Author Archives: Jessica Winn

Five Fantastic Movies Focused on Sales

There are a lot of movies about sales. “Death of a Salesman,” “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “Broiler Room” and many other movies have all explored the world of sales and those who close the big deals. But there are some other
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6 Ways Your Sales Reps and Pet Cat are More Alike Than You Think

If sales reps were classified as a certain animal it would be the cat. Not a big cat, or king of the jungle cat, but the clever housecat that gives you those condescending looks until you pull out the tuna.
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CallidusCloud Connections Conference (C3) Begins This Weekend

InsideSales.com will be attending the CallidusCloud Connections 2013 Conference (C3) on Sunday, May 5, through Tuesday, May 7, in Sin City – the Aria in Las Vegas. Attendees at C3 will learn how to combine CallidusCloud’s tools to create a
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Cold 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
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Power Dialer Proves Natural Selection Right

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
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Why Rumors of Cold Calling’s Demise Are Scandalous Lies

There are some ugly rumors going around, and the only right thing to do is clear the air of all these falsehoods. Cold calling is so not dead. In fact, it’s still alive and kicking. It’s just been updated with
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Inside Sales Executives: Defining Your Selling Model

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
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Inside Sales Professionals: How Far has the Modern Marketer Come? – B2B Magazine Asks

In the March 4, 2013 edition of BtoB, the magazine for marketing strategists, the question was raised by Eloqua Inc., a marketing automation company and customers of InsideSales.com, if marketers were at the level of what they perceived as the
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The ‘Big Picture’ of Starting an Inside Sales Team

Whenever you start out in a new position in a company you have to think about the “big picture.” What is involved in the “big picture” is a number of things and it always takes a lot of thought and
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Sales Success: 3 Things Inside Sales Professional Should Consider

Increasing sales success with your sales reps can be a real challenge at times and returning to the basics might be necessary. If you’ve forgotten what the basics are, or aren’t sure how to get your sales reps back on
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