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10 Reasons Why Inside Sales Will Displace Field Sales Teams by 2015

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Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales? Or just go with inside sales? The following trends indicate that field sales teams are becoming extinct. Here’s why: Inside sales teams continue to grow at 15% each year. Good question. Step into my time machine.

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5 Sales & Marketing Thought Leaders Weigh In on Inbound Marketing

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In January I wrote the blog: How to Diagnose if Inbounditis is Killing Your Sales Pipeline , which was published by DemandGen Report. In the article I assert: "A healthy, driven inbound marketing department is great, but over-reliance on inbound marketing (what I call ''inbounditis'') negatively affects the revenue backbone of any company.

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Buckle Up! Sales Reps Share Perceptions of Marketing-Generated Leads

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A new eBook reports on sales rep perceptions of marketing-generated leads, and the findings run from surprising to shocking to downright scary. The survey sample is nicely balanced with responding reps engaged in field sales, inside sales, and inbound and outbound lead generation and lead qualification.

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PowerViews with Craig Rosenberg: Growth Hacks & Consumerized B2B Software

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My guest today is Craig Rosenberg, Vice President, Sales and Marketing and Co-Founder at Focus. He is also author of a popular sales and marketing blog, Funnelholic , where he shares B2B content with an edge. Craig specializes in lead generation, lead qualification, and B2B marketing and sales.

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Guest Post: Yikes! We have met the enemy and it is us!

Jonathan Farrington

Neil Rackham delivered the keynote address at this year’s national US Business Marketing Association meeting and is quoted in “BtoB Magazine” as follows: “ Sales and marketing are two functions with an identical mission, so how can they be like ships passing in the night?”. 3 Steps to Align Sales and Marketing.

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

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Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Want free access to 9 in-depth interviews from industry experts and data from 3,400 global marketers? Heinz Marketing. Smart Selling Tools.