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

Pointclear

Mainly because the customer won’t need to engage early in the sales cycle: 57% of the buying process is completed before connecting with a salesperson. Structuring a global workforce and creating geographic territories will be a thing of the past because today’s salespeople work virtually, socially, and inter-culturally.

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Being Seen in an Inside Sales Job

Closer's Coffee

This makes the inside sales role particularly challenging. With outside sales roles, there is plenty of interaction face to face with customers, hours spent out in the field working the territory to achieve the same end as an inside sales rep. They never get to be face-to-face with their prospects.