Closer's Coffee

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

A STUDY ON SALES PROFESSIONALS AND GAME THEORY. Outfield is a mobile CRM that specializes in supporting teams who have business objectives that include driving revenue growth through outside sales and field marketing. To Read The Case Study In Full Download The PDF.

CRM 52

CRM Case Study Face-to-face Outside Sales 52

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The million dollar question. So many studies are conducted - but only on large companies. So many findings are published - but they don''t apply to your company. Why Did the Move from Outside Sales to Inside Sales Take so Long?

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Study Outside Sales Inside Sales Video 149

Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

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.”.

Outside Sales 147

Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 147

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Give your prospects real insight to your sales results. Here’s how to set up and tell the sales story. Whether you’re in inside or outside sales, you sell. You don’t have time to wait until marketing creates case studies. Read, “ How to Attract Sales Prospects in a Tech-Focused World ”.).

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Case Study Collateral How To Face-to-face 240

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

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. Glassdoor predicts the average yearly salary of an outside sales rep to be $72,000.

Ideal Customer Profile 111

Ideal Customer Profile Salary Hiring Lead Rank 111

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The B2B buying process isn’t as linear or predictable as most companies assume. The companies that win will make it easier for people to self-serve and make more buying-related decisions without speaking to a salesperson. And it’s going to be a long time before CFOs will willingly sign big sales expense checks again.

B2B 199

B2B Revenue Top of Funnel Margin 199

Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

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.”

Outside Sales 130

Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Cold Calling 130

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 1, 2018

We also discussed deals with others in our company who had connections in our prospect companies. Whether you’re inside or outside sales, a sales rep, a sales leader, or a business owner, it’s getting tougher and tougher to reach decision-makers, bypass the gatekeeper , and differentiate your organization from the competition.

Lead Generation 249

Lead Generation Data Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 249

DialSource

JULY 8, 2020

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.

Inside Sales 69

Inside Sales Scale Outside Sales Face-to-face 69

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

To answer this question, let’s start with some data: According to the latest HubSpot Research Study , we found that 40% of businesses will miss revenue targets this year. Before this year, there was already a clear split in sales models. At HubSpot, the leadership team held weekly AMAs available for the full company to attend.

Hubspot 125

Hubspot Lead Rank Opportunity Lead Scoring 125

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Sales Operations is responsible for creating that winning environment. Performance culture is studied in depth in our 2014 Research Tour. 80% of its sales team was outside sales reps. He wanted the market to view his company as the place for ‘A’ players. The comp plan must incentivize the right behavior.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Margin Face-to-face 293

A Sales Guy

AUGUST 17, 2014

I tried looking for similar stats to see if someone else or another company had done a similar study that was close to or similar and I couldn’t find anything. I couldn’t find these stats attached to a real company or similar stats by anyone else. It’s been used to justify inside vs outside sales.

Cold Calling 125

Cold Calling Study Call-back Outside Sales 125

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2018

The sales development role is here to stay. We’ve long known companies employing sales development (or business development) representatives see higher revenue and return on investment. However, 21% of SDR’s included in this study reported they do not use any kind of qualification model. Good SDR’s Are Social.

Data 85

Data Lead Rank Outbound Inbound 85

PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Closing more sales makes for a more successful business, but how can you figure out what kinds of sales suit your company best? We’ll explore inside vs. outside sales to show you what both entail and which kinds of companies need either one. What is inside sales? It’s also widely used for B2B sales.

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Scale Lead Rank 52

Sales Hacker

APRIL 20, 2020

With COVID-19, outside sales teams have switched to inside. Unfortunately, not all companies will grow during a crisis. In response, companies are now allocating more resources to digital marketing and inside sales initiatives. COVID-19 has forced companies around the globe to adapt their approach.

Account Based Marketing 82

Account Based Marketing Webinar Metrics Strategy Marketing 82

Nutshell

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Now that you know what customer retention is and how to apply a fancy formula to discover your company’s customer retention rate, let’s talk about why you should care. That means your company can generate more revenue at a more affordable cost if it can increase its customer retention rate.

Retention 71

Retention Outsourcing Services Buyer Customer 71

HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

I recently conducted an extensive research project involving more than one-hundred vice presidents of sales at top technology companies (software, Cloud, computer hardware, and telecommunications) to better understand the art and science of managing a sales organization today.

Telecommunications 126

Telecommunications Quota Inside Sales Field Sales 126

Vengreso

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In fact, Vengreso was the first outside sales training company in its 40 year history that Miller Heiman ever hired. But, with the pandemic and a rapid shift to online sales, how sales professionals are trained has had to evolve with the times. Why has sales engagement become less effective today?

Groups 69

Groups Scale Hiring Lead Rank 69

Janek Performance Group

MARCH 27, 2023

As a sales leader, your first step to creating a high-performance sales team is to ensure that your sales process is aligned with how your customers prefer to buy. Other companies have changed their sales process but have not upskilled their salespeople’s competencies. My sales team is inconsistent.

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Sales Process Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Face-to-face 48

The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

She’s also worked with companies like G2, Hypercontext, and Bonusly. She is currently studying Psychology at Brigham Young University, hoping to become a counselor in the future. Dustin Carpe, Sales Development Representative. A proud “Americanadian”, Rachel grew up in the US but hails from Toronto.

