One of the most common questions I hear salespeople ask is, “how do I beat my competitors?” As we all know, it tends to be a lot harder to win large deals when you’re competing against other companies (especially ones that may be more established than yours). So if you’re competing for large deals, there’s an […]

Sales professionals have one of the most straightforward job descriptions out there: sell. However, salespeople only spend a third of their time selling, and sales managers spend twice as much time on administrative items than they do coaching their sales teams. Modern salespeople battle two main opponents for their time, communication channels and sales tools. […]

Maximize Your Sales Effectiveness with Advanced Call Routing In the past, call routing systems were complex, hardware intensive, difficult to manage, and uncompromising. Now, it’s the exact opposite. Modern day call routing systems are application-based, incredibly powerful, and simple to use. In fact, call flows in solutions like Revenue.io can be created and modified through […]

Sales automation is one of the key factors that will contribute to the success or failure of your team in the next few years. Sales teams require an ever-increasing amount of data in order to make themselves, as well as departments like marketing, support, and product successful. The majority of this data collection has fallen […]

One of the best parts of modern-day marketing is the massive amount of data that is available to us. This data provides complete visibility into the performance of marketing campaigns, especially those that capture inbound leads. With this insight, we can maximize our inbound efforts to collect as many leads as possible. This newfound ability […]

We all want to feel secure in the decisions we make. And it’s a lot easier to make a decision when you know that other people have made a similar decision and feel confident with the results. That’s why referrals and testimonials matter so much in sales. In fact, testimonials are one of the most prominent ways […]

Imagine someone interrupts your busy day with a phone call. They don’t greet you by name or ask how you are, they go straight into pushing a product on you that doesn’t solve any of the problems that you’re currently facing, They haven’t asked you any questions, they’ve just spoken. By the end of it, […]

Your weeks are jam packed and you’re challenged to squeeze in the amount of individual coaching that you know you should. The ever growing size of the typical sales team certainly doesn’t help. The Bridge Group found that the average manager to rep ratio increased by 12%, to 8 reps per manager.  Do you spend […]

A call disposition describes the outcome of a call. They include statuses like, “demo scheduled,” “left voicemail”, and even “no longer in service.” In fact, customer service teams have actually logged call dispositions for years, and sales teams have followed to record call outcomes. Call dispositions give sales managers valuable intelligence they can use to […]

When our customers reach out to us it’s an important moment. Virtually no one calls companies to chat idly. Think about the last time you called a business. Chances are you either were seriously interested in making a purchase or you needed immediate customer service. When your prospects are ready to have a serious sales conversation there are few […]

According to CSO Insights, organizations are using an average of 10 sales tools and plan to add another four within the next 12 months. As teams pile on more and more applications in the hopes of finding that “magic bullet” that will let them decimate their quotas, sales technologies stacks continue to expand. But where […]

There are many ways to define a “good” sales rep. It’s common to measure their value with factors like experience, performance record, prior companies, and network. There are also unquantifiable factors like personality, drive, character, temperament, and communication skills. Ultimately, your organization’s definition of a “good” sales rep may be very different than another. Your […]