
The Most In-Demand Soft Skills for Salespeople at Startups
If you’re joining a sales team for a tech startup, it’s not enough to just have hard skills. In an interview with Michael Cardamone, we discussed how a salesperson should examine the investors of an early-stage startup, and how knowledgeable…

Why Every Salesperson Should Blog and How to Start from Scratch
Why Start A Blog? Maybe you’re unaware of this fact, but working as a salesperson ranks among the most common professions in the world. More than 21 million people worldwide qualify to be known as a "salesperson," according to…

How ‘Girls In Tech’ Empowers More Women To Enter the Tech World
This week Rainmakers sat down for a conversation with Hannah and Isabella from Girls In Tech, a global non-profit founded in 2007 that works to put an end to gender inequality in high-tech industries and startups while empowering women in tech…

How to Successfully Build Your Brand as an Industry Expert
Personal Branding Tips for Sales Pros What do business magnate Sir Richard Branson, SEO and social media marketing guru Neil Patel, and best-selling author Mark Manson have in common? A solid personal brand. What is personal…

Selling & New Product Launches, a Conversation with Sean Shepperd of GrowthX
Sean Sheppard is one of the founders of Growth X, is a venture capital fund that helps companies optimize for personalization, not automation. As a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience, he’s seen a thing of two that can help…

Tech to Improve Remote Sales Team Productivity
Tech to Improve Remote Sales Team Productivity Now that you’ve landed the sales job you’ve been searching for, you might be thinking about some added benefits that could make your day-to-day a little bit easier. Often, working…

Hiring Scenario: What to Know While Deciding to Join A Sales Team for a Tech Startup
Getting hired as the first salesperson at a tech startup can be daunting. There is a lot to gain if you join the right company at the right stage. But, if you join a team who misunderstands early-stage sales operations and KPIs, or one with…

The Offical Rainmakers 2019 Dreamforce Party Guide
Dreamforce 2019 is right around the corner! I hope that everyone has their pitches rehearsed and their business card ready. Networking is an important piece of running your booth, but don’t forget that the networking doesn’t end when you…

Where (And How) To Find Great Sales Reps in 2020
----------This is a repost from my Sales Hiring article that was published in the Acceleprise blog------------- Now more than ever, business organizations need buyer-focused sales professionals who possess the character and the competencies…

25 Sales Resume Tips to Stand Out From the Clutter in 2020
The resume is continually evolving and what seemed standard and beneficial just a few years ago can become a disadvantage in the current recruiting environment. With employers receiving an average of 50 to 75 resumes per role they post, making…
From First Interview to Quota Crusher: The Ideal Tech Sales Hiring Funnel
The best tech sales organizations do not treat hiring as an administrative function. They treat it like a core revenue motion: methodical, data-driven, and outcome-focused. If you want to build a high-performing sales team, you must approach hiring the same way you approach building pipeline. Here is a complete guide to using the tech sales […]