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Meeting Top of Funnel Travel Engineering 75

The Brooks Group

JUNE 3, 2020

For companies who have the resources to do so, or are bullish on their future, now is the ideal time to upgrade your sales talent in a bid to refortify for the “next normal.” . Interestingly, in fact, history tells us that this type of recession-driven churn can actually be beneficial for companies.

Hiring 52

Hiring Face-to-face Territories Churn 52

Pipeliner

MARCH 25, 2020

These are typically entry-level outside sales roles, and they typically do not want anyone over mid 30’s. These are typically entry-level outside sales roles, and they typically do not want anyone over mid 30’s. Many companies employ this technology as part of their interview process.

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Salary Marketing Hiring Compensation 67

Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

More importantly, while I was good in school, those extra years of college and all that study, and I was fond of neither, killed that idea. I hated the school, I hated the classes, and it suddenly struck me that my career choices would be severely limited with a degree in that line of study. That plan didn’t work out so well.

Retail 48

Retail Hiring Cancellation Call-back 48

Nutshell

OCTOBER 7, 2020

To find your company’s customer retention rate, simply apply this formula: Customer Retention Rate = ((# Customers at End of Period – # Customers Acquired During Period) / # Customers at Start of Period) X 100. Studies also show that customer retention generally leads to higher spending amounts. Download it today!

Retention 71

Retention Outsourcing Services Buyer Customer 71

LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Best Sales Podcasts for You This 2021. The ability to listen to an almost inexhaustible supply of training, case studies, and applicable tips via sales podcasts shouldn’t be taken for granted. From individual sales reps to Founders, there are so many great “shows” to help you become better at your job.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Twitter Lead Scoring 98

HeavyHitter Sales

MARCH 5, 2014

Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled the  Why Sales Organizations Fail.           What prevents a sales organization from achieving success? Every sales organization can be classified based upon whether it is in a “Build,” “Compete,” “Maintain,” “Extend,” or “Cull” stage.

Hiring 108

Hiring Scale Territories Penetration 108

Nutshell

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I was studying political science, and thought I would become a lawyer, a lobbyist, a consultant — something like that. I had virtually no experience as a salesperson, but the head of the sales team saw something in me, and wanted to mold me into an outside sales rep. Consulting comes first.

Face-to-face 59

Face-to-face ROI Outside Sales Social Selling 59

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

Wholesale distributors are feeling urgency to change their sales models, a joint MDM/RLI research study shows. Many distributors have a field sales culture in markets where inside sales models may make more sense. That said, 62 percent of companies surveyed say field sales is still dominant.

Distribution 45

Distribution Selling Skills Lead Rank Lead Scoring 45

Corporate Visions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

So, what’s the average sales call look like? But even the “outside” sales reps of today are no strangers to “virtual” calls, as they spend more than 45% of their time selling remotely, an 89% increase from 2013, the last time InsideSales.com ran the survey. Let’s take interactive visual storytelling. The Test Simulation.

Survey 51

Survey Face-to-face Study Meeting 51

Crunchbase

JULY 2, 2020

The solution required a distributed and remote sales force, with reps living in central locations so they could cover multiple countries and languages. Tactically, our team was composed of both inside and outside sales reps and, more strategically, we made sure we stayed close as a team, connecting virtually on an almost daily basis. .

Outsourcing Services 52

Outsourcing Services Scale Hiring Face-to-face 52

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2018

And in this day and age of cutthroat competition, the War for Talent, and fast-evolving B2B sales and marketing environments, you need the best B2B sales and marketing professionals serving on your behalf. Hiring for Your B2B Sales Team. Organizing Your B2B Sales Team. Company HQ City. Company HQ State.

Inbound 74

Inbound Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank B2B 74

SugarCRM

JANUARY 13, 2022

The value of a customer is an age-old debate among company executives and changemakers, and often it narrows down to how much revenue a customer gives to the business. What made you continue doing business with the company that provided the better experience? But how does a company measure such a thing?

ROI 26

ROI Customer Loyalty Churn 26

Vengreso

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

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. Why Vengreso?

Hiring 111

Hiring Face-to-face Lead Rank Lead Scoring 111

Jonathan Farrington

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Fuel and labor costs have soared and, because of intense competition, the prices of our products and solutions have largely flat-lined — as have sales achievement levels. Natural selection is now at work in sales teams everywhere. Trend data reveal that sales organizations are shifting resources from outside to inside sales.

Cold Calling 41

Cold Calling Hubspot InsideView Inbound 41

Nutshell

APRIL 28, 2020

Studies show that the right kind of music (classical, ambient, cinematic…pretty much any kind of music without distracting lyrics) can improve concentration. Putting more emphasis on regular communication will ensure your entire team is updated on company happenings and can help each other when necessary. Develop an Outreach Process.

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Skype Webinar Metrics How To Call-back 121

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

On building a sales organization as sophisticated as contemporary B2B buyers …. Every B2B trade publication, analyst, and even company (Hi!) Here’s a secret: Contemporary sales leaders are just as well equipped as their counterparts in procurement. Considerations for Inside vs Field Sales Reps.

B2B 200

B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 200

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 1, 2018

When I was in outside sales, I would organize my leads by location and always have the date of my last contact for each lead noted. Studies have clearly shown that people cannot actually do two things at once; they’re really just quickly switching between tasks. Be prepared to pivot. This brings us to the next point.

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Pivotal Call-back Follow-up Maximizer 111