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What is Inside Sales? The Definition of Modern-Day Selling

OutboundView

Sales organizations today are commonly organized in two groups, outside sales and inside sales. Inside salespeople reach out to possible prospects and find new sales opportunities. Inside salespeople are also called business development representatives, or sales development reps. Short History.

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Inside Sales Managers: 4 Ways to Motivate Your Team

Green Lead's B2B

Whether it's mentoring someone to take over your role when you ascend the corporate ladder, or taking a rep with just enough potential under your wing, ultimately, the job of a manager is to improve his or her team. The Sales Manager is always looking for better performance from a team, and in order to get that, you've got to give a little.

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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Why Don’t Sales Reps Follow Up On Leads? The Real Issue

Pointclear

Finding leads isn’t the hard part, but unqualified leads are just “ash and trash”, according to my latest PowerViews guest, James Obermayer, sales manager extraordinaire. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc.

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The Top Ten Changes In Sales Over The Past Ten Years

Bernadette McClelland

I remember when I first started out in sales some thirty years ago we had a small department of two women whose role was telemarketing. That division disappeared and that function became the responsibility of the rep. But the drawer is empty today.

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Inside Sales Managers: 4 Ways to Motivate Your Team

Green Lead's B2B

Whether it's mentoring someone to take over your role when you ascend the corporate ladder, or taking a rep with just enough potential under your wing, ultimately, the job of a manager is to improve his or her team. The Sales Manager is always looking for better performance from a team, and in order to get that, you've got to give a little.

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What Type of Salesperson Are You? [Quiz]

Hubspot Sales

They’re more comfortable working in inside sales than others on this list, and they can often be found in retail sales or inbound telemarketing. Shopkeepers are best suited for inside sales. These salespeople like to be of service, and helping others is their strong suit.

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Inside/Outside, Is It Even Relevant Anymore?

Partners in Excellence

We tended to think of inside sales as those people sitting in the office, waiting for the phone to ring, just focused on small deals, doing very high volumes. In those ancient times, inside sales started changing a lot, primarily with new phone and computer technology. We field sales guys were, honestly, relieved.