Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Eventually, most antiquated models are replaced by more up-to-date, efficient, and sometimes exciting models. Outside sales is being replaced by inside sales but not in the way that most people think. Let''s quickly compare inside sales to outside sales.

Outside Sales 178

Outside Sales Telemarketing Inside Sales Travel 178

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Eventually, most antiquated models are replaced by more up-to-date, efficient, and sometimes exciting models. Outside sales is being replaced by inside sales but not in the way that most people think. Let''s quickly compare inside sales to outside sales.

Inside Sales 268

Inside Sales Outside Sales Telemarketing Travel 268

Score More Sales

APRIL 26, 2013

What is new in CRM in 2013? Give your opinion about integrating marketing automation into CRM? 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).

CRM 179

CRM SugarCRM Guidelines Face-to-face 179

Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Your profile can serve as inbound marketing for you – in other words, the key words and phrases you use in your profile are all searchable. It is a simple way to learn more about your target markets and about specific individuals in those markets. Consider it an experiment (that’s how I first approached Twitter use).

LinkedIn 226

LinkedIn Trade Show Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 226

A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Last year I predicted that 2013 would be the year of hiring, that sales people would be on the move, freed from the downturn in the economy and feeling safe, I predicted sales people would start looking for new opportunities. There is a massive influx of tools available to sales organizations. I think I was half right.

Strategy 115

Strategy InsideView Hiring Social Media 115

Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Inside salespeople are no longer just engaged in small commodity type sales or as backup for completing the secondary tasks of the outside sales group. As Steve Martin pointed out in an HBR blog companies are increasingly creating inside sales groups who are independently handling accounts in the mid-market.

Inside Sales 118

Inside Sales Training Scale Outside Sales 118

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

It''s not so much that we need to teach AE''s how to sell as much as we want to teach them what their role is in the sales process and how to stay out of the way until their expertise is required. Register for Leading the Ideal Sales Force Part 2 , on March 12 at 11 AM ET. Back to the Senior IT leaders. April 15 Register.

CRM 274

CRM Webinar Metrics Engineering Report 274