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Inside Sales vs. Outside Sales: Which Is Best for You?

Sales Hacker

What is inside sales? What is outside sales. Should you use inside or outside sales? How can inside and outside sales work together? Skills and qualifications necessary for inside sales. Skills and qualifications necessary for outside sales. What Is Inside Sales?

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The Difference Between Inside and Outside Sales, Explained 

Crunchbase

There comes a time when every business needs to decide on its primary sales strategy, which usually means considering inside sales vs. outside sales, or settling on a blend between the two. It’s no shock that the sales industry landscape has changed considerably over the last couple of years. What is inside sales?

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The Top Ten Changes In Sales Over The Past Ten Years

Bernadette McClelland

So here are ten of the changes I have noticed and they are in no particular order: Competition in the past was contained to local or domestic vendors, in local cities and at margins that were typically healthy however with the introduction of technology, we have now become more of a global village.

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3 Mandates That Matter for CROs: A Conversation with Forrester and Juniper Networks

Mindtickle

Forrester research shows that about 40% of field sellers’ activities are essentially the same as inside sales, all as a result of increased digital activation of buyers. Buyers are increasingly doing more on their own to self-educate, browsing peer-review sites, engaging with analyst communities and downloading digital content.

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Can Distribution Pricing Managers Work Remotely?

Distribution Pricing Journal

Can they really work remotely and still create great pricing strategies and drive better margins? But do you really care where the pricing manager does her analysis if she is driving margins? This allows an analyst to make real-time adjustments in response to new data and grab ahold of opportunities for bigger margins.”

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Succeeding as a Woman of Color in Sales Leadership with Mandy Bynum McLaughlin, New Relic

Igniting Sales Transformation

Her greatest passion thus far in her career, is around empowering women and people of color and other marginalized groups in the workplace so that we in the Bay Area and throughout the greater corporate society can become more inclusive and end marginalization, and has been lucky enough to work for companies that share the same passion.

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New 2013 Sales Quota = HR Get Ready!

SBI Growth

Average Selling Price was not part of the target, so lots of easy, low-margin deals made up the quota. Structure problems - field Reps were overpaid for work that should be done by lower-cost resources (aka Inside Sales). Well-designed onboarding programs use self-serve education modules. Why risk new logos?

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