Ken Krogue

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Inside Sales Evangelist, Founder of InsideSales.com & inContact. Social Media Missionary.…

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Volunteer Experience

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    District Chairman, Alpine District, Utah National Parks Council

    Boy Scouts of America

    - 3 years 1 month

    Children

    I focus on the Aims of Scouting in the Alpine and Highland, Utah area. They are character development, citizenship training, and personal fitness.

    My personal Mission in Scouting is:

    To inspire and empower the Alpine District to bring youth to Christ through Scouting.

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    Chair of the Digital Marketing Committee

    Boy Scouts of America

    - 1 year 2 months

    Science and Technology

    I have recently been asked by the Boy Scouts of America to be the Chair of the new Digital Marketing Committee as a volunteer (with my day job as President and Chief Strategy Officer of InsideSales.com) and to continue assisting the Utah National Parks Council and Western Region of the Boy Scouts of America with their digital and social media marketing efforts.

    As a part of the Do Good Foundation of InsideSales.com we started and promoted The Boy Scout, the top blog and electronic…

    I have recently been asked by the Boy Scouts of America to be the Chair of the new Digital Marketing Committee as a volunteer (with my day job as President and Chief Strategy Officer of InsideSales.com) and to continue assisting the Utah National Parks Council and Western Region of the Boy Scouts of America with their digital and social media marketing efforts.

    As a part of the Do Good Foundation of InsideSales.com we started and promoted The Boy Scout, the top blog and electronic newsletter nationally featuring stories generated from the Utah National Parks Council with over 97,000 subscribers.

    I am also Chair of the Advisory Board of the Social Media Certification program started by the Utah National Parks Council.

Publications

  • The Day The World of Sales Changed Forever

    Ken Krogue

    Thanks to Bob and Larry, I get to see all of my dear industry friends several times a year: Trish Bertuzzi, Steve Richards, Art Sobzak, Kraig Kleeman, Koka Sexton, Mike Smalls, Chad Burmeister, Peter Ostrow, Kyle Porter, Bruce Lewolt, Sean Burke, Anneke Seley, Antarctic Mike, Lori Richardson, Kelly Molander, Josiane Feigon, Jill Konrath, Jamie Shanks, Liz Gelb – O’Conner, and tons of new friends.

    Thanks to Bob and Larry, I get a fun and friendly place to rub shoulders with companies like…

    Thanks to Bob and Larry, I get to see all of my dear industry friends several times a year: Trish Bertuzzi, Steve Richards, Art Sobzak, Kraig Kleeman, Koka Sexton, Mike Smalls, Chad Burmeister, Peter Ostrow, Kyle Porter, Bruce Lewolt, Sean Burke, Anneke Seley, Antarctic Mike, Lori Richardson, Kelly Molander, Josiane Feigon, Jill Konrath, Jamie Shanks, Liz Gelb – O’Conner, and tons of new friends.

    Thanks to Bob and Larry, I get a fun and friendly place to rub shoulders with companies like Oracle, Vorsight, Factor 8, Clearslide, LinkedIn, Hoopla, Xactly, Kitedesk, Salesloft, Frontline Selling, Tibc, Aslan, PGI, LexisNexis, Salesloft, Acton, and Marketstar.

    Other authors
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  • Top 4 Social Selling Alerts for Sales Reps

    Sales for Life and InsideSales.com

    From the world's largest Sales Summit - check out 4 Social Selling Tips you can't miss!

    Other authors
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  • Data-Driven Sales Prospecting

    InsideSales.com

    How to contact, qualify, and close deals faster.

    Other authors

  • The Art of Cold Calling and the Science of Contact Ratios - eBook

    InsideSales.com

    Optimize your cold calling efforts and boost contact rates. You will learn: Cold calling best and worst practices from 4 examples. The 7 Rules of Cold Calling and how to combine sales technology with sales training

    Other authors
    • Kraig Kleeman
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  • 42 LinkedIn Inside Sales Tips - eBook

    Jamie Shanks & Ken Krogue

    The most comprehensive LinkedIn Tips, Tricks, Tactics on the market for Social Selling.

    Other authors
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  • The Ultimate Revenue Engine: Maximizing Results Through Inside Sales and Marketing Automation - eBook

    InsideSales.com

    In this 42-page eBook, learn from Jon Miller, VP of Marketing and co-Founder of Marketo, and Ken Krogue, President and co-Founder of InsideSales.com. This collaborative eBook teaches how to tightly align your sales and marketing processes and boost revenue!

    Other authors
    • Jon Miller
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  • The Death of SEO

    Forbes.com

    Google is in the process of making the SEO industry obsolete, SEO will be dead in 2 years.”

    Other authors
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  • My weekly column on Forbes.com

    http://www.Forbes.com

    I focus on using the Internet, Inside Sales, Lead Generation, and Social Media to grow business. I'm a serial entrepreneur with a short attention span, so I need things to work really fast.
    I am the President and Co-founder of InsideSales.com, the leading sales automation platform for inside sales professionals that I started with Dave Elkington, our CEO, in 2004.
    I speak at industry events, research industry topics, and my blog ranks first on ‘inside sales’ where I spend my time giving…

    I focus on using the Internet, Inside Sales, Lead Generation, and Social Media to grow business. I'm a serial entrepreneur with a short attention span, so I need things to work really fast.
    I am the President and Co-founder of InsideSales.com, the leading sales automation platform for inside sales professionals that I started with Dave Elkington, our CEO, in 2004.
    I speak at industry events, research industry topics, and my blog ranks first on ‘inside sales’ where I spend my time giving away (almost) all of our trade secrets www.KenKrogue.com.
    Email me at kk@insidesales.com, connect on LinkedIn, follow me on Twitter, and access quick summaries on Google+.

