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The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Sales

Hubspot Sales

Outside Sales Rep. If you imagine jet-setting to new locations to pitch prospective clients, an outside sales rep role could be the career for you. For the same reasons that inside sales reps roles are growing, outside sales reps now often rely on technology to land customers. Image Source.

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How and Why You Should Transition from Field to Inside Sales

Hubspot Sales

And when they do gear up and venture forth, their efforts on that front are increasingly erring towards customer service activities. They're not excited about working inside, so they are happy to be distracted from telephone sales by customer service and administrative activities — meaning not a lot of selling actually gets done.

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Performance Management

Partners in Excellence

We have declining percentages of sales people achieving plan. We have declining job tenure at all levels–trending to less than 16 months. They may, sometimes be problems outside sales, for example, product/product fit, customer service and other problems. We have skyrocketing turnover/attrition.

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The Insider’s Guide to a Sales Talent Audit

Janek Performance Group

Also, note overlapping roles, such as Project Manager/Senior Project Coordinator, Customer Service Rep/Lead Customer Advisor. Think of your talent in relation to current events and industry trends. More then refreshing and updating skills, sales coaching is essential to encouragement and motivation.

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

Sales Hacker

The race to the 2017 finish line is in full throttle – While last minute closed deals are still trickling in, B2B organizations are researching how to shape next year’s sales strategy to align with the top sales trends that are expected to emerge in 2018. This is the greatest time ever in history to be a sales rep.

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SalesProCentral

Delicious Sales

Sales Management (2614). Customer Service (995). Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). Customer (6670). Marketing (6398). Training (4995). Prospecting (4539). Tools (2872). Software (1035). Channels (799). Advertising (694). Selling Skills (528). Incentives (379). Demand Generation (181).

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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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