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When to Pivot from an Indirect to Direct Sales Model

SBI Growth

Startup companies generally leverage channel partners to get instant scale without inheriting fixed cost. Hiring a direct sales team is expensive. A indirect selling model has plenty of benefits. A fledgling company looking for additional capital to bring on headcount.

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6 steps to adapt effectively

Sales and Marketing Management

McKinsey & Company offers these steps for B2B sellers to pivot effectively. from all of your sales channels. Optimize your e-commerce channel to give buyers ease and convenience, and make sure all your sales channels are integrated and incented to collaborate with each other.

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Growth Opportunities Exist in 2021: Here’s How to Find Them, According to HubSpot's Chief Customer Officer

Hubspot Sales

Teams that traditionally sold in person had to pivot to an inside sales model. And in addition to trying to hit revenue numbers, sales leaders needed to take care of their employees, and make sure they felt comfortable in this new selling environment. The pandemic hasn’t just caused pivots — it’s also caused permanent change.

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B2B Sales Outsourcing Is Dicey. Here’s How to Do It Right

Sales Hacker

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. Assigning sales functions to other departments (we’ve seen R&D doing sourcing). 2) Building a repeatable sales model.

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PODCAST 137: Team Selling: A Comeback Story for 2021 with Trish Bertuzzi

Sales Hacker

Categories like sales development, inside sales, account management, and now, field sales, actually falls under that umbrella. I was on a mission to educate them, that this isn’t as strategic as any other channel in play. It’s as strategic as your field, your partners, your distribution.

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Top 21 Sales Training Programs and Techniques to Boost Team Performance in 2022

Highspot

Inside sales : Courses created for inside sales representatives that cover topics like email marketing, cold calling, and other telesales strategies to help them communicate successfully with prospects. Luckily, there are courses made for entry-level positions, internships, and career pivots. The 15 Best Sales Training Programs.

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4 Points of Failure in the Typical Customer Acquisition Funnel

Zoominfo

Opportunity for positive outcomes : While establishing fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) around aforementioned pain points is certainly effective during prospecting, solution-based sales can also pivot toward presenting incremental gains of an existing aspect of a prospect’s existing business. . Timing is everything.