Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The million dollar question. So many studies are conducted - but only on large companies. The Science of Sales Longevity. The Challenger Style and its Impact on Sales Selection. My next White Paper will discuss the make-up and function of the ideal sales force.

Study 203

Study Outside Sales Inside Sales Video 203

Closer's Coffee

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

A STUDY ON SALES PROFESSIONALS AND GAME THEORY. Outfield is a mobile CRM that specializes in supporting teams who have business objectives that include driving revenue growth through outside sales and field marketing. To Read The Case Study In Full Download The PDF.

CRM 52

CRM Case Study Face-to-face Outside Sales 52

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

There are many things to consider if you are interested in starting your career in sales. You’ll also need a thorough knowledge of sales trends and stats to succeed. With a modest, go-get-'em attitude, you can learn the stats you need to know to anticipate what a career in sales has in store for you.

Ideal Customer Profile 116

Ideal Customer Profile Salary Hiring Lead Rank 116

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Give your prospects real insight to your sales results. Here’s how to set up and tell the sales story. Whether you’re in inside or outside sales, you sell. You don’t have time to wait until marketing creates case studies. To close a sale? It’s quick, easy, and your sales prospect gets the point.

Case Study 240

Case Study Collateral How To Face-to-face 240

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The million dollar question. So many studies are conducted - but only on large companies. The Science of Sales Longevity. The Challenger Style and Its Impact on Sales Selection. My next White Paper will discuss the makeup and function of the ideal sales force.

Study 149

Study Outside Sales Inside Sales Video 149

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.”.

Outside Sales 147

Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Lead Rank 147

DialSource

JULY 8, 2020

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. The Rise of Inside Sales.

Inside Sales 69

Inside Sales Scale Outside Sales Face-to-face 69

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.”

Outside Sales 130

Outside Sales Face-to-face Travel Cold Calling 130

Zoominfo

APRIL 16, 2022

On an average morning in early 2020, sales reps left their team huddles pumped up on yesterday’s success stories and a few cups of dark roast, ready to start dialing for the day. They had a system of tried-and-true tactics for making sales calls and historical data that supported what worked best. How Long Should Sales Calls Take?

Cold Calling 100

Cold Calling Channels Demand Generation Agencies Call-back 100

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 1, 2018

Which do you trust more—the lead generation data manufactured by sales technology tools and artificial intelligence, or your intuition, which is generated by years of experience and your emotional intelligence? There actually was a time before the internet, before social media, before apps, and before sales technology tools.

Lead Generation 249

Lead Generation Data Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 249

SBI Growth

JANUARY 20, 2014

DMA studies show Offer is the #1 determination of success for customer marketing. This strategy also extended to outside sales. We encouraged the sales reps to flood the industry with the competitors offer (a Gartner white paper). Every CMO is looking for ways to increase performance.

Campaigns 310

Campaigns Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Outside Sales 310

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2018

The sales development role is here to stay. We’ve long known companies employing sales development (or business development) representatives see higher revenue and return on investment. The Sales Development Role and Daily Activities. We found sales development reps did an average of 93.8 daily activities : 37.2

Data 87

Data Lead Rank Outbound Inbound 87

Sales Hacker

APRIL 20, 2020

As a result, B2B sales and marketing teams are yanked towards inside sales strategies like account-based marketing and remote selling. Sales and marketing must banish silos and band together during this turbulent time. Ahead, I’ll explain how sales reps can enable marketers to enhance ABM initiatives during the COVID-19 crisis.

Account Based Marketing 82

Account Based Marketing Webinar Metrics Strategy Marketing 82

Janek Performance Group

MARCH 27, 2023

If there is one question sales leaders want the answer to it is: What’s the fastest way to improve sales performance? With other organizations, improving the sales process is the best way to drive significant sales improvement. An effective sales process is built back from a customer buying journey.

Sales Process 48

Sales Process Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Face-to-face 48

PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Closing more sales makes for a more successful business, but how can you figure out what kinds of sales suit your company best? We’ll explore inside vs. outside sales to show you what both entail and which kinds of companies need either one. What is inside sales? It’s also widely used for B2B sales.

Outside Sales 52

Outside Sales Inside Sales Scale Lead Rank 52

HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled the THE 12 SALES METRICS THAT MATTER MOST.     Sales is both an art and a science. Below, you will find twelve of these key sales metrics that benchmark sales organization performance, structure, and effectiveness.

Telecommunications 126

Telecommunications Quota Inside Sales Field Sales 126

InsideSales.com

MAY 25, 2020

Work smarter, not harder with these organization tips for sales reps! RELATED: 6 Effective Time Management Strategies From Sales Experts. Top Organization Tips for Outside Sales: Plan Your Route and Prepare to Pivot. Sales Organization Tips To Be Productive and Sell More. One of the best tools for sales is CMR.

Maximizer 58

Maximizer Pivotal Outside Sales Sales Qualified Lead 58

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: TIM RIESTERER Sales training and enablement leaders, it’s time to level up. As a result, your content can’t be just a companion to a sales-led customer conversation?— There are four forever changes transforming sales training and enablement from here on out: Marketing is the sales development team. Takeaway: ?Sales

B2B 199

B2B Revenue Top of Funnel Margin 199

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. Sales leaders in charge of new revenue growth have felt this change in their core. Teams that traditionally sold in person had to pivot to an inside sales model.

