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An SDR’s Field Guide to Sales Territory Mapping

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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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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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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. Key Takeaway: Monitor lead flow to maximize inside sales selling time.

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Build a Bold, Data Infused Sales Strategy for 2013

SBI Growth

Build Bold Sales Strategy Recommendations: In the case of Brutus he made two bold recommendations. 1 – Pilot a plan to shift 50% the money allocated to outside sales representatives toward inside sales. This is world-class sales operations. 2 – Build a Lead Generation Team.

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Creating the Ideal Performance Culture

SBI Growth

80% of its sales team was outside sales reps. If the team does not have a strategy for maximizing pay, they will thrash. Consider the metrics that will drive your top 3 sales objectives for the year. The following insights are a primer for this in depth conversation. Resource Allocation.

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How to turn an outside sales rep into an inside sales rep

Close.io

Nevertheless, this saying has become widely used in the world of sales to defend the old-school art of outside sales. As technology has evolved, the way sales teams operate has evolved as well. Even still, there’s a common belief that it’s impossible to transition your sales team from outside sales to inside sales.

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For LinkedIn holdouts – 30 Day Action Challenge

Score More Sales

If you have a profile, make sure you’ve done the key steps to maximize it – professional headshot, strong headline, helpful, customer-focused summary, and your contact information are the basics. First of all, make sure you have created a strong LinkedIn profile. set up advanced searches.

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