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8 Key Ingredients in Hire-to-Revenue Onboarding

Posted by Trish Bertuzzi on Tue, May 08, 2012

 
Hiring great Inside Sales reps has never been harder.

Increased competition for top talent and supply lagging behind demand means that when we land that great rep we have to make their experience with us outstanding! It is as much about retention as recruitment, right?

Our recent hiring infographic noted that 41% of reqs take 45+ days to fill. This is creating quite a revenue gap.

I recently shared my thoughts about how you have to be interesting and different to draw talent to you. But let’s say you are successful, what then?

  • How do you close the revenue gap by onboarding these reps as quickly as possible?
  • How do you ensure a great experience for them and for the buyers that are going to be working with them?

Let’s start with the underlying problem

Sales and Marketing leaders are making a strategic investment in their hiring process and then undermining it with a tactical onboarding process.

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Topics: inside sales management, recruiting

What you missed at the Inside Sales Leadership Summit

Posted by Trish Bertuzzi on Fri, Apr 20, 2012


This week I had the pleasure of attending the AA-ISP Leadership Summit. Roughly 400 inside sales execs from a diverse group of industries were in attendance.

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Topics: inside sales tips, best practices

2012 Inside Sales Metrics Research

Posted by Matt Bertuzzi on Wed, Apr 04, 2012


I'm very excited to announce the launch of our 2012 Inside Sales Metrics Research. This will be our third research project in the metrics & compensation series - where we collect, analyze & share the numbers that drive B2B Inside Sales for tech companies. 

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Topics: metrics

You're Hired to Lead a Startup, What's First?

Posted by Trish Bertuzzi on Tue, Mar 27, 2012


A few weeks back, I came across this scenario on LinkedIn (slightly anonymized to protect identities).

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Topics: sales process, inside sales management, inside sales strategy

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