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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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Leveraging Inside Sales

Pipeliner

According to Harvard Business Review , 46 percent of high-growth tech companies are expanding through inside sales, as compared to 21 percent growing through outside sales teams. The reasons for inside sales (SDR/BDR) team growth vary, but one fact is clear: buyers seem to be fine with alternatives to face-to-face meetings.

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Wow! What an Awesome Email I Got Today.

A Sales Guy

It’s not uncommon for me to get calls from business owners, CEO’s, heads of sales, etc. The CEO of this company called me and had lots’ of questions. “I truly apologize for wasting your time by being unprepared for our last scheduled phone call. Both 30-minute calls went for an hour.

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Which Type of Sales Job Is Right for You?

Hubspot Sales

Others, like outside sales, are on the decline. Sales compensation ranges from zero-commission (retail salespeople, for example) to pure commission (your salary is completely determined by performance.) Outside Salesperson. Sales Engineer. Sales Manager. Director of Sales. VP of Sales.

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