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AUGUST 20, 2012

Stop calling inside sales inside sales. Inside Sales demeaning? I scoff at the idea that anyone in their right mind could feel it demeaning to be working as a sales rep on an inside team or leading an inside team. Inside Sales doesn’t get any respect, right? Outside Sales. Inside Sales.

Inside Sales 193

Inside Sales Travel Outside Sales Territories 193

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JANUARY 4, 2013

If you are in outside sales, the number of targeted events you attend (events where your customers and prospects are). These examples stand out because if you do some of these things above, you will work toward finding and closing qualified sales opportunities. Number of qualified appointments or demos that you set up.

Sales Qualified Lead 224

Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker Territories Outbound 224

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APRIL 26, 2013

Click here to view the embedded video. Not enough employees with CRM seats – companies will selectively give certain individuals seats, such as all sales but no marketing, or inside sales but not outside sales (or vice versa). What is new in CRM in 2013? What has not changed much?

CRM 179

CRM SugarCRM Guidelines Face-to-face 179

Pointclear

OCTOBER 23, 2012

As 2011 meandered to an uneventful close, with no sign of a significant upturn in global economic conditions, we reflected on a year of flat-line results, during which 54% of frontline sales professionals missed quota. Today’s breed of inside sales professional is bright, qualified, and well rewarded. Not anymore.

Retail 215

Retail Inside Sales Outside Sales Analysis 215

SBI

MARCH 1, 2021

Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? Many StorySlab customers rely heavily on outside sales and suddenly had to adapt to a remote selling world. And StorySlab is an end-to-end solution for outside selling.

Face-to-face 94

Face-to-face Apparel Chemicals Call-back 94

Jonathan Farrington

JANUARY 12, 2012

This week we have been examining the current state of play within the sales space – well at least I have - and hopefully you have been reading the words and understanding the philosophy! (Do The reasons for this are obvious: Advances in technology mean that we can communicate just as easily from our desks, using video conferencing etc.

Outside Sales 31

Outside Sales Face-to-face Inside Sales Call-back 31

Jonathan Farrington

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Next year, I anticipate we will see a reduction in external sales positions of around 20%: 10% will be lost for good, and the other 10% will move inside. I believe that this pattern will continue for the next three years, until we are left with less than 10% of the total sales population working externally. Not anymore.

Inside Sales 36

Inside Sales Retail Outside Sales Analysis 36