Do you recall a time, not so long ago, when sales reps kept notes on post it notes or spreadsheets? When they dialed leads manually? When they knew little-to-nothing about the prospects they were calling? Luckily, those days are gone. Why? Because tools like intelligent dialers, email templates, local presence dialers, and screen sharing have transformed the […]

Voicemails are one of the most underutilized tools in sales today. While email and social selling often take the spotlight, voicemails offer a unique opportunity to create a personal connection, capture attention, and drive meaningful engagement. In fact, voicemail can be a game-changer when used as part of a multi-channel approach. Pairing it with email […]

The traditional definition of growth hacking involves doing more with less but still driving an increase in performance. In sales, we love to measure usage of a prospect’s name, keyword mentions, and even conversation length, however there are variables that can be exploited as “hacks” order to garner immediate returns. These include both verbal and […]

After a recent call to the customer service department of a major airline, I was presented with a single simple automated yes/no question: “If you ran a customer service department, would you hire the rep who just helped you?” My answer was a resounding yes, but it presented an interesting question. From the inside of […]

Ask yourself a question: how many of your sales reps are truly selling at their full potential? Sure, you may have reps that are hitting quota, even some outstanding reps on your team. But what if every member of your sales team could book even more meetings, close more deals and drive more revenue? As a […]

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. This simple fact, that we were told countless times as children, might just hold the secret to outbound sales success. Think about it – would you rather call a key decision maker directly, or go through a switchboard?  Sales data from Vorsight, a company that […]

This is a guest post by RingLead’s Director of Marketing, Amanda Nelson.  As a marketer, I like to think of Salesforce Dashboards as the reward for all the hard marketing work, as the results display beautifully in Salesforce. Using dashboards, it’s possible to have a single view of all the metrics you’ll need to not […]

When you’re leading an inside sales team, you need to know what is and isn’t working as early in the process as possible. If a rep isn’t giving the right pitch, you need to apply more training ASAP. If a particular lead generation stream is generating killer leads, you need to make marketing aware right away so they […]

Enabling reps to have hyper-contextualized sales conversations 42% of sales reps feel they don’t have enough information before calling a prospect. And when they try to locate it, they have to search and toggle between multiple applications and windows, including Salesforce. This means reps are unprepared to have quality sales conversations without the right information […]

In today’s fast-growth B2B sales environments, sales and technology are one and the same. And Sales Hacker’s CEO Max Altschuler is no stranger to sales technology. Max and the Sales Hacker team are gearing up to host Sales Stack, a B2B tech-focused sales conference, this November. Gearing up for Sales Stack, we recently sat down […]

Cold Emails are Essential To Sales Cold emails and sales go together like peanut butter and jelly. In fact, it’s nearly impossible to have one without the other. Cold emails serve as an excellent starting point for any sales process, and can make a great introduction that gets any deal started in the right direction. […]

The most powerful tool a sales manager can have is data, but it is often their biggest liability. Quality sales data allows managers to accurately predict, forecast, and develop sales strategies to ensure reps are successful and meet their goals. The problem is the information is often not trustworthy because salespeople do not have the […]