Navigating Sales Chaos and Clarifying Opportunities for Revenue Teams with Adrian Davis, President and CEO at Whetstone

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Navigating Sales Chaos and Clarifying Opportunities for Revenue Teams with Adrian Davis, President and CEO at Whetstone

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This week on the Revenue Insights Podcast, we are joined by Adrian Davis, President and CEO at Whetstone

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Dec 28, 2023

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Matt Cerra, Head Of Sales @ Cube19: Tom interviews Matt Cerra, Head Of Sales @Cube19. by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Melinda Forest, Sales Operations Manager @Decibel: Learn from a Sales Operations Manager, become successful in a sales ops role with our special guests, Melinda Forest... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Rory Brown, Co Founder & CCO @ Kluster Intelligence: Tom Hunt & Henry Peacock interview Rory Brown about Kluster Intelligence and how to build credibility with the team. Rory talks through how to measure success and keep sales professionals engaged. #3 by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Jay Khiroya, Head Of Operations @ Doctify: In this episode you will be listening to Jay Khiroya as Tom Hunt & Henry Peacock interview him about his extensive Sales Operations experience. He will reveal some important points on how to strengthen your Sales Team and provides strategic ways of helping them increase revenue. Jay talks through how to measure sales team success and methods of keeping your CRM clean. by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Mohit Bhargava, Sales Planning & Operations Manager @ Big Tech Company: Learn from a great sales planning & operations manager, as well as becoming successful in a sales ops role with our special guest Mohit Bhargava... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Cris Santos, Head of Revenue Strategy and Operations @ Pluralsight: Learn from a great Head of Revenue Strategy and Operations, as well as becoming successful in a sales ops role with our special guest, Cris Santos... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Kirsty Charlton, Head of Sales Operations @ Signal AI: Tom Hunt & Henry Peacock interview Kirsty Charlton about Signal AI and their process within the sales team and her experiences. Kirsty talks through metrics, Sales Ops Tech Stack and her journey in Signal AI. by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Tom Andrews, Sales Operations Manager @ Signal Al: Learn from the experienced Sales Operations Manager to become successful in a sales ops role with our special guest, Tom Andrews... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Kelsi Hansen, Sales Operations Manager @ Workfront: Tom interviews Kelsi Hansen, Sales Operations Manager @Workfront. by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Alan Kingsley-Perkins, Sales Operations Improvement Consultant @ Kingsley-Perkins LTD: Learn from a master Sales Operations Improvement Consultant, and become successful in a sales ops role with our special guests, Alan Kingsley-Perkins... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Joe Gates, Sales Operations Manager @ Spendesk: Learn about sales operations, Spendesk sales tech stack as well as becoming successful in a sales ops role with our special guest Joe Gates.... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Jonathan Bunford, Director of Sales Operations @ Ada: Learn from the great 6x Salesforce Certified & Director of Sales Operations, become successful in a sales ops role with our special guests, Jonathan Bunford... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Katyusca Barth, Sales Operations Manager @ Intralinks: Learn from a great Sales Operations Manager, as well as becoming successful in a sales ops role with our special guest, Katy Barth... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Jorge Moto, Manager of Global Sales Operations & Salesforce Admin @ Ooyala: Learn from the expert Manager of Global Sales Operations & Salesforce Admin, become successful in a sales ops role with our special guests, Jorge Moto. by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Jeanette Appiah, Sales Operations Analyst @ Merkle: Learn from the best Sales Operations Analyst, become successful in a sales ops role with our special guests, Jeanette Appiah... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Brandon Bussey, Director of Revenue and Account Operations @ LucidChart: We had the pleasure of interviewing Brandon Bussey, Director of Revenue and Account Operations in Lucidchart. Learn more about Sales Operations and their processes. by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Kevin Raybon, Chairman @ Global Sales Operations Association (SOPSA.ORG): Learn from an experienced Chairman to become successful in a sales ops role with our special guest, Kevin Raybon of SOPSA.ORG... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Sandeep Sachdeva, Global Head of Sales Operations @ Unity Technologies: Learn from a great Global Head of Sales Operations, as well as becoming successful in a sales ops role with our special guest Sandeep Sachdeva... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Heather Bruder, MBA, Revenue & Sales Ops Champion: Learn from an experienced MBA, Revenue & Sales Ops Champion to become successful in a sales ops role with our special guest, Heather Bruder... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Natasha Neller and Kimberley Warman, Sales Operations Managers @ Austin Fraser: Learn from a great Sales Operations Managers, as well as becoming successful in a sales ops role with our special guests, Natasha Neller and Kimberley Warman... by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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Jeffrey Serlin, VP Sales Operations @ Intercom: Jeffrey Serlin of Intercom, our special guest for #SalesOps Demystified talked through his awesome experience in #SalesOperations. Talking through tackling data quality as well as the transition into Sales Operations. Jeff has been a Sales and Revenue Operations leader for more than a decade now; with experience in building, scaling and managing teams for start-ups as well as public companies. by The Revenue Insights Podcast
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