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What is Inside Sales? A Complete Overview

Mindtickle

In the past, most B2B sales were conducted face-to-face – perhaps in a prospect’s conference room or at a golf course. Many deals are closed today without the buyer and seller meeting face-to-face, a practice known as inside sales. The shift to remote sales accelerated during the pandemic. What is inside sales?

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Is Coaching Salespeople Different than Managing Them?

Janek Performance Group

In this way, managing is the macro-view of an organization’s sales operation. This includes where a sales team has been, where they are, and where they’re going. Responsibilities of Sales Managers: Forecasting short- and long-term goals and objectives. Developing sales plans. Forecasting. Adaptability.

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Selling in the Time of COVID-19: Pro Tips to Help You Hit Your Numbers

SalesLoft

This page houses helpful reports so you can virtually help your teams stay the course or course correct. . Both reps and sales managers should take advantage of activity logging and analytics data during remote coaching or strategy sessions. SalesLoft Platform Testing Capabilities Can Help You Refine Your Sales Process .

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Understanding Sales: A Total and Comprehensive Guide to Unlocking Success

Vengreso

In a B2B sales role, usually a Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or a related field, along with relevant sales experience, strong communication and interpersonal skills, and proficiency in MS Office and CRM practices are generally required. Sales Forecasting Sales forecasting is a crucial aspect of business planning.

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Remote Selling Viewpoints with Hans Fuller of @StorySlab

SBI

Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? Many StorySlab customers rely heavily on outside sales and suddenly had to adapt to a remote selling world. Sales processes that were easy to instrument were already trending toward being more data-driven.

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The Insider’s Guide to a Sales Talent Audit

Janek Performance Group

In the good old days, sales organizations forecasted their calendars and anticipated their needs. Note external forecasts, such as: Laws and regulations Supply chain issues New competition Shifts in consumer behavior. Of course, these changes can affect performance. When to Conduct It. Instead, shorten your timelines.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about MEDDIC & MEDDPICC and never dared ask.

MEDDIC

How to forecast deals with MEDDPICC® First line managers role with MEDDPICC®. Steve : This is Outside Sales Talk, the best podcast for Outside Salespeople. Welcome back to Outside Sales Talk today. Of course, that checklist champion is there to remind you. I forecast this for two months from now.