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What is Inside Sales (And Why Do You Need It?)

DialSource

At this point, there is no more discussion about inside sales vs outside sales and which is more optimal in terms of a company’s growth strategy. . Based on the 2020 pandemic and corresponding lockdown measures, overnight, everyone was transformed into an inside sales or digital selling role. This is the next normal.

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Leveraging Inside Sales

Pipeliner

According to Harvard Business Review , 46 percent of high-growth tech companies are expanding through inside sales, as compared to 21 percent growing through outside sales teams. The reasons for inside sales (SDR/BDR) team growth vary, but one fact is clear: buyers seem to be fine with alternatives to face-to-face meetings.

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

Pointclear

Right now, Skype, web conferencing, and video are quickly catching on over face-to-face visits and traditional meetings. Scheduling an on-site meeting with the committee of decision-makers will be almost impossible—especially because the committee of decision-makers now has up to 21 people in it, and most of them telecommute.

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PowerViews with Bob Perkins: Inside Sales is Here to Stay

Pointclear

Customer Demands Blur the Line Between Inside Sales and Field Sales. The line between inside sales and outside sales has become blurred.” Traditional field sales are deploying many of those techniques that were thought of as exclusive to inside sales,” Bob says. e-mail communication.