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Hiring a Sales Manager - External or Internal?

SBI Growth

"Should we hire an external Sales Manager or promote from within?". Open Sales Management positions are bad for sales organizations. Having the wrong Sales Manager (SM) is worse. This post helps you decide between hiring an internal or external Sales Manager. It depends. Next Steps.

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Your Inside Sales Valentine

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To make this a practical and valuable day, I thought I’d send a message to those in an inside sales career – sellers and sales managers alike. A Valentine for Inside Sales. You work in a position in an industry that is ever growing – be it individual contributor or sales leader -.

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Reduce the Risks of Hiring Sales Managers

SBI Growth

In the case of a sales manager, these include: pipeline management, negotiating and coaching. Building a new sales team is very different from managing an established team. Inside sales is different from field sales. The Function section lists specific sales management traits.

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Inside Sales Growing by Leaps and Bounds

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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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Secrets to Successful Inside Sales Management

Learn a variety of best practices, techniques and ideas to both tactically and strategically increase the efficacy, success and impact of your inside sales organization.

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

Pointclear

To read an excerpt from her latest book, Smart Sales Manager , click here. Today’s “new normal” sales landscape has sales leaders scratching their heads, wondering about the best way to structure their sales organizations. Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales?

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Youth, Lead Quality, Social Selling, Inside Sales and Outbound Marketing

Pointclear

Dave, a former sales rep, sales manager, VP of sales, competitive sales strategist, consultant, and sales trainer, has worked in 26 countries—with companies from the Fortune 10 to start-ups. Chad Burmeister, ConnectandSell, Field Reps Should be Open to Moving Inside.