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Inside vs. Outside Sales: How to Structure a Sales Team for Success

Hubspot Sales

Inside vs. Outside Sales. Inside sales reps often sell remotely, from an office base, while outside sales reps travel, brokering face-to-face deals. 47% of all salespeople work in inside sales, with 53% representing outside sales. What's the difference between inside and 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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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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6 Tips for an SKO Agenda that Won’t Bore Your Reps

Showpad

Your sales kickoff (SKO) is not just another sales meeting; it’s a time to gather all your reps at the start of the year to review the past 12 months and motivate them as the next 12 ramp up. The agenda can make or break the effectiveness of the event, and therefore the overall team performance as you move forward through 2019.

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What Is the Real ROI of a Customer?

SugarCRM

In a 2019 study , Gartner found that customer effort is the most significant measure in determining loyalty. The same study found that providing good customer experiences impacts everything from repurchase rates to employee retention. They improve recruiting efforts, public relations and even serve as outside sales reps.

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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Face-to-face meetings have been replaced by video conferencing, and many sales leaders are scrambling to train their sales teams on how to sell remotely.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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Inbound or outbound sales—which one should you focus on?

Close.io

Here's how JacobMcMillen expressed it candidly in an October 2019 post on his LinkedIn profile : Too many companies simply try to copy a strategy that has generated success for other companies. Looking for advice on hiring sales reps? Claim your free copy of my book The Sales Hiring Playbook today !