It’s not uncommon for star sales reps to be promoted or otherwise move into sales management. Unfortunately, top salespeople aren’t necessarily the best sales managers. The sales manager is a critical role, and you must select the right person for it. If the wrong individual is chosen, there may be significant costs to your organization. […]

  IBM is just the latest business to discover how powerful social media can be as a lead generation tool. A buyer preference study revealed that one third of B2B buyers are currently using social media to make purchasing decisions. This number is only going to grow. The study indicates that 75% of respondents are […]

Sales prospecting is a challenge. Most salespeople aren’t very good at it. Why? Because they haven’t cultivated the right habits. Masterful sales prospecting skills can take years to develop. But the truth is that by nurturing some simple habits you can fast-track your path to prospecting success. To develop new habits, you must make a commitment […]

Maya Angelou, the great American poet, famously wrote: “People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. People will never forget how you made them feel.” This wisdom directly applies to how you sell, and is one of the keys to success in sales overall. There’s no escaping the reality that your […]

For most B2B companies and some B2Cs, the complex lead nurturing campaigns and remarketing ad technology at our fingertips are all part of a marathon designed to eventually enable a conversation between our sales reps and the right decision maker. Given this, shouldn’t call tracking metrics be as essential, if not even more essential, than […]

At Revenue.io, we spend a lot of time with inside sales, sales development, and business development teams. Our product is core to their success, so we invest in these teams by listening to their problems, needs, and goals, and then maximizing their benefit from our solution. We keep a close watch on the trends across […]

Our new eBook asks 20 top sales experts, lead generation gurus and C-level execs about the most important sales strategies they’ve recently implemented. While the responses were refreshingly diverse, one clear piece of advice is that there can be powerful results when companies separate salespeople into various roles. Many sales organizations foster intensely competitive environments. […]

Enabled by modern technology, remote work is becoming more and more popular. Linked to an increase in employee happiness, work/life balance, productivity, and performance, many companies are exploring the option. Conflated by current events that have led to a massive cancellation of corporate travel, many companies are investigating the possibility of temporary remote work for […]

B2B sales organizations are evolving in interesting ways. They’re becoming more customer-centric in their sales approach and embracing new technological solutions to increase productivity. However, one of my favorite changes that I’m noticing is that sales and marketing teams are increasingly collaborating to transform leads into valued customers. Marketing and Sales Collaboration This shift toward […]

Sales development reps (SDRs) are the lifeblood of many successful B2B sales teams. Unless you’re 100% relying on inbound leads, your SDRs need to source enough high quality opportunities for your account executives to hit their quota. If your SDRs are having a bad quarter or even a bad month, it can have catastrophic effects on your pipeline […]

On average, sales development reps (SDRs) must make 9.1 sales calls before they connect with a lead. Each connection is valuable, and a lot needs to happen in those first crucial moments of cold calling: The SDR must do some relating, and get the prospect to like them. The SDR needs to effectively communicate value […]

Tell me if this sounds familiar: a newly hired sales rep spends a week or a few studying your sales playbook, then jumps on a phone call. The call is terrible. When so much is wrong with a phone call, do you address style, substance, personalization, opening remarks, the ask, closing remarks, or what? Inside […]