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.

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Inside Sales Outside Sales Telemarketing Travel 268

Pipeliner

MAY 30, 2020

Many people don’t understand the difference between inside sales and outside sales. Things get even more confusing once you throw in terms like direct sales team, and other expansions. This expert sales interview explores: Defining an inside sales team. How to set up an inside sales team.

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Inside Sales Campaigns Outside Sales Direct Sales Team 59

Close.io

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In this post, we’re sharing three inside sales job descriptions that you can steal and personalize for your business in order to attract the right sales talent in 2020! Job description template: junior inside sales professional. ? Job description template: inside sales leader. ? Let’s get going.

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Inside Sales Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 91

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Hubspot recently released a blog on how to effectively optimize the freemium conversion rate; see link/visual below: 5 key steps in the process: 1. Set the right product limitations for your free account. To improve freemium conversion rates, it’s essential to set appropriate product limitations for free accounts.

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Enterprise Enterprise Scale Lead Rank 87

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

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. The truth is, though, that they’re just two sides of the same sales coin — and you likely need both in your company if you’re going to succeed.

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Hiring Top of Funnel 81

The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2018

What does the future hold for the inside sales jobs role for a salesperson and will its job description come to mean anything more than facilitating a customer’s purchase. What will the inside sales jobs role look like in three-to-five years? The inside sales role will evolve in line with technology.

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Inside Sales Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 49

Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 8, 2020

Introducing our brand new, 7-Session inside sales training course that is available to you and your team TODAY. Each comprehensive training session comes with handouts of scripts, templates, and word for word direction on how to make each part of the calling process instantly more effective. See It Here.

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Training Licensing Scale Gatekeeper 180

Pointclear

JANUARY 11, 2011

Comment on The Bridge Group's ten predictions for inside sales in 2011. No longer will the Inside Sales Rep be a “jack of all trades” Roles will be clearly defined and measured based on specific desired outcomes. Data will become an integral component for predicting the likelihood of Inside Sales success.

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Inside Sales Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 185

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 26, 2018

Despite the plethora of martech and sales enablement technologies now on the market, most sales teams are still performing at sub-optimal levels. With all these new tools making a salesperson’s job easier, there’s no excuse for your sales team not to excel. They know how to demonstrate value. What’s In a Number?

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How To Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Lead Capture 218

Sales Hacker

APRIL 20, 2020

As a result, B2B sales and marketing teams are yanked towards inside sales strategies like account-based marketing and remote selling. Sales and marketing must banish silos and band together during this turbulent time. Why Account-Based Marketing Is the Right Response.

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Account Based Marketing Webinar Metrics Strategy Marketing 82

SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Inside sales reps who engage prospects with a personalized pitch see better open rates, have longer conversations, and book more meetings. But migrating from a traditional cold calling model to one that requires a high-level of customization can be challenging, even for the most sophisticated inside sales environments.

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Inside Sales Data Lead Rank Hiring 102

Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 25, 2020

Sales organizations must take a critical first step in crisis management and help sellers figure out how to shrink the gap between themselves and buyers. Nearly two-thirds of sales positions are field-based. Second, it needs to efficiently spur a high level of activity, despite the distraction in the market.

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Inside Sales Revenue Face-to-face How To 80

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The process of sales and marketing alignment is so fraught with assumptions, misunderstandings, and disagreement that we think both departments need a relationship therapy session! Marketing has certain data needs. Sales has others. Sales uses a CRM … but the marketing automation system might not integrate.

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Ideal Customer Profile Data Scale Marketing 202

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2018

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. Outside or inside sales? It’s all sales.

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Outside Sales Hiring Face-to-face Inside Sales 133

Zoominfo

JULY 6, 2021

In the new world of sales, being well connected is no longer as important as being well informed. The Rise of Inside Sales. Inside sales became prevalent in the 1980s when companies wanted to sell large volumes of their products without having to travel. Throughout the 90s, inside sales teams grew in prominence.

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Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Inside Sales Outside Sales 147

Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Inside Sales. When it comes to inside sales, put aside old visions of airplane hanger-size room filled with lots of salespeople making lots of sales calls using finely polished scripts. These rooms may still be around but inside sales has undergone a dramatic shift in the last several years.

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Inside Sales Training Scale Outside Sales 118

LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

How to Enable Smart ABM Plays in Turbulent Times. With the shift to inside sales, marketing and B2B teams are being pulled in different directions. In the current market, sales and marketing must work together to be effective. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process?

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Account Based Marketing Marketing Strategy Hiring 52

Factor 8

AUGUST 8, 2019

Let’s dig in – starting with the top of the sales funnel or beginning of the buying process. Also called the business development rep, lead generation, sales development rep, appointment setter, marketing development rep, entry-level selling, cold caller, data cleanser, and sadly, the empty seat. Account Executive .

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Inside Sales Hiring Lead Rank Top of Funnel 31

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 11, 2023

Fifty percent of all sales happen after the fifth follow-up attempt, according to Inside Sales. In this post, you’ll dive deeper into the benefits of follow-up emails and learn how to automate them. Here’s how. Sign in to your account and go to the “Marketing” tab in the navigation menu.

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Follow-up Hubspot How To Promotion 93

Sales Evangelist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Should I Start Off With Inside Sales or Outside Sales? Are you new to sales and asking yourself the universal sales question, “Should I start off with inside sales or outside sales?” For some companies, the sales development reps are focused on the inbounds.

