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5 Sales Trends COVID-19 Has Accelerated: And Why They’re Here to Stay

Sales Hacker

Mary Shea, Principal Analyst at Forrester, addressed this in a recent Sales Hacker webinar. Many, if not most of these trends were already in play before COVID hit … I thought these trends were going to play out over the next 24 to 36 months, but now I think they’ll play out over the six to 12 to 18 months. ”.

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Build a Bold, Data Infused Sales Strategy for 2013

SBI Growth

He leverages 3 rd party research companies like Kennedy Research, Gartner, Forrester, and others to understand the external view of the marketplace, the competitors, and the trends. He then performs ride-alongs with multiple sales representatives to observe the buyers in action. 2 – Build a Lead Generation Team.

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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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The 3 Big Faults Sales Finds with HR

SBI Growth

Some complaints we’ve heard from Sales organizations: Forced to fill out old employee review forms on paper. Can’t hire a candidate that lives outside the metro area where the job was posted. Can’t promote a sales manager to a director. Can’t vary the comp plan based on market cost of living – it’s outside the comp rules.

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Transitioning from Outside Sales to Inside Sales

Janek Performance Group

We’ve had something of a mini-series on outside sales lately – from talking about the transformation of field sales to offering productivity tips for on the road. Today we’ll be talking about how to transition from outside sales to inside sales.

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11 Podcasts to Help Your Sales Leaders Elevate Sales

Alice Heiman

Podcasts are a convenient way to stay up to date on current industry trends, learn new things, and of course, they can be entertaining (not all of the podcasts I like are sales-related!). . But there are hundreds if not thousands of sales and business podcasts out there. Outside Sales Talk hosted by Steve Benson.

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Inside sales – it is a new dawn and sales training needs to shine

Sales Training Connection

These rooms may still be around but inside sales has undergone a dramatic shift in the last several years. Inside salespeople are no longer just engaged in small commodity type sales or as backup for completing the secondary tasks of the outside sales group. Sales Coaching.