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Guest Article: Agile Field Sales Teams are the New Winners

Jonathan Farrington

Agile Field Sales is an emerging paradigm made possible by the rapid expansion of capabilities in cloud and mobile technologies. Emerging tools that require little or no IT resources to implement and run, enable sales management to examine, assess and adapt their tactics in direct response to what they see going on in the field.

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Why Cost per Lead is a Bad Way to Measure Your Return on Lead Generation Efforts

Pointclear

Some trends in the industry: Marketing’s mission includes direct responsibility for a higher portion of revenue. Is it possible to create high-quality, high-value and convertible leads to support a field sales force selling a $100,000-plus solution for $350 per lead? Frankly, no.

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The Cost-Per-Lead Fallacy in Measuring B2B Lead Generation Investments (Pt 3 of 3)

Pointclear

Their observations on trends include the following: Marketing’s mission includes direct responsibility for a higher portion of revenue. Is it possible to create high-quality, high-value and convertible leads to support a field sales force selling a $100,000-plus solution for $350 per lead? Frankly, no.

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What is Inside Sales? Everything You Need to Know

Gong.io

Number of sales qualified leads (SQLS) generated. Though these inside reps aren’t directly responsible for revenue targets, some SDR and BDR quotas can include a revenue component (e.g., Number of demo meetings booked with an AE. Number of demo meetings completed with an AE. number of closed/won deals, total ARR generated).

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PODCAST 10: Using Data to Align Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success

Sales Hacker

It’s not until I started poking around and speaking to people that I realized that when direct response marketing was done well, it was no different than really managing long-term financial analysis. Sales and marketing stack. Composition of field sales versus inside sales. 14 are out in the field.

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The Trend That is Changing Sales - Harvard Business Review

HeavyHitter Sales

.  Today, the traditional sales organization structure is undergoing a significant change. Many sales organizations are transitioning from a field sales model to an inside sales model, where the inside salespeople work independently from the field and are directly responsible for closing business.

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