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Stop Doing Stupid Sh*t: 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Abandon in 2018

Hubspot

My blog articles live forever, so while old-line salespeople are cold calling, my content is converting like an assembly line in a factory. Back in the 1990s, inside sales was a stepping stone, not a career. Inside sales is simply more efficient and scalable. It’s not even close to a fair fight.

Cold Call 101
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Optimizing Part Of The Selling Function, Sub-Optimizing The Whole

Partners in Excellence

I read an article in which the position was put forth, “Inside sales does not have the responsibility for creating pipeline, only the responsibility for selling. Then, the idea of specialization by simple/transactional versus complex sales arose. They should never pick up the phone and make a prospecting call!”

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