Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

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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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

But aside from the obvious environmental difference, there’s a lot more that separates inside from outside sales teams, and that’s what we’re going to explore here. In this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about inside sales, from team structures and salaries right through to inside sales processes and models.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2021

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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Zoominfo

JUNE 3, 2021

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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SBI

MARCH 1, 2021

Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? Many StorySlab customers rely heavily on outside sales and suddenly had to adapt to a remote selling world. Sales processes that were easy to instrument were already trending toward being more data-driven.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2013

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. Continually develop and train on new strategies. Reps must have the tools and support to win the big deals.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 27, 2013

Instead, agree to give quick compliance reviews to any pending Sales projects. More Sales complaints we’ve witnessed: Can’t engage a world-class external training program. Can’t start searching for sales reps. HR doesn’t always take time to proactively partner with Sales on strategy. Sales needs this support.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

To answer this question, let’s start with some data: According to the latest HubSpot Research Study , we found that 40% of businesses will miss revenue targets this year. That has led to a progressive trend for sales models: next year, 68% of sales leaders say they plan to keep or implement a hybrid or fully remote sales model.

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SalesHandy

MAY 6, 2021

What is Inside Sales? Inside sales is the process of prospecting, qualifying, nurturing and closing sales deals remotely. In a way, it’s the exact opposite of field sales or outside sales. Field sales deals in communicating with and closing the prospects on the field, face-to-face.

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 4, 2013

If you are in outside sales, the number of targeted events you attend (events where your customers and prospects are). These examples stand out because if you do some of these things above, you will work toward finding and closing qualified sales opportunities.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Face-to-face meetings have been replaced by video conferencing, and many sales leaders are scrambling to train their sales teams on how to sell remotely. A 2020 study by the RAIN Group found that pre-pandemic, only 27% of respondents reported conducting more than half of their sales activities virtually. Why Vengreso?

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Pipeliner

APRIL 1, 2019

Bad hires are the number one reason for the failure of sales organizations. It’s not your bad sales process. It’s not that your training stinks. Take your lead from high performing sales organizations: Have a clear role definition. Use a sales-specific assessment tool to vet candidates based on role definition.

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Customer Centric Selling

JUNE 10, 2013

Sales Training Article: 8 Myths of Great Salespeople. By Geoffrey James, INC - Sales Source Everything you think you know about great salespeople is probably wrong. The antidote to these misconceptions is scientific research, according to Chally Chairman, Howard Stevens (he and I are writing a book together): Myth 1.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 6, 2021

In this Expert Insight Interview, David Dulany discusses his book The Sales Development Framework: How to Build and Scale a Highly Productive Sales Development Program. David Dulany is the founder of Tenbound, a research and advisory firm 100% focused on and dedicated to sales development. Finding the Right Person.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 11, 2014

The state of the profession known as Inside Sales – or Remote Professional Selling – is thriving. While outside sales positions are on the decline, Inside Sales positions are growing at a phenomenal rate. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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Lessonly

AUGUST 25, 2020

So much so that the husband offered me a job doing outside sales for his company. From that point years ago, I’ve been on one heck of a sales journey. . If I was starting from scratch and building an enablement program from the ground up, I would start by researching the right sales tools to meet my needs.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

A variety of industries use inside sales as a popular high-growth sales model. 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. There is a higher turnover among the sales ranks.

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OutboundView

MARCH 31, 2021

Inside sales is a dominant sales model in high-value SaaS, tech, and B2B industries. It involves handling sales remotely where reps mostly work inside an office or in a shared office environment, unlike outside sales reps who are traditional field reps that travel to meet clients.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Great inside sales training improves team performance, which can increase sales revenue. Aside from helping you make money, training may save you money too. Be that reducing recruitment costs by retaining top-tier sales talent or training reps to automate non-selling activities with AI tech.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

Wholesale distributors are feeling urgency to change their sales models, a joint MDM/RLI research study shows. Many distributors have a field sales culture in markets where inside sales models may make more sense. Inside sales customer contacts are an order of magnitude less expensive than outside sales.

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Corporate Visions

JULY 19, 2018

Whether it’s inside or outside sales reps, one thing is clear: virtual sales calls are a big deal. There are many opinions, but not much actual research—until now. Our new report , produced in partnership with InsideSales.com , covers that research and all its implications for your virtual conversations.

