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What is Inside Sales (And Why Do You Need It?)

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At this point, there is no more discussion about inside sales vs outside sales and which is more optimal in terms of a company’s growth strategy. . Based on the 2020 pandemic and corresponding lockdown measures, overnight, everyone was transformed into an inside sales or digital selling role.

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Is AI impacting Inside Sales Rep Revenue? Mike Plante of InsideSales Says it Is.

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Sales managers must acknowledge that AI is going to make its way into the ways in which sales people work, prospect, and sell. In our open dialogue with InsideSales’ CMO Mike Plante we explore ways that inside sales rep productivity (code word for revenue) is shifting for the better. The host is Jim Obermayer.

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Are We Playing Hunger Games? Key Questions Confronting Inside Sales

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But, when I attended the recent Leadership Summit put on by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP), I was reminded that sometimes questions can just lead to more questions. So I attended this event expecting to find out more about how and when resources would be flowing to inside sales teams.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

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It was interesting to see all three companies use similar descriptions in their SEC filings for both their sales and marketing activity and their market challenges. Sales and marketing activity. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force. Sales force efforts include field sales and inside sales teams using the phone.

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PowerOpinions: Making Lead Scoring a Success Part 3 [Expert Advice]

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Our good friend— Matt Heinz , founder of Heinz Marketing—starts us off: It can be really difficult for organizations to not only measure what’s working, but to also “re-rally the team” (sales, marketing, product, or all of the above) as findings point to slight, and perhaps frequent, direction changes. But what if the message is wrong?

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PowerViews with Craig Rosenberg: Growth Hacks & Consumerized B2B Software

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Marketing & Sales Alignment: Encouraging Signs & Continuing Challenges. He again mentions Box and Zendesk that are creating essentially consumerized enterprise software by first building an install base of individual users, and then bringing in the sales team.

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