Highspot

JULY 7, 2025

At its core, account-based sales seeks to maximize revenue impact by efficiently allocating resources and enabling one’s entire team of sellers—including inside sales and field sales —with precise guidance, empowering them to build meaningful, trust-based relationships that convert high-potential leads into loyal customers. (

Account

RingDNA

MARCH 24, 2025

The good news is that there are a variety of sales tools that offer reps the opportunity to gather more intelligence than ever before quicker than ever before. A tool like Datanyze can offer insight into a company’s funding details and the types of software they use. And Revenue.io

Case Study

Mereo

JANUARY 22, 2025

TOOLS FOR SALES TERRITORY DESIGN With the key inputs established, you are ready to build territories. You have many tools at your disposal, such as Excel, business intelligence (BI) platforms, visual tools such as Tableau or even custom software specific to sales territory design.

Ideal Customer Profile

RingDNA

APRIL 25, 2025

But you should consider, especially if you’re selling SaaS software like we do, experimenting with late afternoon call blitzes to top leads. Why Prospecting in the Late Afternoon Makes Sense In B2B Sales it’s crucial to remember that your prospects have a job to do as well. The Revenue.io

Cold Calling

Sales Hacker Training

JULY 8, 2025

06:33 Why Sales Nav was a $250M business with a “crappy product” — and how Doug turned it around. 13:26 The speed dating hack that landed Coffee’s first sales leader. 17:36 What Doug learned running Sales Cloud at Salesforce — and why he left. 24:37 Why sales tech stacks are bloated — and how AI-native CRMs solve it.

Hiring

SBI Growth

AUGUST 20, 2012

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. Here’s why: In almost 75% of sales situations, your Customer would prefer not to spend time meeting face to face. Your competitors are.

Inside Sales

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 17, 2014

The salesperson was from Oracle and wanted to know if I was aware of and had seen their CRM software demonstrated. His response was that he was from inside sales. In other words, "I''m not supposed to figure out what you''re trying to explain to me - I''m an inside salesperson!". Most of them hate me for my opinions.

Inside Sales

Pointclear

JULY 17, 2013

Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales? Or just go with inside sales? The following trends indicate that field sales teams are becoming extinct. Here’s why: Inside sales teams continue to grow at 15% each year. Good question. Step into my time machine.

Field Sales

Score More Sales

MAY 15, 2013

Lucy works for a software-as-a-service company. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 113 – Energy appeared first on Score More Sales. Gee, thanks. Increase Opportunities.

Energy

Score More Sales

APRIL 18, 2014

I ramped up the posts and started using software to help support the efforts. If you are in Inside sales – send a follow up email to assure a potential buyer that you have their back, even if they are not going to buy today. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

Inside Sales

Score More Sales

AUGUST 12, 2013

Make it a good one – like: How one of your clients now has piece of mind for the first time in years since they started using your security software. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Just try it and see how it goes.

Inside Sales

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 9, 2020

Similarly, your business's inside sales team needs the right technology to be as productive and impactful as possible. Not to mention, just because the tools and tech you have in place for your outside sales team work well for their needs, doesn't necessarily mean they'll be an ideal fit for your inside sales reps, too.

Inside Sales

Hubspot Sales

JULY 15, 2020

Digital transformation and a shifting sales landscape are driving both general interest in and a pronounced need for salespeople that might not physically interface with prospects. As time has gone on, many B2B companies have begun to incorporate that brand of sales — known as B2B inside sales — into their overall sales infrastructure.

Inside Sales

SBI Growth

MAY 15, 2013

a large software manufacturer. Hanna has two candidates to help Sales decide between: Iris and Eddie. Iris is a Rams'' top-producing 12-year Sales Rep with consistent promotion. Eddie is an SM from a large software company. For example, is it all direct sales? She works for Rams, Inc. - Technology and Data Use.

Hiring

Hubspot Sales

MAY 2, 2019

In many ways, technology, like Google Maps, is similar to sales management software. Sales management software provides streamlined tools for data entry and management to speed up this process. And they often include some of the most popular sales tools (e.g., Free Sales Management Software.

Software

SBI Growth

AUGUST 16, 2013

This is true whether your organization is comprised mainly of outside or inside sales. Agile Sales – embrace the agile movement. They are increasing the size of their centralized inside sales force. They are also embracing the fact that outside resources spend most of their time inside.

Customer

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Overview: Beta Company provided a software product that was one of top 3 solutions within their small-medium business target market. They used a field sales force model with 10 Field Reps and 3 Solutions Engineers. They used a field sales force model with 10 Field Reps and 3 Solutions Engineers. Each “Win” took 2.4

Competition

Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Inside Sales. When it comes to inside sales, put aside old visions of airplane hanger-size room filled with lots of salespeople making lots of sales calls using finely polished scripts. These rooms may still be around but inside sales has undergone a dramatic shift in the last several years.

