Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

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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OutboundView

AUGUST 16, 2019

You’ll have outside salespeople prospecting or inside sales people helping close deals. Inside sales and outside sales roles have very different responsibilities. Let’s take a look at the two: inside sales vs outside sales, and see how they square up. . Inside Sales.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

Sales Development. Sales Growth. Sales Enablement. Enterprise Sales. Sales Operations. Sales Technology. Allied Air Enterprises. Regional Vice President of Sales. Vice President of Sales and Marketing. [link]. General Manager, Worldwide Partner Sales. Regional VP Sales.

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 11, 2020

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.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Lessons from inside sales mid-pandemic [18:50]. Kristin on the future of sales [23:04]. Sam Jacobs: This week, we’ve got another great episode for you with Kristin Twining , VP of business development and inside sales for FireMon. We’re on iTunes. And on Stitcher.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without further ado, here are some of the female movers-and-shakers who are creating powerful ripple effects and paving the path for the next generation of women sales leaders. Amy Appleyard – SVP Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. She was recognized as a leading sales mentor by Women in Sales North America.

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The Pipeline

JULY 22, 2013

I have worked with a number of sales organizations that have brought people in as say sales admins, then they move to inside sales, either in a support, or some form of outbound calling, then to field sales, all the way up to enterprise or national account status.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 10, 2018

Setbacks of using a 2-Stage inside sales organization. Pro-user, SMB, Enterprise, this requires a specific Go To Market strategy. Think of the differences of calling on a pro-user vs. an enterprise. CASE IN POINT: In the late 90s, SkyStream followed Cisco’s footsteps in infrastructure sales. 1) Across regions.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 22, 2018

2) Building a repeatable sales model. Sell directly to customers or through various sales channels? Inside sales or field sales? SDR services ( sales development ) to qualify, follow up and nurture leads by email and phone and to discover sales opportunities for your own account executives (AE).

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Pointclear

JULY 11, 2011

It was interesting to see all three companies use similar descriptions in their SEC filings for both their sales and marketing activity and their market challenges. Sales and marketing activity. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force. Sales force efforts include field sales and inside sales teams using the phone.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 11, 2020

I’m often amazed looking at the pipeline profiles of a lot of enterprise focused sales organizations. They assigned each field sales person to the 10-15 largest potential accounts in their territory, shifting all other accounts to inside sales or web sales.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 8, 2020

But now that countless sales professionals are forced to make the transition for the first time, many face an entirely new set of challenges. There probably isn’t a more directly impacted area than the field sales rep. Selling complex software to enterprise clients calls for employing more advanced tools.

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Showpad

MAY 8, 2018

They need to be just as effective for inside sales as they are for field sales and effectively enable teams across industries – from construction to technology, manufacturing to medical devices. Consolidation in sales technology. If anything, this is a testament to what we know.

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SBI

JUNE 12, 2018

Brendan: Brainshark is used by mid-market and enterprise companies across a variety of industries, including tech, manufacturing, medical device, financial services, and more. We’ve developed the platform to support enablement and readiness for any type of sales organization (inside sales, channel, field sales, etc.),

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Is it self-service and auto-renewal for some people or enterprise accounts that take a lot of hand-holding but also do well? Really examine your favorite sales processes and see what worked. This includes digital marketing, outbound lead generation, inside sales and field sales.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Categories like sales development, inside sales, account management, and now, field sales, actually falls under that umbrella. Trish Bertuzzi: I was the VP of Sales, and an equity partner at an outsourcing company called Telesales, Inc. We were the inside sales teams for tech companies.

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Costello

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Dionne Mischler, CEO & Founder, Inside Sales by Design. With more than 20 years of sales experience, Dionne Mischler has made a name for herself in the field. She runs Inside Sales By Design , a sales consultancy she launched in 2014, where she helps mid-sized companies establish and grow their inside sales teams.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Inside Sales or Field Sales? (or Adoption of inside sales models has grown significantly in recent years. The idea is that sales reps prospect from central or remote locations, in a more structured environment. Considerations for Inside vs Field Sales Reps.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2012

Marketing & Sales Alignment: Encouraging Signs & Continuing Challenges. Concluding Thoughts: Consumerized B2B Software & the Resurgence of Field Sales. He elaborates on this trend by explaining, “Before Yammer got bought, they were going to hire 50 field sales reps. It’s getting better.’

