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10 Reasons Why Inside Sales Will Displace Field Sales Teams by 2015

Pointclear

Today’s “new normal” sales landscape has sales leaders scratching their heads, wondering about the best way to structure their sales organizations. Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales? Or just go with inside sales? Good question. Step into my time machine.

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Weekly Roundup: Managing a Quota-Crushing Sales Team, How to Use Inbound Marketing + More

The Center for Sales Strategy

"“Establishing trust is better than any sales technique.". > 13 Ways to Manage a Quota-Crushing Field Sales Team – Spotio. Looking to build an efficient, high-performing field sales team? There’s no “right way” to make a sale. Mike Puglia. AROUND THE WEB -. >

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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

The flowering of virtual sales channels and tools flies in the face of four myths, as documented by Bain & Company’s recent survey, conducted with Dynata, of more than 300 B2B buyers and sellers in the US, UK and Canada. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person.

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The Eroding Distinction Between Inside And Field Sales

Partners in Excellence

There’s a lot written about the shift from field sales to inside sales. It makes sense–but I wonder is there really much of a distinction between inside and outside sales. Perhaps our notions of inside and outside sales are outdated and we might be better served just focusing on sales.

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4 Forever Changes Transforming B2B Revenue Activities

Sales and Marketing Management

This makes all sellers “inside sellers,” which opens the door to improving their productivity, performance and cost structure, while also imagining how former field sales teams should be operating on a cadence versus an expense account. In some cases, companies that previously only had field.

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What is Inside Sales? A Complete Overview

Mindtickle

Faster sales cycles Traveling back and forth to a prospect’s office takes a lot of time, so sales cycles tend to be long in outside sales. When sales reps sell from an office, they can close deals faster and work on multiple opportunities concurrently. What do inside sales reps do?

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The Transparency Sale – Outside Sales Talk with Todd Caponi

Outside Sales Talk

Why embracing the truth speeds up the sales cycle. What we can learn from the history of sales. . Listen to more episodes of the Outside Sales Talk here ! Badger Maps – The #1 Route Planner for Field Sales. . If you love the Outside Sales Talk podcast, you’ll also love Badger’s newsletters! .