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The Difference Between Inside and Outside Sales, Explained 

Crunchbase

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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5 Traits You Need to Be an ‘A’ Player in 2013

SBI Growth

For example, below are 5 traits most ‘A’ Players have in common. Examples include a well-defined sales process , and regular call cadence. The graphic below demonstrates the uplift sales organizations experience when a step-by-step sales process is implemented. Many industries are trending towards inside sales.

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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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How to transition from outside sales to inside sales

Nutshell

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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The Secret Sauce to Quota Setting

SBI Growth

In best-in-class sales organizations, outside sales reps spend about 70% of their time selling. This tool will benefit you by determining 3 things: Accurately set sales quotas. Increase the average sales price to $100K. Unlikely you will ever hit 88% selling time with outside sales. Add more heads.

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The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Campaign Offers

SBI Growth

In this example, the downloadable tool includes valuable intellectual property. Here is just one example of the questions and why they are important to assess; Competition Lens: Do you know what offers your competitors are providing? This strategy also extended to outside sales. But that’s not enough.

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Choosing the Right Sales Motion for Your Business (28 Real-World Examples)

Sales Hacker

They do this by first identifying and focusing on the sales motions that are best for their product, team, and customer. In this article we’ll review the four main sales motions B2B SaaS teams use: Field sales ( outside sales ). Inside sales. Low-touch sales. No-touch sales. Field Sales.