“Whatever dude.” [click] Just the other day, I answered our company’s general line with “Revenue.io, this is Kanwar how can I help you?” I was greeted by a prospecting sales rep on the other end. A rather disingenuous conversation followed, where I simply and repeatedly tried to gather who he was, where was he was […]

Even the greatest sales reps know that selling can get tedious. Pitches become boring, call sheets become monotonous, and it’s easy to feel like you’re stagnating after a while. Burnout like this can cause your win rates to decline and fewer inbound clients to be in the pipeline, which is never a boost to confidence. […]

You’ve closed out another successful year and your team hit their numbers, or maybe your year didn’t end up as well as you had hoped. Either way, last year is history. Now that the year-end push is over, it’s time to focus on getting your team off to a great start. Here’s 5 sales coaching […]

There’s no debate that measuring data is one of the best ways to ensure your reps’ success, but how do you know which are the ‘right’ kinds of metrics to measure? Though every business may have specific metrics they focus most on, there are three categories of metrics you need to be aware of to […]

Of all the challenges sales leaders face, retaining developed reps has to be one of the hardest. The amount of time and money you save by keeping a team of dedicated, high-performing reps is massive — but how exactly do you make sure your A-Players don’t walk? The answer? Consistent, methodical sales coaching. Sales coaching […]

Going into a new sales year, it’s more important that ever to ensure that sales and are in lock-step. One of the biggest mistakes that I see B2B companies make is assuming that Marketing’s job is simply to generate leads. Sure, generating high-quality leads is an essential ingredient in a healthy sales pipeline. But the best […]

We B2B marketers don’t just need to be great storytellers. We also need to be well-versed in the strategies, tactics and tools needed to capture meaningful data and enable sales. The best B2B marketers understand sales processes and know how to not just optimize lead flow, but empower Sales to close bigger deals and better […]

For years, pundits were predicting “the death of the phone call.” In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.. According to BIA/Kelsey, $64.6 billion is spent each year across media just to generate calls to businesses.  More data from BIA/Kelsey reveals that 66.4% of companies surveyed report calls as a high-quality lead source—higher than any other […]

One of the biggest mistakes that marketers make is not going deep enough into the sales cycle their content efforts. Marketers spend valuable time and resources creating amazing blog posts, videos, eBooks and other resources. But far too often, they assume that this amazing educational content should only be used to generate leads or raise brand […]

We’ve entered a new era of sales and marketing alignment. According to The Bridge Group’s Sales Development Metrics and Compensation Report nearly one half of inbound-focused inside sales reps now report directly to Marketing. While this may seem counter-intuitive to some, it actually makes a lot of sense. Marketing already owns much of the technology that can […]

As every rep, manager and executive knows, it’s often the intangibles that separate good sales managers from the great ones. Below are seven key attributes I most often find in the best, most successful sales managers. In this case, I’m defining success not only by how well they hit their number, but how well they […]

Salesforce can work magic for improving Sales and Marketing ROI. But only when it’s correctly implemented and tailor fit to your business. One of my favorite things about Salesforce is how flexible it is. Not only are their myriad customization options within the platform itself, but Salesforce also supports a vast ecosystem of apps that can help […]