The high turnover rate of inside sales reps is one of the biggest challenges facing the rapidly growing industry. Just when a salesperson becomes effective, he is ready to move on. CEO and founder of XANT, Dave Elkington, addressed the importance of retaining reps and gave some tips on retention best practices in his presentation,…

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Fredrick was hired as an appointment setter for the inside sales division of a medium-sized company. After a few months, he realized the job wasn’t a good fit and quit. This is an example of the biggest challenge facing the rapidly growing inside sales industry–hiring and retaining quality reps. During his presentation, “Profiling for Profit,”…

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Top sales executives from across the country will be gathering in 20 major cities to find out how companies like ADP, Sprint, Groupon and Domo are crushing their sales targets as part of XANT’s High Velocity Sales Tour. The Utah-based sales acceleration software company recently made history by bringing together more than 15,000 sales leaders…

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Technology is speeding ahead at a break neck speed and all too often we forget to look behind and see the ground we’ve covered. The dialer is one of those technological advances, and a subtle one that’s been ignored. The infamous predictive dialer was one of the early dialers around (and sadly still in use)…

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If you’re considering starting up an inside sales department within your company, hopefully you’re doing the research needed to be successful.  If you’re at the point where you are trying to decide what type of selling model you want your sales reps to take then this blog is for you. There are two selling models…

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I’m sure, if you’re a long time follower of The Sales Insider, that you’ve seen a blog or two on ANUM. Well this is a refresher course on what ANUM is, so buckle your seatbelts and hold on folks. We’ve got a crash course ahead! There are always new ideas popping up in the world…

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Are you looking for a good webinar to help your sales team? Maybe you’re trying to figure out how to sell on social media networks or are looking at hiring a new inside sales executive. Whatever it is you’re trying to do to improve and build your inside sales team, this blog will hopefully point…

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You know you’re losing leads, and losing them fast! After reading the Lead Response Management Study, you know that a lot of those hard earned leads are drifting to the gutter and won’t be seen again if you don’t figure something out soon. In fact, additional research shared by Ken Krogue in a recent Forbes.com…

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You’ve hired the best inside sales reps you could find who passed the interviews with flying colors. Now, how to get these top sellers to excel in your company like they have elsewhere? When it comes to the sales performance of your inside sales reps, every call made and deal closed is important to the…

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