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

Sales Hacker

One of the biggest decisions you can make when setting up your sales team is whether to focus primarily on inside or outside sales. They seem to be completely at odds, with one focused on clients with a high acquisition cost and high ACV (annual account value), the other focused on a high sales velocity. Hiring guide.

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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. Regional Sales Manager.

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The Ultimate Guide to Channel Sales

Hubspot Sales

Location: If your offices are spread out, it might make sense to use a channel sales model. That makes creating multiple sales teams unnecessary. Of course, you can also use an inside sales model where appropriate. Revenue needs: It takes a lot of time and energy to get a partner channel system up and running.

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Inside Sales Training — The Complete Guide

Hubspot Sales

Inside Sales Training Methods What Makes for Great Inside Sales Training (+Tips) How to Measure Your Impact What is inside sales training? Inside sales means selling remotely rather than traveling to meet customers (outside sales). But what does that look like exactly? Let’s say you’re in B2B SaaS.

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The Ultimate Guide to Sales Metrics: What to Track, How to Track It, & Why

Hubspot Sales

It comes back to your individual sales process, methodology, and strategy: If your reps exclusively target prospects they’ve met at trade shows, the average initial-contact-to-meeting rate would be a better reflection of their performance than average email open rate. Email Sales Metrics. Phone Sales Metrics. Field Sales KPIs.

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The ABM Cookbook for Sales Teams: 5 recipes to keep Sales 100% focused on target accounts

DiscoverOrg Sales

Note: Account Executives at some organizations also perform sales development; however, for our purposes here, we’re defining the role of AE as client service and acquisition, and the role of SDR as outbound prospecting. How can you challenge enthusiasm, channel energy, and constantly focus your sales team on the accounts that really matter?