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  • The Death of SEO

    Forbes.com

    Google is in the process of making the SEO industry obsolete, SEO will be dead in 2 years.”

    Other authors
    See publication

  • 31 Inside Sales 'Must Haves' for Driving Leads, Appointments & Sales - eBook

    InsideSales.com

    Find out what it takes to build a great inside sales team that contacts more leads, qualifies more leads, and closes more revenue! Download your copy of this groundbreaking new eBook.

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Patents

  • Apparatus System and Method for Web-based Phone Services

    Issued US 8,325,738

    Apparatus System and Method for Web-based Phone Services claims technology for administration of a web-based call session and protects the use of any auxiliary function engaged during a call, including initiating a call recording, playing a pre-recorded voicemail, bridging a call, and creating a third-party conference call.

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Projects

  • Weekly Forbes Contributor on Forbes.com

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    I was asked by the Tim Post, the Editor of the Entreprenuers section of Forbes.com to write a weekly article to focus on using the Internet, Inside Sales, Lead Generation, Gamification, and Social Media to grow business. I am told my blog, www.KenKrogue.com, which is the #1 blog in the world on the topic of Inside Sales, is the reason my writing was wanted on Forbes. Inside Sales is a very hot topic.

    I'm also an American who cares enough to speak up and a serial entrepreneur with a short…

    I was asked by the Tim Post, the Editor of the Entreprenuers section of Forbes.com to write a weekly article to focus on using the Internet, Inside Sales, Lead Generation, Gamification, and Social Media to grow business. I am told my blog, www.KenKrogue.com, which is the #1 blog in the world on the topic of Inside Sales, is the reason my writing was wanted on Forbes. Inside Sales is a very hot topic.

    I'm also an American who cares enough to speak up and a serial entrepreneur with a short attention span, so I need things to work really fast. I am the President and Founder of InsideSales.com, the leading sales automation platform for inside sales professionals that I started with Dave Elkington, the other Founder and our amazing CEO, in 2004. I speak at industry events, research industry topics, and my blog ranks first on ‘inside sales’ where I spend my time giving away (almost) all of our trade secrets www.KenKrogue.com. Email me at kk@insidesales.com, connect on LinkedIn, follow me on Twitter, and access quick summaries on Google+.

    Other creators
    • Dave Elkington
    • Jan Johnson
    • Thomas Oldroyd
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  • Inside Sales Virtual Summit

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    In three weeks, InsideSales.com's marketing department planned and organized the largest "Inside Sales Virtual Summit." This event took place on Thursday, June 20th, 2013 from 8am-3:30pm PST.

    We did it again the next two years and has 22,700 attendees, then 35,800 attendees. Great job to that original team: mostly Thomas Oldroyd and Mike Taylor.

    Event Highlights
    Registrants: 15,217
    Speakers: 63
    Sales Authors: 11
    Industry Tracks: 7
    Tweets: #salessummit-…

    In three weeks, InsideSales.com's marketing department planned and organized the largest "Inside Sales Virtual Summit." This event took place on Thursday, June 20th, 2013 from 8am-3:30pm PST.

    We did it again the next two years and has 22,700 attendees, then 35,800 attendees. Great job to that original team: mostly Thomas Oldroyd and Mike Taylor.

    Event Highlights
    Registrants: 15,217
    Speakers: 63
    Sales Authors: 11
    Industry Tracks: 7
    Tweets: #salessummit- 4,125

    Featured Speakers: Guy Kawasaki, Josh James, Matt Dixon, Brian Frank, Yusuf Tayub, Jeffrey Gitomer, Jon Miller.

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Honors & Awards

  • Top 25 Most Influential in Inside Sales

    American Association of Insides Sales Professionals

    For the 7th year in a row Ken Krogue has been named among the Top 25 Most Influential in the industry of Inside Sales by peers in the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP.)

  • #1 Most Influential in Sales Lead Management

    Sales Lead Management Association

    Founder Ken Krogue has been named the No. 1 most influential person in sales lead management in 2014 by the Sales Lead Management Association. Members of the association also honored InsideSales.com CEO and Founder Dave Elkington as the third most influential person and CMO Mick Hollison as No. 5 in this year's voting of peers in the industry.

  • #1 on Social Selling Index by Deloitte and InsightPool

    Deloitte

    #1, followed by Bronto, Kareo, Unitrends, Prodege, Cvent, Confio, Hubspot, Fishbowl, and Market. InsideSales is the only company that consistently leveraged a variety of social touchpoints across the board by scoring in the top 10 of each social currency category and had the highest score recorded for any company.

  • #2 of the Top 30 Social Salespeople in the World

    Forbes Magazine and Huffington Post

    Meghan M. Biro, Contributor for Forbes.com

    With this in mind, KiteDesk commissioned influencer marketing agency Evolve!, Inc. to research the best and brightest in social sales, in order to give salespeople ready access to the people who do social selling well. Their research uncovered the 30 most influential social salespeople online.

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghanbiro/2014/03/19/meet-the-top-30-most-social-salespeople-in-the-world/

Test Scores

  • ACT Test

    Score: 30

Languages

  • Southern Drawl

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Organizations

  • American Association of Inside Sales Professionals - AA-ISP

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    - Present

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