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Inside vs. Outside Sales: How to Structure a Sales Team for Success

Hubspot Sales

Inside vs. Outside Sales. Inside sales reps often sell remotely, from an office base, while outside sales reps travel, brokering face-to-face deals. 47% of all salespeople work in inside sales, with 53% representing outside sales. What's the difference between inside and outside sales?

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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 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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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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Creating the Ideal Performance Culture

SBI Growth

80% of its sales team was outside sales reps. A media organization recently created home grown CRM system. The following insights are a primer for this in depth conversation. Resource Allocation. An electronics manufacturer was seeing declining revenue per head. Existing customer revenues spiked by 24% last quarter.

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

Pointclear

The average cost of an outside B2B sales call is $215-$400 per call. It is expected that 85% of buyer-seller interactions will happen online through social media and video. We''ve been hearing more and more that inside sales is growing while outside sales dwindles. Today, we have 20 million salespeople.

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The Key Differences Between Inside Sales vs Outside Sales

Closer's Coffee

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?”.