Are your reps having trouble connecting with prospects? Are they having to dial over a hundred prospects to have a single meaningful conversation? If so, your sales technology stack just might not be cutting it. A lot of sales managers set strict dialing quotas. Sometimes reps need to dial 70 prospects daily. Often it’s even more. In […]

Years ago, when we were building the original prototype for what would become Revenue.io, we knew that we would have to deliver dramatic gains in productivity, engagement and performance insight for our customers. But we went about that task with the confidence that there was one critical element we didn’t have to worry about: finding high-quality voice carriers for […]

Have you noticed a sharp uptick in sales emails appearing in your email and LinkedIn inboxes? I know I have. According to the Email Statistics Report from the Radicati Group, there has been a steady increase in the number of business emails both sent and received. As of last year, the average employee receives a whopping 84 […]

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 […]

The days of long ramp periods for sales reps are coming to an end. In this highly competitive sales landscape, there’s little time to wait. That’s why it’s absolutely vital for sales managers to help reps drive pipeline and win revenue as fast as humanly possible. So how can inside sales managers help reps hit the ground running? In […]

During a leadership program I was facilitating in Milan, Italy, we were talking about how managers try to motivate people through the use of bonuses or incentives. The frustration quickly rose to a head in the room, as the managers shared how much they struggle with finding a way to continually motivate each person on […]

Opportunities form the lifeblood of a sales organization. Your sales development reps (SDRs) spend their days trying to source opportunities. While your account executives spend their days trying to transform opportunities into customers. As an inside sales manager, you need to keep a close eye on opportunity metrics. Because if your SDRs aren’t sourcing enough […]

When you get on the phone with prospects, you are the front-line emissary for your brands. With the right knowledge and attitude, your prospects will see you as an ally who is helping them solve problems. But far too often, sales reps and SDRs strike out during sales calls. Why do they strike out? Usually it comes down to the […]

Salesforce hasn’t always had an inside sales team. In fact, it’s something we backed into based on a need. This meant that the only way to learn how to build this kind of team was to do it while on the job. When we’ve failed, we’ve failed fast, and moved on. Not only have we […]

Earlier this year, the Revenue.io product team rolled out international local presence dialing to an expanded list of countries, making it far easier for reps in Europe and elsewhere to have more conversations when calling from one country to the next. Now we’ve taken it one step further by enabling reps to add a preset for the country […]

Great sales operations managers are always on the lookout for new ways to enable reps to sell better. According to TOPO HQ, high growth teams are leveraging an average of five technologies in their sales stack. However, before adding a new tool, it’s important to make sure it will play well with your other applications. Here are seven […]

What’s the single most important factor contributing to B2B sales success? A first-rate product, highly targeted data and top sales technologies are essential, to be sure. But even the best sales stacks won’t help subpar sales talent. Hiring and training the right talent has never been more important or difficult. Most newly hired sales reps […]