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Sales Development Representative

San Francisco or Palo Alto, California

Join the leader in enterprise social networking and become a part of one of the hottest market segments.

You will be responsible for generating new sales opportunities through a combination of marketing lead qualification and outbound calling activities for an exciting, high growth & venture-backed SaaS company -- Socialtext. Help bring the value of Facebook and Twitter to leading brands such as Ogilvy, Getty Images, NYU and Symantec. The ideal candidate loves selling, is very high energy, has great communication and follow-up skills, wants to be part of an extraordinary team, and is looking to advance their career with an exciting growth company. Full-time position with excellent salary, commission, benefits and pre-IPO stock options.

Responsibilities

  • Quickly and professionally engage all inbound marketing leads, explain the company’s benefits, qualify the opportunities and transition the qualified opportunities to the field and inside sales teams.
  • Demonstrate persistent and excellent follow-up of all leads and deliver a high quantity of well qualified sales opportunities
  • Outbound calling in support of various campaigns to generate additional selling opportunities.
  • Use Salesforce CRM system to document all activities.
  • Use excellent communication skills to create a positive brand experience in all conversations

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in sales, marketing or customer-service for technology companies
  • Excellent understanding of social networking and web 2.0 solutions
  • Demonstrated high performance
  • Relentless & positive personality and strong drive for success
  • BA/BS or equivalent education and relevant experience

About Socialtext

Socialtext is an industry-leading provider of enterprise social software solutions and is backed by leading venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurvetson & Omidyar Network. Established in 2002, Socialtext is the first company to deliver social software to businesses. By unlocking knowledge, expertise, ideas and data, Socialtext eliminates information silos across the enterprise to drive superior business performance. Socialtext's enterprise social networking products — including microblogging, blogs, wikis, profiles and social spreadsheets — provide simpler ways for employees to share vital information and work together in real-time. Delivered in a variety of hosted cloud services, as well as on-site appliances, enterprise customers are provided with flexible deployment options that meet their security requirements. More than 6,500 businesses worldwide have accelerated their business performance with Socialtext. To learn more, visit www.socialtext.com.

This is your opportunity to add real value to a high-growth business at an exciting stage of growth. If you believe that you can add that value, please email us your resume – we are excited to bring you on board.

To apply for this position, please send your resume and your answers to the following questions:

  1. What is your biggest professional success to date?
  2. What is your favorite social network and why?
  3. Where do you want to be in five years?
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