Nutshell

AUGUST 24, 2018

Inside sales refers to any form of selling that isn’t done face-to-face. Unlike outside sales (or field sales ) reps, inside sales reps connect with potential customers remotely through phone, email , and web conferencing. Among B2B companies, the use of inside sales reps has exploded in popularity.

Outside Sales 91

Outside Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 91

Pointclear

JULY 17, 2013

To read an excerpt from her latest book, Smart Sales Manager , click here. Today’s “new normal” sales landscape has sales leaders scratching their heads, wondering about the best way to structure their sales organizations. Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales?

Field Sales 245

Field Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 245

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. Last week I led our annual Sales Leadership intensive and hosted the best group of sales leaders to ever attend the event. Chad Burmeister , who is well known throughout the inside sales community, was one of the attendees. Sure enough, the numbers were amazing.

Inside Sales 212

Inside Sales Outside Sales Study Distribution 212

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 8, 2020

Field sales has been dying for years. These two facts of life have converted most field salespeople into reluctant inside salespeople who venture out only occasionally. It’s time to face this new reality and reengineer our sales environments to exploit the spoils of it! Why Inside Sales is Outpacing Field Sales.

Inside Sales 117

Inside Sales Hiring Scale Face-to-face 117

HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled the THE 12 SALES METRICS THAT MATTER MOST.     Sales is both an art and a science. Below, you will find twelve of these key sales metrics that benchmark sales organization performance, structure, and effectiveness.

Telecommunications 126

Telecommunications Quota Inside Sales Field Sales 126

Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

The idea of Outside Sales, which depended on business travel and in-person meetings, feels like a distant memory. Until COVID-19, more than half of sales — 52.8 percent — were made by Outside Sales teams. By contrast, there were only 32,049 results for job titles containing the term “Outside Sales.”.

Outside Sales 147

Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 147

Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

The idea of Outside Sales, which depended on business travel and in-person meetings, feels like a distant memory. Until COVID-19, more than half of sales — 52.8 percent — were made by Outside Sales teams. By contrast, there were only 32,049 results for job titles containing the term “Outside Sales.”

Outside Sales 130

Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Cold Calling 130