Crunchbase

JUNE 21, 2022

There comes a time when every business needs to decide on its primary sales strategy, which usually means considering inside sales vs. outside sales, or settling on a blend between the two. It’s no shock that the sales industry landscape has changed considerably over the last couple of years. What is outside sales?

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Eventually, most antiquated models are replaced by more up-to-date, efficient, and sometimes exciting models. Outside sales is being replaced by inside sales but not in the way that most people think. Let''s quickly compare inside sales to outside sales.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

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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Outside Sales Inside Sales Hiring Top of Funnel 100

Nutshell

AUGUST 24, 2018

Inside sales refers to any form of selling that isn’t done face-to-face. Unlike outside sales (or field sales ) reps, inside sales reps connect with potential customers remotely through phone, email , and web conferencing. Among B2B companies, the use of inside sales reps has exploded in popularity.

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 91

Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2020

Sales territory maps serve as the game boards for outside sales, which makes field sales reps the game board pieces. Though it can be tedious, sales territory mapping provides a framework for strategic planning — ensuring that sales reps don’t go into meetings blind. What is Sales Territory Mapping?

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Territories Outside Sales Field Sales Segment 264

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 27, 2022

We can name them: Account Executive, Territory Manager, Business Development Rep, Sales Development Rep, Account Manager, Key Account Manager, National Account Manager, Channel Manager, Application Engineer, Sales Consultant, Inside Sales, Outside Sales, and more.

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Top of Funnel Sports Territories Outside Sales 296

SBI Growth

AUGUST 15, 2012

Joe starts by running a sales report and analyzing the data looking for themes. Maybe the company has recently been highly successful selling into the transportation industry. Joe takes note and says, “Alright, that is slide one, we need to focus on more transportation companies.”. Must be a hot bed! Let’s go for it!”.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 20, 2012

Inside Sales doesn’t get any respect, right? It is true to some extent, but only by the ill-informed and ignorant since the inside sales profession is GROWING as outside sales positions decline. The rest of us at that company ran in and out of the building – off to clients and prospects on a daily basis.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Last week I led our annual Sales Leadership intensive and hosted the best group of sales leaders to ever attend the event. Chad Burmeister , who is well known throughout the inside sales community, was one of the attendees. At one of the lunch breaks, he was talking about the customers his company, Connect and Sell , helps.

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Inside Sales Outside Sales Study Distribution 215

Score More Sales

APRIL 23, 2013

It is a fantastic description of what Inside Selling has become, and my hope is that people start adopting this RPS phrase over “Inside Sales” which still carries some stigma of being less than what outside sales professionals do. The teams we are working with are all remote sales teams.

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Inside Sales Revenue Webinar Metrics Hiring 209

Closer's Coffee

APRIL 23, 2020

Here’s What You Need To Know About The Inside Sales and Outside Sales Roles. In soccer, the outfield players are positioned outside the goal area. As companies seek to grow their sales numbers it’s not always clear which sales approach to take. Inside sales vs. outside sales?”.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Many sales leaders and smaller company CEOs are discussing sales tam planning for next year. I remember one company that did this in February. For a growing company, this can be such a great week to reach people by phone and get things done. Some have completed theirs.

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Territories Distribution Outbound Outside Sales 220

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. Read, “ How to Attract Sales Prospects in a Tech-Focused World ”.). You don’t have time to wait until marketing creates case studies.

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 9, 2014

When I was in my early years in technology sales, I had a great sales manager named Clarence Waters. It’s a short, simple lesson that needs to be shared because it seems that often sellers are so busy with minutia that they forget what grows business and builds their company – net new business and new sales revenues.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring Lead Rank Outbound 231

Steven Rosen

MAY 22, 2012

The solution is simple yet complicated: Bring in outside expertise to help develop sales managers and you open a whole kettle of trouble. Many sales leaders fear that engaging an outside sales coaching expert will show that they can’t do their job. So how do we overcome this biased assertion? Just Stirring it UP!

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Hiring Coaching Comparison Face-to-face 292

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

It left me wondering whether that sentiment rings true now that inside and outside sales reps are spending more time connecting with prospects and customers remotely versus face-to-face. 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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Meeting Sales Meeting Face-to-face Margin 250

Score More Sales

JANUARY 4, 2013

For those of us who have been in the sales profession for any length of time, you know that your sales leader or head of the company has revenue goals for you to hit. In my sales career I had new revenue goals that seemed attainable, others that seemed like a healthy stretch – doable if everything worked together.

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Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker Territories Outbound 224

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

My guest today is Bob Perkins, Founder of AA-ISP and Vice President of Inside Sales at Merrill Datasite. Bob shared his perspective on how inside sales strategies have grown in popularity as companies strive to improve customer service and boost sales as efficiently as possible. e-mail communication.