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Government Inbound 40

Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

So if the job description is looking for “An aggressive prospector/hunter who is used to making outbound calls,” your summary section should list something like this: I AM AN AGGRESSIVE PROSPECTOR WHO IS USED TO HUNTING FOR ACCOUNTS. INSIDE SALES PROFESSIONAL WITH A WINNER MENTALITY WHO DOES WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE.

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Hiring Outbound How To Sales Qualified Lead 120

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

Inside sales reps are tasked with nurturing leads and converting them into customers. Glassdoor estimates that inside sales reps often have a take-home pay of $70,000, including commission and bonuses. Outside sales representative positions include some travel time to meet with buyers and pitch products.

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Ideal Customer Profile Salary Hiring Lead Rank 119

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

This makes all sellers “inside sellers,” which opens the door to improving their productivity, performance and cost structure, while also imagining how former field sales teams should be operating on a cadence versus an expense account. All selling is inside selling. Marketing is the sales development team.

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B2B Revenue Top of Funnel Margin 199

Velocify

JULY 12, 2017

Sales has been targeting contacts at key accounts for decades. On the marketing side, account-based marketing (ABM) has gained major traction, becoming a key strategy to better align with sales and close quality deals. 2) How do your customers buy? Example of how to map buyer journey.

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Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Account 40

Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2023

Listen Watch it here Guest-at-a-Glance Name : Richard Harris What he does : Richard is the founder of The Harris Consulting Group and the co-founder of Surf and Sales. Company : The Harris Consulting Group Noteworthy : Richard is a seasoned SaaS sales leader, inside sales trainer, and advisor with 20+ years of experience.

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How To Cold Calling Trends Groups 88

SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2018

John: TechTarget’s data and insight products for sales called Priority Engine and Qualified Sales Opportunities are built on proprietary knowledge of enterprise purchase intentions and the specific people involved in them within accounts. All you have to do is use is get the meeting set up.

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Intent Data Intent Data Enterprise 139

Factor 8

AUGUST 3, 2017

If helping reps improve is your favorite part of the job, you love to train and call coach, and you agree that inside sales is harder than field sales…read on! You’re accountable and get rewarded for the results you get and with clients who really, REALLY want your help. . Shoot, it sounds like multi-level marketing!

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Hiring Inside Sales Ideal Customer Profile Energy 39

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

When you love being a sales rep, or a business development rep, or a regional account rep, or a national account rep, you know it. Accounting can’t do this, and engineering can’t do this, and HR can’t do this, and some of your executives can’t even do this. You have high integrity and honor. Be proud and love what you do.

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How To Territories Call-back Buyer 120

SugarCRM

APRIL 1, 2020

How to supercharge your inbound marketing activities with a strong, complementary outbound marketing strategy. Does your marketing team have a blog? Have active social media accounts? Inbound marketing activities like these have become commonplace in today’s digital world, and for good reason.

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Inbound Marketing Outbound Webinar Metrics 48

LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

How to Make a Go To Market Strategy With Our Proven Template. The Winning by Design Blueprint Series provides a step-by-step go to market plan for every part of the sales process, including developing a go to market strategy. First, we will define what “go to market” really means.

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Strategy Lead Rank Outsourcing Services Marketing 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 22, 2018

Reasons to outsource include: Lack of expertise and experience in some sales functions (e.g. Account Executives doing cold calling). What sales outsourcing should NOT be: Indirect sales channels like resellers, solution partners, etc. Opportunistic side bets by signing up some commission-only sales agents.

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Outsourcing Services Sales Outsourcing Ideal Customer Profile B2B 78

Sales Hacker

APRIL 10, 2018

In this blueprint, we take a tactical approach on how to build a go to market strategy. 5 Steps To Building Your Go To Market Strategy. How to map your GTM strategy to different customer segments. Setbacks of using a 2-Stage inside sales organization. Where Can You Apply This Go To Market Strategy?

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Strategy Lead Rank Marketing Segment 72

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Are you leaving money on the table by not empowering your sales development teams with the ability to connect with prospects? Modern sales teams are now more data-driven than ever before. As sales science continues to evolve, what impacts will that have on the art of sales communications? The Importance of Persistence.

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Conversion Decision Maker Outbound Top of Funnel 224

Pointclear

JUNE 7, 2016

Nurture leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales is the sixth of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. Set sales straight—it’s a win win. Reduction of lead waste.

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Follow-up Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 154

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

We tend to focus on the pieces/parts of what we do, the responsibilities of our organization, for example marketing, SDRs/Inside Sales, AEs, Account Managers, Sales Engineering, Sales Ops, Sales Enablement. Today, I want to focus on Sales Management.

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Hiring Sales Management Territories Forecasting 73

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Obtaining a ton of qualified inbound leads can be a blessing for your sales team – provided they are enabled and opportunistic enough to take advantage of them. My former Ambition colleague Dan Nice once compared B2B sales and marketing teams to Allied Forces storming Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion. Engagement.

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Inbound Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank B2B 74

SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

If you’re a front-line manager striving to increase motivation and productivity or an individual contributor (SDR/BDR, account executive, account manager, success manager) seeking efficient and innovative tactics to gain a competitive edge, this is the track for you. Speaker : Kevin Dorsey, VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop.

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Revenue Scale Inside Sales Cold Calling 95