One of the most motivating factors for sales reps is their sales compensation, and it can help companies attract and creating top sales talent. Inside sales research from ZS and Reality Works found that 40% of large technology companies plan to increase their inside sales headcount. However, the sales talent space is extremely competitive and […]

If you’re new to sales management, and you’ve seen your peers discussing things like auto dialer software and intelligent dialers for sales reps, you’re probably wondering what all the fuss is about. What’s wrong with a regular VoIP system, you might say?  All your employees already use it. That’s a little like suggesting that your […]

Does a sales rep need a sales degree in order to meet quota? Should sales managers be exclusively scouting individuals who studied sales in college? According to a Harris Interactive survey, 35% of companies aren’t hitting quota, and U.S. employment firm CareerBuilder would have you believe that a lack of secondary education programs in sales is […]

What are the best sales books of all time? To find the true answer once and for all, we first took to Amazon and other sites to find the most popular sales books, ranked by the number of reviews and their ratings. We then decided to ask the sales industry itself by running a March […]

On Wednesday, Revenue.io CEO Howard Brown joined Cheddar to discuss how businesses have overcome the challenges that they have faced in recent times. Howard highlights remote work as not only a necessary challenge but an opportunity. Teams that have prioritized tools and technologies that enable productivity and collaboration have been far more successful during this […]

Hubspot found that the average sales close rate is between 15 and 27%, depending on the industry. With over 70% of deals falling through, everyone has plenty of lost or dropped sales opportunities in their CRM. These prospects fail to convert numerous reasons, from no decision, postponed, budget constraints, contact departure, to even a slow […]

Computer-telephony integration (CTI) solutions can help your company connect your company’s phone system to your CRM. When a phone system is connected to a CRM, it not only enables marketers to see how their efforts are influencing the outcomes of calls, but it also enables marketers to share contextual CRM data with reps in real time. […]

The most important rule in sales isn’t always be closing (ABC), it’s always be helping (ABH). And in order to help prospective clients, you need to ask a variety of questions. Without asking questions, it can be impossible to know how best to help a prospect, or if you are even the right vendor to […]

As we dutifully work toward the private beta launch of our iPad release, Revenue.io has been grateful for continued press coverage. Buzz has especially been generating around our use of APIs to integrate voice metrics and analytics data into CRM tools. Multinational telecommunications titan Alcatel-Lucent used Revenue.io as a case study in their recent whitepaper […]

Modern sales reps have more communication channels available to them than ever before. SMS messages, email, social media, even video all provide a conduit to engage with contacts. However even today, the phone still prevails as the most effective sales communication tool. The phone is still the only communication method through which sales reps can […]

We’re occasionally asked why we chose to target our initial product line toward Salesforce.com customers. While Salesforce is currently the world’s largest CRM vendor, that only happened recently. One of the main reasons we partnered with Salesforce is because they’ve grown their business, in part, through smart acquisitions. Each new acquisition adds new dimensions to […]

Best Practices for More Selling Time for Sales Reps How much time are your inside sales reps spending selling? A few years back, I read a study saying that average sales reps only pay 35% of their time selling. My first thought was, “That can’t be right!” But think about it – how much time […]