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Being more remarkable in virtual sales meetings

Sales and Marketing Management

It left me wondering whether that sentiment rings true now that inside and outside sales reps are spending more time connecting with prospects and customers remotely versus face-to-face. based market-sizing study done by InsideSales.com found that, of the 5.7 a big jump from just years before when they ran a similar study.

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Creating the Ideal Performance Culture

SBI Growth

Sales Operations is responsible for creating that winning environment. Performance culture is studied in depth in our 2014 Research Tour. 80% of its sales team was outside sales reps. If they went after new business, it would surely be at lower margins. The comp plan must incentivize the right behavior.

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4 Forever Changes Transforming B2B Revenue Activities

Sales and Marketing Management

This will transform the messaging, content and interactions driven by your marketing department and challenge companies to shift their expectations for when something converts to a sales lead. There’s nothing in your traditional training curriculum or static sales process to help you with any of this. All selling is inside selling.

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Sales Skill Development vs. Sales Process Improvement – Which Is Right For Your Business?

Janek Performance Group

In this article, we will provide insights and directions to help you decide where to focus your resource for the most significant sales improvement. Sales Process Definition: Gartner defines the sales process as a systematic, multistep approach that enables a sales force to close more deals and increase margins.

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Your Virtual Edge

Corporate Visions

So, what’s the average sales call look like? But even the “outsidesales reps of today are no strangers to “virtual” calls, as they spend more than 45% of their time selling remotely, an 89% increase from 2013, the last time InsideSales.com ran the survey. Let’s take interactive visual storytelling. The Test Simulation.

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The July Edition of Top Sales Magazine is Published

Jonathan Farrington

As usual we also announce this month’s Top Sales Article and Top Sales Blog Post, and you will find all the details on nominating your favorites for the 2013 Top Sales & Marketing Awards . “Why Now Is an Exciting Time to Be a Sales Leader” by Gerhard Gschwandtner. Here is a taster for you . “We

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The Trend That is Changing Sales - Harvard Business Review

HeavyHitter Sales

The resulting researchprovided detailed insights about the evolution of sales organizations along with the following key finding: Over the past two years, forty-six percent of study participants reported a shift from a field sales model to an inside sales model.   Sales Organization Development Stage.

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