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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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Inside Sales vs. Outside Sales: Which Is Best for You?

Sales Hacker

One of the biggest decisions you can make when setting up your sales team is whether to focus primarily on inside or outside sales. They seem to be completely at odds, with one focused on clients with a high acquisition cost and high ACV (annual account value), the other focused on a high sales velocity. Hiring guide.

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Remote Selling Made Simple: 5 Practical Tips for a Successful Organization

Vengreso

Face-to-face meetings have been replaced by video conferencing, and many sales leaders are scrambling to train their sales teams on how to sell remotely. A 2020 study by the RAIN Group found that pre-pandemic, only 27% of respondents reported conducting more than half of their sales activities virtually.

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TSE 1303: How to Network Your Way into Value

Sales Evangelist

Curt Tueffert is the Vice President of sales development for a large industrial distributor in Houston, Texas. The company was founded in 1908 is now a multinational publicly traded company with over 200 outside sales. Spend time on social media platforms such as LinkedIn learning about the people in your circles.

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What is Inside Sales? The Definition of Modern-Day Selling

OutboundView

Sales organizations today are commonly organized in two groups, outside sales and inside sales. Outside salespeople are responsible for closing new business. Inside salespeople reach out to possible prospects and find new sales opportunities. But what is inside sales, really?

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13 Time Management Hacks for Sales Reps

Hubspot Sales

Spending a certain amount of time on one group of activities could set a rep up for record week, while concentrating on something else might launch you down the path to a slump. When I was in outside sales, I would organize my leads by location and always have the date of my last contact for each lead noted.

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Best Sales Podcasts: An Ultimate List of 100+ Must-Listens

LeadFuze

Linking into Sales podcasts deals strictly with strategy, lead generation, and sales tactics using everyone’s favorite networking site; LinkedIn. Episode 077: Three Skills a Sales Coach Focuses On. Episode 088: Why Social Selling is About Opening, Not Closing. 8 Outside Sales Talk. 27 Smart Sales Pro.