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Sales Evangelist

JUNE 14, 2020

Curt Tueffert is the Vice President of sales development for a large industrial distributor in Houston, Texas. The company was founded in 1908 is now a multinational publicly traded company with over 200 outside sales. This course is also brought to you in part by TSE Certified Sales Training Program.

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The Brooks Group

JUNE 3, 2020

Internal Restructuring: As you consider your sales strategy and how you can best reach buyers in the aftermath of the pandemic, you may have determined that you need more inside sales roles; or you may need more account management roles with a specific focus on retaining and cultivating existing customers. Sales Training

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 20, 2020

In the midst of a crisis, this will help boost productivity without blowing your marketing and sales budgets. With COVID-19, outside sales teams have switched to inside. To help them adapt, we’re delivering free webinars and virtual outbound sales training to sales teams during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Most sales training focuses on prospecting , lead nurturing, and closing techniques. In other words, the things a sales rep needs to know to attract new customers. 67% more according to recent research. This is obviously great news for sales reps! But what should a seller do after securing a new buyer?

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Sales Evangelist

MARCH 31, 2020

#SalesGoals SDRs and BDRs A BDR is a business development rep and an SDR is a sales development rep. Prior to predictable revenue, their job was to qualify and set appointments for outside sales reps; however, over the past 20 years, the definitions have evolved. This is where The Sales Evangelist comes in.

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 4, 2018

Since these deals are less common, there is more competition for them which causes enterprise sales people to be even more valuable. Perhaps an Ender's Game like selling environment could train up the world's greatest sales people from birth. Will the Russians launch sales training schools like future ballerinas or Olympians?

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Most sales training focuses on prospecting , lead nurturing, and closing techniques. In other words, the things a sales rep needs to know to attract new customers. 67% more according to recent research. This is obviously great news for sales reps! But what should a seller do after securing a new buyer?

Retention 71

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Today, companies of all shapes and sizes still lack the technology needed to support their outside sales teams effectively. This article will cover inside vs. outside sales CRMs; the biggest challenges for outside sales reps, their leaders, and managers; time management; quota attainment; and outside sales technology.

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Corporate Visions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

So, what’s the average sales call look like? But even the “outside” sales 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. What does the research actually say? The Test Simulation.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

Lead Generation Sales Metrics. Sales Outreach Metrics. Primary Conversion Sales Metrics. Channel Sales Metrics. Sales Productivity Metrics. Sales Process, Tool, and Training Adoption Metrics. Pick a sales dashboard provider. Rep Hiring and Onboarding Metrics.

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The Brooks Group

JULY 16, 2013

What does this rather overused Chinese proverb have to do with sales process or sales techniques? Presuming, of course, that your company chooses the right sales process for your sales environment (inside sales vs. outside sales, direct sales vs. channel sales, etc.),

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

Sales training programs help salespeople learn and/or improve their selling technique, skills, and processes. According to CSO Insights, salespeople who complete highly rated sales training programs have 10% higher win rates. Length: How will you fit training into your and/or your sales team’s schedule?

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Groove.co

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS Interest in sales engagement is spreading like a virus “We Are All Inside Sales Now” might not ever become a huge rallying cry within the B2B sales industry, but the grounding of outside sales reps is real. The first rule of sales club is. Members actually encourage it.

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OutboundView

JUNE 17, 2019

Just to give you a ballpark, SiriusDecisions research shows that it takes 8 to 12 calls to reach a prospect. Don’t assume you can just hire an inside sales rep and they will just figure it out. Even experienced inside sales reps need sales training, support and coaching , and that includes someone actively managing the team.

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Showpad

AUGUST 31, 2018

Training before, during and after the initial kickoff helps to teach, assess and reinforce knowledge. Research shows that within 90 days, over 80 percent of knowledge gained with training is lost without ongoing reinforcement. Who you choose is up to you; another department head or outside sales trainer are always good options.

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Although cold calling, inbound marketing, inside sales and field sales still have a place in the sales planning of many companies, the modern B2B buyer is looking for a different type of interaction with B2B sellers. The buyer’s journey often starts with a Google search looking for compelling content and market research.

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