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Inside Sales vs. Outside Sales: Which Is Best for You?

Sales Hacker

One of the biggest decisions you can make when setting up your sales team is whether to focus primarily on inside or outside sales. They seem to be completely at odds, with one focused on clients with a high acquisition cost and high ACV (annual account value), the other focused on a high sales velocity. Hiring guide.

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Being more remarkable in virtual sales meetings

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: TIM RIESTERER, CHIEF STRATEGY AND RESEARCH OFFICER, CORPORATE VISIONS In our last column in this space, we recalled the Bell phone system’s catchy commercial slogan, “Long distance. million sales professionals in the country, more than 47 percent were inside salespeople. It’s the next best thing to being there.”

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Creating the Ideal Performance Culture

SBI Growth

80% of its sales team was outside sales reps. A survey showed between 10%-20% of their time was spent driving. The customer base was surveyed and asked what they required from their rep. Systems Enhancement. A media organization recently created home grown CRM system.

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The State of Field Sales 2018 Report

SBI

Through a 3rd-party research firm, SPOTIO conducted a sales survey to provide sales leaders and reps key insights to uncover inefficiencies in their sales process. Particularly for millennials, who represent the most survey respondents, simple and easy technology solutions are expected.

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Sales Talk for CEOs: Building a Customer-Focused Sales Strategy with Erik Frank (S1:E14)

Alice Heiman

Learn how to shift to a customer-focused strategy in this episode of Sales Talk for #CEOs with Erik Frank of Tristate Amature. Erik’s strategy includes gathering extra insight into the customer experience through conversations with customers, a newly launched customer survey, and continued customer outreach. Click to tweet.

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What Is Sales? A Quick Guide

Hubspot Sales

But "sales" means so much more for businesses. Companies have entire sales organizations comprised of employees that are dedicated to selling their products and services. Inside Sales vs. Outside Sales. So, how do sales teams sell? Marketing and Sales.

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How to Optimize Inside Sales Territories

SBI Growth

Each organization just transferred what they were doing for their outside sales team to their inside sales force. (Or Well guess what, inside sales is not and should not be approached in the same way as outside sales. However, all of the leads are only going to a half of my sales reps.