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

DialSource

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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Top 7 Utopian & Dystopian Shocking Sales Predictions

Tony Hughes

Gerhard , Huthwaite and many other sci-fi fans have prognosticated that sales itself may face an existential threat from artificial intelligence (AI) as we move further and further toward the COMPLETE buying cycle. Gartner predicts that by 2020, 85% of interactions between businesses will be executed without human intervention.

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Sales Hacker’s Top Sales Trends & Predictions You MUST Be Aware Of In 2018

Sales Hacker

By 2020, 70% of sales teams will be using analytics to understand their customers. More companies will realize they achieve higher ROI with these roles and reduce the size of their outside sales teams as a result. – Lars Nilsson , VP of Global Inside Sales, Cloudera. The atmosphere is relaxed.

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