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The Hottest Trends in Inside Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Giuseppe D’Angelo Inside sales have never been hotter, and the sales field is experiencing considerable change. Much of this is due to the technology that is beginning to drive the sales process much the way it has driven marketing for the past several years. Increasing demand for skilled inside sales reps.

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10 Inside Sales Ideas From Ken Krogue

Score More Sales

Last week I had the pleasure of spending a day with Ken Krogue, co-founder of InsideSales.com , inside sales pioneer, and Forbes columnist It was great. A specialization model in inside sales yields a 7 point higher close rate – do you have specialists? In inside sales, leading indicators are effort and results.

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10 Reasons Why Inside Sales Will Displace Field Sales Teams by 2015

Pointclear

Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales? Or just go with inside sales? The following trends indicate that field sales teams are becoming extinct. Here’s why: Inside sales teams continue to grow at 15% each year. Good question. Step into my time machine.

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Evolving Your Sales Game Plan-a Focus Interactive Summit

Fill the Funnel

I am excited to be a part of an online Sales Summit hosted by FOCUS. The event is on Thursday, October 21, 2010 — 8AM to 1:30PM PT / 11AM to 4:30PM ET. Having a tough time capturing and keeping the attention of today’s stressed-out decision makers? In this session, learn about 5 new Sales 2.0

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15 best cold calling books to take your sales team to new levels

Close.io

Whether you’re a sales professional that likes reading or doesn’t, you’ll find fresh frameworks and tons of insights in the book. Who should read this : Inside sales reps will find a lot of high-value advice for smarter cold calling and actionable techniques for tackling specific sales challenges.

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Guest Post: Sales Teams Have More to Worry About Than Just Losing Clients

Don on Selling

This is not that great because the average sales development representative will need 3.2 In the year 2010, a survey was conducted on the average tenure for sales representatives, and it revealed that 44% of them had a 3-year tenure. In 2018, only 8% of sales representatives reportedly have this much tenure. .

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11 Insanely Effective SaaS Sales Secrets Right From The Salesforce Playbook

InsideSales.com

However, according to a 2010 Customer Experience Report by RightNow (acquired by Oracle in 2011) and Harris Interactive, 82% of customers surveyed abandoned a company because of bad customer service. The manager would be best because he or she is the decision-maker. The same goes for your sales team.