hour long visits.

Territory

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 14, 2014

Or we are managers with a global team and we schedule calls during our business day, so the poor people halfway around the world have to get up in the middle of the night.). Their original design for covering their largest most important customer resulted in a design of roughly 50 full time sales equivalents to cover the account.

Customers

ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2013

Tracking cookies, heat maps, click tracking, ad retargeting etc, but as soon as that person picks up the phone, we’re lost. Target Phone Numbers By Region On Landing Pages. According to a comScore Study commissioned by Google , 63% of website visitors complete their purchases offline. But we don’t have to be.

Commission

Hubspot

MARCH 21, 2018

Inside vs. Outside Sales. Inside sales reps often sell remotely, from an office base, while outside sales reps travel, brokering face-to-face deals. 47% of all salespeople work in inside sales, with 53% representing outside sales. Outside or inside sales? It’s all sales.

Outside Sales

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 28, 2022

The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities. We’re up to about 312 episodes of this program. Rob Gitell.

Pipeline

Veloxy

AUGUST 31, 2023

Here is the list of our Outside Sales Gurus’ Top 25 Secrets ( NOTE : We’ll be using field sales and outside sales interchangeably): Don’t forget: Read the largest outside sales guide on the planet! It’s also why an outside sales salary is typically much higher than their inside sales counterparts.

Outside Sales

SalesforLife

JULY 28, 2019

Honestly, it’s crazy to think that in 2019 and going into the 2020s, some companies aren’t thinking holistically as a selling unit about how to target key accounts , geographic territories, or verticals. Here’s a basic framework for our case study format that you can start with. You can go viral with multiple accounts later.

Pipeline

Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

How do you get started in sales? Is the sales job market strong enough to support a career? By the end, you'll know what skills can help you break into sales, what jobs are available, and whether or not sales is a good career for you. So let's get started! The Sales Career Path. Inside Sales Rep.

Commission

Hubspot

JULY 20, 2020

Millions of marketers have quickly signed up to automation software to help them move their entire marketing strategy online. And brick-and-mortar retailers have hastily acquired website management systems to enable them to spin up ecommerce sites. The pandemic has turned outside sales teams into inside sales teams overnight.

Go To Market

Score More Sales

MARCH 26, 2014

If assigned a vertical territory of financial services I would do several things right away: look at who my existing and past customers in financial services are. These are companies I’d want to start following and looking for contacts in that could be connected to my existing contacts). Look Socially.

Prospecting

Hubspot

APRIL 5, 2023

There are many things to consider if you are interested in starting your career in sales. You’ll also need a thorough knowledge of sales trends and stats to succeed. When you’re first starting out in sales, you may be overwhelmed by the different positions you could potentially apply for.

Cold Call

Sales Hacker

JUNE 17, 2020

As someone who has hired sales professionals for over 15 years — both as a sales leader/hiring manager, as well as a consultant helping start-ups with their early-stage sales hires — I made the decision a while back to stop asking candidates about their quota attainment in prior roles. Details on territories.

Quota

Score More Sales

JANUARY 9, 2014

Sure, he was old school, from Oklahoma, and maybe didn’t think I was as capable when I started in outside sales because I was a single mom (more on that later) – but he had some “Clarencisms” that still ring true some 25 years later. Inside Sales Power Tip 130 – Know Your Buyer. .

Clients

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Chances are, you’ll need to start as a business development rep and work your way to an account executive position. On the other hand, if you go into manufacturing sales, you’ll probably be responsible for handling deals from start to finish. Regional Sales Manager. Of course, there are also a lot of highs.

Territory

Veloxy

OCTOBER 29, 2021

We’ll see how artificial intelligence is helping sales management and enablement. We will also check out some sales forecasting and automation software that use AI, and more misconceptions on AI. So buckle up and prepare for one super informative, all inclusive guide to all things Sales AI. What is Sales AI?

Sales

Outreach

JULY 18, 2018

Outreach Helped Me Sell Like a Neighbor—From 1,000 Miles Away What’s your territory? In 2016, we started using Outreach, and it transformed the way I worked as a salesperson, and completely for the better. Here are four of the biggest ways Outreach helped me manage my sprawling territory successfully.

Inside sales

Salesforce

JANUARY 24, 2022

Before taking time off to raise my kids, I had years of experience building and managing an inside sales team and always had an interest and focus on sales operations. One of my first moves back into the workforce was a full-time contracting job as a sales operations analyst, which was relatively safe territory for me.

Territory

Engage Selling

APRIL 2, 2012

More fail when sales managers don’t explain their plans properly. The result: everyone comes up with their own interpretation of the rules, and forms a unique opinion of which customers and commissions they share. Selling time is wasted, morale plummets and salespeople start to resign.

Commission

SaaStr

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A few very basic thoughts: First, start with round robin. If your early sales folks are from bigger companies, they are likely used to territories. Territories certainly make sense with field reps who … go to visit customers in person. But don’t start here. Start there. Like almost always.

Territory

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

By tightening up the standards and criteria you use to find, deploy, and measure keywords, you can really begin to improve your conversion rates at every level of the funnel. In PPC, this typically means setting up Campaign location targeting by selecting specific locations to show ads or excluding specific locations. Don’t have any?

Territory