Inside Sales

Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2012

Marketing & Sales Alignment: Encouraging Signs & Continuing Challenges. Concluding Thoughts: Consumerized B2B Software & the Resurgence of Field Sales. Click to start video at this point — Craig says he is really intrigued by a lot of what’s happening with tech start-ups getting huge VC valuations.

Software

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Benchmark an employee test results against the test results from the super stars inside companies who have already made it through the industry shift. Examples: An enterprise software company’s industry segment was being disrupted by software-as-a-service competitors. Want to see an example?

Lead Rank

Sales 2.0

JUNE 29, 2014

I first created this framework from stressing out about the lousy results my inside sales team was getting cold calling. About six months after I wrote on my napkin I found out a smart guy in Silicon Valley called Umberto Milletti had already started a software company that produced results using an approach similar to this.

InsideView

SBI Growth

JANUARY 21, 2013

Armed with Marketing Automation Software, CMOs are tracing new customers back to their campaigns. Smart, nimble companies will be building Inside Sales departments capable of developing and closing opportunities. Last month, I sat in on four software demonstrations for a client. Today, marketing has dramatically changed.

Face-to-face

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 5, 2024

I’ve been in contact with sales experts about how AI has helped them. They’ve shared tips and AI hacks for inside sales reps, as well as tips for coping with — and bouncing back from — bad sales months. How are sales experts using the power of AI in ways that others might not be yet? I know I would.

Inside Sales

Close.io

MAY 30, 2018

So you’re looking to build out your inside sales team and you’ve lined up a full day of interviews with potential new hires. To make sure you don’t waste time and money on a bad hire who doesn’t fit the culture, there are some questions you absolutely need to be asking in your interviews with prospective inside sales reps.

Inside Sales

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.

Outside Sales

Close.io

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In this post, we’re sharing three inside sales job descriptions that you can steal and personalize for your business in order to attract the right sales talent in 2020! Job description template: junior inside sales professional. ? Job description template: inside sales leader. ? Let’s get going.

Inside Sales

Pointclear

MAY 5, 2017

Because of this, CRM Radio and the sister program SLMA Radio, have been interviewing executives on the subjects of the marketing and sales uses of Artificial Intelligence. Sales managers must acknowledge that AI is going to make its way into the ways in which sales people work, prospect, and sell. The host is Jim Obermayer.

InsideSales

Showpad

MAY 29, 2019

Inside sales definition. Inside sales is a type of sales where representatives perform regular sales activities remotely rather than consistent face-to-face meetings. With this shift in sales processes comes the increased popularity of inside sales across B2B organizations.

Inside Sales

Sales Hacker

JULY 1, 2020

Fortunately, by leveraging a few inside sales best practices, outside sales reps can successfully pivot to remote sales. Reshaping Your Sales Process. Ready to reshape your sales process, implement a few proven remote sales techniques, and become a remote sales expert? Repeatedly.

Pivotal

Zoominfo

JULY 29, 2020

Let’s say you’re selling timeclock software and your prospect is Fred, a Payroll Manager. It’ll be easier to discuss your product knowing what timeclock software he’s already using, how many people in his department are using it, and who he reports to. Executing your sales goals starts with getting precise contact data.

Cold Calling

SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Inside sales reps who engage prospects with a personalized pitch see better open rates, have longer conversations, and book more meetings. But migrating from a traditional cold calling model to one that requires a high-level of customization can be challenging, even for the most sophisticated inside sales environments.

Inside Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, Kavadellas, CEO of Georgia-based Orasi, a software developer, reseller and consulting firm, was scheduled to play a round with a client and a prospect the day after we spoke with him in November for this story. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.

Outsourcing Services

SalesHandy

MAY 6, 2021

B2B sales can be complex and confusing with many different processes, practices and models it’s made up of. Inside sales is one such model. With more than 50% of new B2B sales jobs being inside sales roles, it’s no longer a niche operating model. What is Inside Sales? Sales cycle times.

Inside Sales

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Phase 2 - Develop Go To Market Plan - Many sales VPs don’t know the best route to market. You may need to increase the size of inside sales. Phase 3 - Sales Force Design - How many reps and what type? Steve is a VP of The Americas of a large enterprise software company. You may need more partners. An Example.

Compensation

SBI Growth

JANUARY 24, 2013

Field Sales has seen a resource shift from outside to inside sales. Sales relies more than ever on marketing to engage the buyer early in the process. All this requires seamless coordination between sales and marketing leadership, field sales, and strategy.

Sales Qualified Lead

SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2013

More recently, he pegged the failure rate of marketing automation software at 50%. In 2011, Gerhard Gschwandtner, publisher of Selling Power Magazine, made the last great prediction in B2B sales. For example, according to The Bridge Group, we have seen a 124% headcount increase for inside sales positions. At least I do.

B2B

Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 29, 2021

In 1998, this Texas software engineer woke up with numbness in his legs. We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today.

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