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Prior to Slack, Kevin spent four years as VP of Sales at Dropbox, where he helped build the outbound sales team covering SMB through large enterprise. Prior to that, Kevin spent 10 years at Salesforce where he moved from an AE role to various senior sales management operations and recruiting roles.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This survey gathered responses from over 250 B2B outside sales leaders and professionals across SMB, Mid-Market, and Enterprise level corporations. Mid-market enterprises are those which generate an estimated annual revenue between $10 and $100 million. Inside Sales CRMs for Outside Sales Teams.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

This post is based on a webinar on how modern sales organizations leverage sales enablement for their competitive advantage. Cloudera has enterprise customers in every vertical market including financial services, public sector, telecommunications, retail, and healthcare. Lars Nilsson, VP Global Inside Sales explains, “.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 4, 2016

This post is based on a webinar on how modern sales organizations leverage sales enablement for their competitive advantage. Cloudera has enterprise customers in every vertical market including financial services, public sector, telecommunications, retail, and healthcare. Lars Nilsson, VP Global Inside Sales explains, “.

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Velocify

JUNE 28, 2017

This is most useful for field sales teams who need reps to connect with customers in person and need a way to automate the process so they can scale effectively as territories shift and change. This post might help: How to Build an Enterprise-Level Sales Stack. 4) Territory and Quota Management Solutions.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

When selling a product, field sales will be used when the target segment is large and there are many steps in the sale process. Inside sales will work better for smaller segments with simpler processes. Field reps usually come from the same region and industry.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 4, 2018

Sales drones are an amusing but eerie concept to me. Robots could suddenly be everywhere eliminating field sales. With advanced stealth B2B technologies I'm aware of right now, essentially one person can do the work of an entire traditional inside sales team of 50 and the CEO can just fly in and seal the deal.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

Inside Sales or Field Sales? (or Adoption of inside sales models has grown significantly in recent years. The idea is that sales reps prospect from central or remote locations, in a more structured environment. Inside sales reps can handle smaller, more local accounts and offer support to field sales.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 13, 2017

But what works for enterprise sales teams may not work for mid-market sales teams or SMB sales teams. In the end, the sales consultant you hire should be able to articulate the value of your product and its benefits as well as anyone on the inside sales team or your field sales reps.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

They do this by first identifying and focusing on the sales motions that are best for their product, team, and customer. In this article we’ll review the four main sales motions B2B SaaS teams use: Field sales ( outside sales ). Inside sales. Low-touch sales. No-touch sales. Field Sales.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2021

This is important for anyone who prospects or handles inbound calls – could be both inside sales and field sales. This isn’t simply about describing the different target segments, it’s about sharing those snippets of intel that help salespeople focus on the right prospects early on. Guided selling tools.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 6, 2012

An enterprise “Go To Market Strategy,” is a multilayered approach–each layer combining different elements of strategy and execution, complemented by systems, processes, tools, training, and people. What Is Their Buying Process? The answers to these shape everything else in our approach to the market.

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HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

In turn, the field salespeople would be supported by inside sales representatives who helped them complete their daily tasks.    Today, the traditional sales organization structure is undergoing a significant change. Twenty-one percent reported a shift from inside sales to a field sales model.

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Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 3, 2012

He covers everything from identifying the right attitude for the role, to identifying the targeted prospects, to the tactics he uses to gain the appointment, the sale and eventually the relationship. He hits topics like “inside sales” and “Sales 2.0? There is no fluff in this book.

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SBI

JULY 25, 2019

According to InsidesSales.com , in the last two years, the number of inside sales representatives have increased by 4.6%, while the number of outside sales representatives has decreased. Revegy gives enterprise sales organizations the tools needed to identify, grow and retain deals from its largest accounts.

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Sales Hacker Training

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Good thing Altify mastered the process, offering a proprietary and proven approach for full sales team transformation. Altify builds the matching enterprise support and trains everyone on the team how to maximize the benefits of an improved sales effectiveness. Need a sales team for a startup or a rapidly growing business?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The Inside Sales Business Model. The inside sales business model is when a prospect needs to be nurtured by a sales rep to convert into a deal. The sales cycle ranges between a few weeks and a few months. Here, you’ll invest in a sales team -- but inside sales reps are less expensive than field reps.

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