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EVOLVE – The Three+ New Types of SDRs You May Have Never Heard About
Most software companies have a Sales-Led SDR team, and most of the teams are broken out into outbound prospectors and inbound lead qualification specialists. This is the classic Sales-Led model; integrating the Sales Development team into a marketing function as

3 Big Takeaways from SaaStr
I Visited 100+ Booths at the SaaStr Conference: Here are my 3 Big Takeaways I had the opportunity to visit the SaaStr 2022 conference in person this year, my 3rd time going. After being stuck inside way too long, this year

Top 20 Paying SDR Teams in 2022
There’s a reason that “breaking into tech” is trending right now. Aside from the flexibility and the growth potential, employees are attracted to high earning potential. Here we’ll share 20 companies that rank with some of the highest On target

4 Things to Consider When Setting up Your Sales Development Training
Most people don’t have a plan for their sales training. Here are four ways to fix that. Companies spend over $70 billion on training and an average of $1,459 per salesperson annually. Yet, these trainings are nowhere as effective as


Revenue Alignment – How it May Be Broken and How You Can Fix It
You see it all the time. The CEO has a vision and OKRs for the company, yet John on the Customer Success team doesn’t know how it matters to his role. It’s like the sales leader who is asking for

3 Tips to Get Better at Cold Calling – Backed by Research
If you feel like you have room to improve when making calls, you are not alone. That’s why we dug into the research and found three ways to help you get more conversations and book more meetings within 48 hours.

Account-Based Sales Development Outreach: How to Leverage Gifts to Drive Revenue
When SDR teams use gifting as an outreach strategy, there are three typical outcomes: High-Impact: Gifts establish relationships and convert to revenue Low-Impact: Gifts are acknowledged but barely affect revenue Negative-Impact: Gifts are perceived poorly and lower conversion rates High-impact

What Most Sales Development Managers Get Wrong About Coaching
Most sales managers get sales coaching wrong. They think that if they just tell their reps to sell more, it will magically happen. The truth is, there’s so much that goes into improving a rep’s performance. Recently, David

What to expect from Tenbound’s Revenue Alignment Conference
We are excited for the upcoming Tenbound Sales Development Conference focused on Revenue Alignment. So much so that we’ve decided to share 4 of the top pieces of advice from the last 3 years around this important topic. 1. How