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COVID-19 accelerates expected B2B sales trends

Sales and Marketing Management

The objective is to identify how decision makers continue to learn and pivot their operations in the age of COVID-19. A pivot to remote selling. In the wake of COVID-19, 96% of B2B companies have shifted their sales model either partially or fully to remote selling. The next normal sales model.

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We Asked 9 Successful Sales Leaders About the Economy

Sales Hacker

VP of Global Inside Sales at Tray.io. Q: How can you know it’s time to take measures against recession, such as pivot toward deal efficiency? First, ask yourself: Are your customer success, and rev ops, sales and marketing teams all aligned and working toward the same goals? Here’s what they said. Ralph Barsi.

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The Daily Briefing: May 15, 2020

Chorus.ai

They discussed the next evolution of inside sales, especially over the next eight weeks as we look towards reopening the economy. Like everyone else, inside sales has had to transition to remote work seemingly overnight. While it wasn’t entirely seamless, the inside sales structure was more equipped to adapt quickly.

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How Data and Intelligence Are Going to Change the Sales Industry Forever

Crunchbase

Before technology, sales was primarily based on outside field salespeople making face-to-face sales meetings with prospective and current customers. In turn, they were supported by inside sales representatives focusing on helping them complete their daily tasks. Automate and analyze tasks.

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The Daily Briefing: May 7, 2020

Chorus.ai

About 90% of my team is inside sales.” Inside Sales has had to adapt quickly, and there have been surprises along the way. You didn’t know how much you missed when you can’t feed off of the energy around you. Where are you pivoting to? Do we need to pivot our messaging?” Small bricks build big houses.”

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James Picks Brains: Empathetic Leadership With James Bawden

John Barrows

He’s got a killer podcast, a great personal brand and has an interesting story of how he found his true passion in an inside sales job, after working in retail sales. And so I made a pivot kind of late in my career. I didn’t get involved with B2B inside sales until my late twenties. Got the job.

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5 Skills Every Sales Development Rep Needs to Master in 2018

Hubspot Sales

And from where I stand -- as the manager of an inside sales team -- one thing is clear. Practicing active listening means being adaptable -- pivoting away from a prepared checklist and recognizing when an opportunity to dig deeper presents itself. Highly customized outreach. Active listening. Great voicemails.

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