Posts Tagged ‘insidesales’
XANT’s David Boyce interviewed by NASDAQ
While at the Forbes 2017 Cloud 100 event last night, our (newly promoted) Chief Strategy Officer David Boyce had a chat with a reporter from NASDAQ, discussing what makes InsideSales technology unique and how we’re transforming B2B sales through the power of AI and the cloud. Dave also offered some interesting insights into his personal…
Read MoreXANT returns to the Forbes Cloud 100 list
The second annual Forbes Cloud 100 list was published today, and XANT is featured for the second year in a row. The Cloud 100 is a prestigious list populated by some of the biggest innovators on the planet. If you want to see the future of tech, this is where to look. Selection is limited…
Read MoreNewsday digs into our evolution of business communications study
As readers of this blog know by now, one of the gems of the sales world is XANT Labs. Led by Ken Krogue and very ably executed by Gabe Larsen and Bryan Perry, Labs regularly publishes outstanding bits of original research that offer stunning insights into the world of business generally, and the science of…
Read MoreCNBC asks XANT CEO Dave Elkington how to bootstrap a great startup
Startup finance represents a true chicken and egg problem: how to build company infrastructure without revenue, and how to acquire revenue without the infrastructure necessary to generate it? Of course myriad options exist for disrupting that conundrum via the infusion of outside money, but the strings attached to such cash at an early stage are…
Read MoreMind the Gap: The Disconnect Between LinkedIn, Twitter and What Actually Works for Lead Generation
If you had to make a sale today, where would you start? What method would you choose to generate qualitative leads? In today’s market, sales professionals are swimming in a sea of choices. The options for online lead generation alone are overwhelming–email, search marketing, blogs, videos, mobile ads, webinars–so it comes as no surprise that…
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence Ready or Not? Sales Executives Are
For many years, artificial intelligence has been grounded in science fiction, academic projects and invariably rendered an ever-receding destination society was consistently “five years away from.” While our current reality doesn’t reflect the stereotypical dystopian Hollywood narrative rooted in robots, what it does indicate is that AI has in fact successfully made its way into…
Read MoreHow to Add $1 Million to Your Sales Pipeline in Less Than 90 Days w/James Carbary @Sweet Fish Media
Prospecting is one of the toughest jobs in sales and many reps and companies are confused about how to best approach this difficult task. James Carbary and Sweetfish Media have the answer. In this episode, James Carbary discusses his 12-step process to help companies perform targeted prospecting and marketing to achieve revenue goals through setting…
Read MoreLessons Learned from Scaling a 100 Person Sales Development Team at Apttus
Sales development is here to stay but not many companies have grown sales development teams as large as Kent Venook and Apttus. Kent was one of the original sales development reps and was able to help Apttus scale the company to over a billion dollars in value and nearly 100 reps on his team. His…
Read MoreThe Sales Revolution: Selling More Via Personalized Sales Engagement
XANT CEO Dave Elkington kicked off Accelerate 16 by thanking the sales leaders in attendance for participating in the new Sales Revolution. Elkington reminded the audience that inside sales is a scientific approach to sales based on testing and measurement that leads to continuous improvement. He noted that XANT is focused on using data and…
Read MoreCold Calling Tactics for Inside Sales Reps from the Salesforce User Group
The Salesforce Users Group met in the new Adobe building in Lehi, Utah. During the meeting a lot of information was discussed and traded among Salesforce users. One of those things was the secret to turning a 30 second conversation into 3 minutes. Brandt Page, from Launch Leads, shared how to turn a blow off…
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