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Stop Asking About Past Quota Attainment in Sales Interviews

Sales Hacker Training

If a salesperson hit quota at their last job, they’re much more likely to hit quota at your organization, right? According to statistics from our sales professional user base here at RepVue , only 46.7% of sales professionals globally are achieving quota. And it’s even fewer in software sales organizations.

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The State of Field Sales in 2020 (Plus Outside Sales Statistics)

Sales Hacker

Today, companies of all shapes and sizes still lack the technology needed to support their outside sales teams effectively. This article will cover inside vs. outside sales CRMs; the biggest challenges for outside sales reps, their leaders, and managers; time management; quota attainment; and outside sales technology.

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Are Inside Sales and Consultative Selling Mutually Exclusive?

Understanding the Sales Force

It''s important to separate inside sales into its 5 most common forms: As a replacement for traditional outside sales. They are quota carrying salespeople responsible for the entire sales cycle but doing it from the comfort of a desk. Inside salespeople have been trained to do one thing well, not multiple things.

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Tips from the Sales Trenches: Is Inside Sales Demeaning?

Score More Sales

Inside Sales doesn’t get any respect, right? It is true to some extent, but only by the ill-informed and ignorant since the inside sales profession is GROWING as outside sales positions decline. Outside Sales. Inside Sales. Carries a quota. Carries a quota (often). Travel costs high.

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Creating the Ideal Performance Culture

SBI Growth

80% of its sales team was outside sales reps. Continually develop and train on new strategies. If a rep is not retiring quarterly quotas within a year, let them go. The following insights are a primer for this in depth conversation. Resource Allocation. Call references and past employers. Hire slow and fire fast.

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Inside Sales Gains Prove Valuable to Bottom Line Revenues

Score More Sales

It is a fantastic description of what Inside Selling has become, and my hope is that people start adopting this RPS phrase over “Inside Sales” which still carries some stigma of being less than what outside sales professionals do. The teams we are working with are all remote sales teams. Marketing is Not Immune, Either.

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The Human Side Of Automation

The Pipeline

While we may not always think of the sales departments or salespeople as an asset, they are, no different than other assets used to move the company’s objectives forward. Sure, it may be argued that Sales is a unique asset, perhaps more important than some other assets, but an asset nonetheless.