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Will Outside Sales Recover When the Pandemic Ends?

Zoominfo

The idea of Outside Sales, which depended on business travel and in-person meetings, feels like a distant memory. Until COVID-19, more than half of sales — 52.8 percent — were made by Outside Sales teams. By contrast, there were only 32,049 results for job titles containing the term “Outside Sales.”.

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Will Outside Sales Recover When the Pandemic Ends?

Zoominfo

The idea of Outside Sales, which depended on business travel and in-person meetings, feels like a distant memory. Until COVID-19, more than half of sales — 52.8 percent — were made by Outside Sales teams. By contrast, there were only 32,049 results for job titles containing the term “Outside Sales.”

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The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Sales

Hubspot Sales

Sales development reps (also known as business development reps, or BDRs) are responsible for the first step in the sales funnel: bringing in qualified leads. They conduct research to find prospective customers, reach out to gauge people's interest in the offering, and decide whether or not the lead is ready to move down the funnel.

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Inside Sales vs. Outside Sales: What’s the Difference?

SalesLoft

The rise of remote selling has blurred the line between inside sales and outside sales. This model is more cost-effective and scalable than outside sales. . What Is Outside Sales? Outside reps also attend industry events to present live demonstrations and connect with potential prospects.

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Remote Selling Viewpoints with Hans Fuller of @StorySlab

SBI

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more. .

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8 Data-Backed Ways to Boost Performance in a Sales Development Team

Hubspot Sales

Email and social selling have become popular methods of sales communication, however successful SDR’s don’t discount phone calls as an effective way to reach targets. This research shows using the phone is slightly more popular than using email (37.2 SDRs viewed LinkedIn as a research tool more than anything else (64%).

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Inside sales training: What is it? Why it matters? How to do it right.

Close.io

And sales technology has made this all possible. Basically, technology runs the show for inside sales. Research shows that inside sales roles are growing 15x faster than outside sales.