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How to transition from outside sales to inside sales

Nutshell

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.

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Will Outside Sales Recover When the Pandemic Ends?

Zoominfo

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.”.

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Will Outside Sales Recover When the Pandemic Ends?

Zoominfo

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.”

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12 Sales Metrics that Matter Most-Harvard Business Review

HeavyHitter Sales

Sales Cycle Length Seventy percent reported an average sales cycle length of sixty days or less for inside sales while fifty-four percent reported an average sales cycle length of ninety days or more for outside sales.   CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL SALES ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY REPORT.

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How and Why You Should Transition from Field to Inside Sales

Hubspot Sales

Another part of the process would be adopting the aforementioned inside-out sales function or another hybrid inside-outside sales model. Finding an initial middle ground between field and outside sales will be central to that process. A successful transition won't be abrupt.

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Sales Hiring: The Ultimate Guide for Maximum Success

Vengreso

HBR developed a great graphic on “How to Evaluate a Job Candidate for a Sales Position”. It, however, was back in 2015. The success of your #business depends on the success of your #sales #hiringprocess. What do successful sales mean for them. What sales tools do they know and use.

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Sales Hiring: The Ultimate Guide for Maximum Success

Vengreso

HBR developed a great graphic on “How to Evaluate a Job Candidate for a Sales Position”. It, however, was back in 2015. The success of your #business depends on the success of your #sales #hiringprocess. What do successful sales mean for them. What sales tools do they know and use.

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