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How to run a successful inside sales onboarding effort (step by step)

Close.io

If your hiring strategy involves bringing in fresh talent, you can’t expect these new inside sales professionals to be confident and successful, without a strong onboarding effort. What’s inside sales onboarding, you ask? A strong inside sales onboarding program is one of the best things you can do.

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How and Why You Should Transition from Field to Inside Sales

Hubspot Sales

It’s time to face this new reality and reengineer our sales environments to exploit the spoils of it! Why Inside Sales is Outpacing Field Sales. Sales used to be something that happened "out there" — in the field. Fifty years ago, when the modern sales function evolved, customers were "out there."

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Using the Exploratory Process in Inside Sales

Carew International

Last month in MFTM, we wrote about the importance of responsiveness in inside sales. If you’re familiar with Carew’s Dimensions of Professional Selling ® program, you know that the Exploratory Process is the most important part of the sales cycle. What are the right open-ended questions to ask?

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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

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. And win rates rise and sales cycles shorten with well-orchestrated virtual channels.

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The Complete Guide to Effective Sales Voicemail (Plus Scripts and Example Recordings)

Sales Hacker

Here’s an example of what a voicemail script might look like when there’s a pitch in it: “Hi Max. For years we’ve been working with inside sales teams of about 50 or more reps and now we’re so honored to open our doors to companies of all sizes and industries. Take this example of a bad script: “Max! Pretty bad, right?

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Customer Insights to Transform Sales Conversations

Sales Hacker

This is important for anyone who prospects or handles inbound calls – could be both inside sales and field sales. For example, a minimum number of maintenance technicians would be critical if you sell a field service app. Example job titles. Produce workshop pre-read. Roles and responsibilities.

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Top 21 Sales Training Programs and Techniques to Boost Team Performance in 2022

Highspot

This will likely involve training in multi or omnichannel sales, as businesses now have to embrace social media, live chat, email, texting, video chat, phone calls, and more to reach leads and customers. From workshops to full-fledged programs, ASLAN offers a wide variety of options. The Brooks Group. Challenger. Corporate Visions.