Hubspot 125

Hubspot Lead Rank Opportunity Lead Scoring 125

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. The Sales Operations team moved to reorganize the group. The comp plan must incentivize the right behavior.

Hiring 293

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Margin Face-to-face 293

A Sales Guy

AUGUST 17, 2014

I tried looking for similar stats to see if someone else or another company had done a similar study that was close to or similar and I couldn’t find anything. Needless to say, this is a devastating blow to the sales training and consulting world. It’s been used to justify inside vs outside sales.

Cold Calling 125

Cold Calling Study Call-back Outside Sales 125

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. Smart salespeople know that the initial sale is small potatoes compared to the numerous sales they can make in the future if they learn to retain their current customers.

Retention 71

Retention Outsourcing Services Buyer Customer 71

The Brooks Group

JUNE 3, 2020

It’s a buyers’ market right now – and talented sales professionals are among the available resources looking to prove their value to you. For companies who have the resources to do so, or are bullish on their future, now is the ideal time to upgrade your sales talent in a bid to refortify for the “next normal.” .

Hiring 52

Hiring Face-to-face Territories Churn 52

Vengreso

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In a B2B sales environment that is oversaturated with sales tools and technology, how sales organizations create and leverage an integrated sales approach is key. Our guest leads one of the most iconic sales training organizations in the world, so you know his insights will be both actionable and proven.

Groups 69

Groups Scale Hiring Lead Rank 69

LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Best Sales Podcasts for You This 2021. The ability to listen to an almost inexhaustible supply of training, case studies, and applicable tips via sales podcasts shouldn’t be taken for granted. From individual sales reps to Founders, there are so many great “shows” to help you become better at your job.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Twitter Lead Scoring 98

The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

She is currently studying Psychology at Brigham Young University, hoping to become a counselor in the future. John Arsenault, Sales Engineer. Solving problems and having fun while doing so makes him happy, and he’s excited to showcase Spiff to finance and sales teams. Dustin Carpe, Sales Development Representative.

Meeting 75

Meeting Top of Funnel Travel Engineering 75

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. Smart salespeople know that the initial sale is small potatoes compared to the numerous sales they can make in the future if they learn to retain their current customers.

Retention 71

Retention Outsourcing Services Buyer Customer 71

HeavyHitter Sales

MARCH 5, 2014

Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles titled the  Why Sales Organizations Fail.           What prevents a sales organization from achieving success? Every sales organization can be classified based upon whether it is in a “Build,” “Compete,” “Maintain,” “Extend,” or “Cull” stage.

Hiring 108

Hiring Scale Territories Penetration 108

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 1, 2018

Time Management Skills for Sales Professionals. Here are a few examples: PandaDoc , which integrates with HubSpot, is a good tool for reps who send sales collateral and quotes. When I was in outside sales, I would organize my leads by location and always have the date of my last contact for each lead noted. Keep going.

Pivotal 111

Pivotal Call-back Follow-up Maximizer 111

Crunchbase

JULY 2, 2020

The solution required a distributed and remote sales force, with reps living in central locations so they could cover multiple countries and languages. Tactically, our team was composed of both inside and outside sales reps and, more strategically, we made sure we stayed close as a team, connecting virtually on an almost daily basis. .

Outsourcing Services 52

Outsourcing Services Scale Hiring Face-to-face 52

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Obtaining a ton of qualified inbound leads can be a blessing for your sales team – provided they are enabled and opportunistic enough to take advantage of them. My former Ambition colleague Dan Nice once compared B2B sales and marketing teams to Allied Forces storming Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion.

Inbound 74

Inbound Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank B2B 74

Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

More importantly, while I was good in school, those extra years of college and all that study, and I was fond of neither, killed that idea. I hated the school, I hated the classes, and it suddenly struck me that my career choices would be severely limited with a degree in that line of study. That plan didn’t work out so well.

Retail 48

Retail Hiring Cancellation Call-back 48

Pipeliner

MARCH 25, 2020

These are typically entry-level outside sales roles, and they typically do not want anyone over mid 30’s. Studies consistently show that the longer you can put off putting a dollar figure on your acceptance, the more you will get.

Salary 67

Salary Marketing Hiring Compensation 67

Nutshell

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I was studying political science, and thought I would become a lawyer, a lobbyist, a consultant — something like that. I had virtually no experience as a salesperson, but the head of the sales team saw something in me, and wanted to mold me into an outside sales rep. That’s how you hone your skills.

Face-to-face 59

Face-to-face ROI Outside Sales Social Selling 59

Nutshell

APRIL 28, 2020

If you’re a salesperson, this working arrangement has probably been a tough transition—making sales calls from your kitchen table while the kids fight over the remote in the living room isn’t what we’d call an ideal work environment. The Sell to Win Playbook collects 55 of the best expert sales tips we’ve ever published.

Skype 121

Skype Webinar Metrics How To Call-back 121

Corporate Visions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

That’s how many sales professionals are currently in the U.S., Just over 47% of these salespeople are inside sales reps, while just under 53% are outside. So, what’s the average sales call look like? For the non-math majors, that means that 75% of all sales meetings are now handled remotely.

Survey 51

Survey Face-to-face Study Meeting 51

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. Field Sales vs. Inside Sales. Only 1 percent are entirely inside sales.

Distribution 45

Distribution Selling Skills Lead Rank Lead Scoring 45