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Inside Sales Skype Face-to-face Field Sales 240

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

At the end of January, B2B Sales and Marketing Influencer Craig Rosenberg posted a first ever, annual ranking of Inside Sales Influencers for 2013 on the Radius Intelligence blog. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Inside Sales Influencer 224

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. So many findings are published - but they don''t apply to your company. My next White Paper will discuss the make-up and function of the ideal sales force.

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Study Outside Sales Inside Sales Video 209

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2020

On building a sales organization as sophisticated as contemporary B2B buyers …. Every B2B trade publication, analyst, and even company (Hi!) Here’s a secret: Contemporary sales leaders are just as well equipped as their counterparts in procurement. And if all business relationships are local, you won’t really need field sales.

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B2B Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 200

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

But the biggest account-based killer is still at large: Lack of sustained focus from Sales. At ABM Orkestra , we have helped dozens of companies solidify their account-based marketing strategy. Ask your AEs to focus their efforts on accounts that are most likely to drive growth at your company. 1 outside sales speaker.

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Account Based Marketing Demand Generation Targets Ideal Customer Profile Account 237

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2013

80% of its sales team was outside sales reps. He wanted the market to view his company as the place for ‘A’ players. The following insights are a primer for this in depth conversation. Resource Allocation. An electronics manufacturer was seeing declining revenue per head. Products are becoming commoditized.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Margin Face-to-face 293

SBI Growth

AUGUST 20, 2012

This research yields compelling insights into how Buyers want to engage with your sales force. Many companies investigated Inside Sales a few years ago and decided their product or service was too complicated or specialized to sell without an expensive direct sales force. The answer will not be “one size fits all.”.

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Inside Sales Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Customer 276

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

While we may not always think of the sales departments or salespeople as an asset, they are, no different than other assets used to move the company’s objectives forward. Sure, it may be argued that Sales is a unique asset, perhaps more important than some other assets, but an asset nonetheless.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

When VP's request this assessment, they can use it as a self-coaching tool or as a coaching road map by an outside sales leader. If you are interested in getting yourself evaluated as a Sales VP or Director, just send me an email and I'll make sure that one of my experts contacts you ASAP.

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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 210

Sales Gravy

APRIL 2, 2025

Sales Leadership and Coaching Priorities Leaders who prioritized weekly one-on-ones, real-time one-to-one coaching, and rigorous sales pipeline reviews consistently deliver better results and productivity. One of my top clients reconfigured its leadership approach with inside sales reps, focusing on call-by-call coaching in real time.

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Outside Sales Talk

MAY 2, 2024

She has brought her powerful concepts to renowned companies such as Spotify, National Geographic, Nike, Sephora, and ESPN. link] Start Selling More Today with Badger Maps – The #1 Route Planner for Field Sales See Badger in Action: [link] If you love the Outside Sales Talk podcast, you’ll also love Badger’s newsletters!

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan A company''s executive team can have a positive or negative influence on the performance of the sales team. Each member of your executive team can impact sales in some small, or not so small way. The information in the CRM is typically not sensitive company information.

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CRM Webinar Metrics Engineering Report 274

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 7, 2014

It''s important to separate inside sales into its 5 most common forms: As a replacement for traditional outside sales. They are quota carrying salespeople responsible for the entire sales cycle but doing it from the comfort of a desk. Are inside sales and consultative selling mutually exclusive?

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Some of the newest people to become inside sales reps are those who have left the field for now – perhaps forever. Many outside sales positions with fat travel accounts and face-to-face client meetings are slowly being switched over to inside positions. Thousands of outside rep jobs have even been eliminated.

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Inside Sales Face-to-face Travel Outside Sales 182

Pointclear

JULY 17, 2013

A whopping 40% of the companies that were at the top of the Fortune 500 list in 2000 were no longer even on that list as of 2010. The first areas to go are field sales teams. We''ve been hearing more and more that inside sales is growing while outside sales dwindles. YouTube: youtube.com/user/josianefeigon.

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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.

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Scale Lead Rank 52

Outside Sales Talk

MAY 30, 2024

As the dynamic force behind a globally acclaimed consulting and training agency, he empowers leaders, tech companies, and procurement teams worldwide. Our 95,000+ subscribers stay at the top of their game with actionable tips from top sales experts.

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Outside Sales Negotiation Field Sales Influencer 52

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. Smart companies in nearly every industry are building out strong inside sales teams now.

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Inside Sales Webinar Metrics Social Selling Conference 209

Outside Sales Talk

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Drew is the Co-Founder and CEO of Connect the Dots, a company that helps map professional relationships in order to find the strongest connections possible. Our 95,000+ subscribers stay at the top of their game with actionable tips from top sales experts.

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Zoominfo

JULY 6, 2021

Kate is pitching to you because she knows your company recently acquired another company and that you might need to integrate Salesforce instances. The Rise of Inside Sales. Inside sales became prevalent in the 1980s when companies wanted to sell large volumes of their products without having to travel.

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