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Inside Sales / Televendas learning path: everything to study, topic by topic
High-velocity, phone-and-chat-led full-cycle selling from a home base or contact center — the most common SMB first sales hire and LATAM-dominant sales motion. Master call craft, talk tracks, phone objection handling, CRM hygiene, pipeline velocity, quota math, and blended email+phone+WhatsApp cadences.
Short answer
To learn Inside Sales / Televendas, work through 6 modules and 23 topics in the order they build on each other. It starts with High-Velocity Call Craft, then moves on to Talk Tracks & Live Discovery and Phone Objection Handling. Use the map as a checklist, or measure your level and study only what is missing.
What you will study
Topics are grouped by module. Open one to see its objectives and key concepts.
1 · High-Velocity Call Craft4 topics
The First 20 Seconds: Opening the Call
Crafting an opening that earns permission to continue — pattern interrupt, purpose statement, upfront contract
Objectives
- Open a cold call in under 20 seconds with a permission-based structure
- Handle immediate pushback without losing the call
Key concepts
- pattern interrupt
- purpose statement
- upfront contract
- permission-based opener
- first 20 seconds
Pace, Voice Modulation & Energy
Controlling rate of speech, tone, pitch and energy level to hold attention on the phone
Objectives
- Adjust pace to match the buyer's communication style
- Use strategic pauses to drive engagement on a call
Key concepts
- pace control
- voice modulation
- vocal energy
- tone matching
- strategic pauses
Active Listening on the Phone
Reading cues without visual input — tone, pauses, hesitation, word choice — and reflecting back to build trust
Objectives
- Identify buyer hesitation and concerns from vocal cues alone
- Paraphrase to confirm understanding and move the conversation forward
Key concepts
- verbal cues
- reflective listening
- paraphrasing
- silence as a tool
- label emotion
Coaching from Call Recordings
Using call recordings (Gong, Chorus, Aircall) for self-coaching and peer review — what to flag, how to give feedback
Objectives
- Review a recorded call and identify the 3 moments that moved or stalled the deal
- Give actionable feedback to a peer after a call review session
Key concepts
- call recording review
- talk-to-listen ratio
- self-coaching
- peer feedback
- moment annotation
2 · Talk Tracks & Live Discovery4 topics
Phone Discovery Frameworks
Lightweight discovery frameworks built for 15-30 minute calls — situation, pain, impact, next step
Objectives
- Run a 15-minute discovery call covering situation, pain, impact and next step
- Adapt discovery depth to the buyer's available time
Key concepts
- discovery questions
- pain questions
- impact questions
- situation questions
- SPIN light
Quick Qualifying Questions
Fast BANT/MEDDIC-light qualification that fits inside a phone conversation without sounding like an interrogation
Objectives
- Qualify budget, authority and timeline in 3-4 conversational questions
- Disqualify poor-fit leads fast to protect pipeline quality
Key concepts
- budget signal
- authority signal
- timeline signal
- fit screen
- disqualification criteria
Value Pitch Compression (60-sec pitch)
Delivering a tight 60-second value pitch tailored to the buyer's stated pain — structure: problem, solution, proof, ask
Objectives
- Deliver a 60-second value pitch anchored in discovery pain
- Personalise proof points to the buyer's vertical and size
Key concepts
- 60-second pitch
- tailored value prop
- social proof
- call to action
- elevator pitch
Demo via Screenshare
Running short remote demos (Zoom, Meet) that stay anchored to buyer pain — tell-show-tell, checkpoints, avoid feature dump
Objectives
- Run a 20-minute pain-anchored screenshare demo with 2-3 checkpoints
- Redirect a demo that is sliding into feature-dump territory
Key concepts
- tell-show-tell
- demo checkpoints
- pain-anchored demo
- feature dump avoidance
- screenshare flow
3 · Phone Objection Handling4 topics
Price Objections on the Phone
Handling price pushback — isolating the objection, reframing cost vs. value, avoiding premature discounting
Objectives
- Isolate and reframe a price objection without reflexive discounting
- Tie price back to the cost of inaction quantified during discovery
Key concepts
- isolate the objection
- cost vs value reframe
- anchoring
- budget discovery
- discount discipline
Timing & Authority Objections
Handling 'not the right time' and 'I need to check with someone' — surface the real blocker, book a next step
Objectives
- Distinguish a genuine timing concern from a polite brush-off
- Identify the true decision maker without bypassing the contact
Key concepts
- not-now objection
- authority probe
- real blocker discovery
- cost of delay
- multi-threading
Competitive Objections
Responding when the buyer mentions a competitor — differentiation without trash-talk, vulnerability framing
Objectives
- Differentiate against a named competitor without disparaging them
- Plant 2-3 landmine questions that expose competitor weaknesses in discovery
Key concepts
- competitive differentiation
- vulnerability framing
- trap setting
- landmine questions
- switching cost
Acknowledge-Probe-Answer Framework
Standard framework for any phone objection: acknowledge emotion, probe for the real issue, answer with evidence and advance
Objectives
- Apply Acknowledge-Probe-Answer on any live objection without sounding scripted
- Advance the call to a concrete next step after resolving the objection
Key concepts
- acknowledge step
- probe step
- answer step
- advance step
- objection taxonomy
4 · CRM Hygiene & Pipeline Velocity4 topics
Activity Logging Discipline
Logging calls, emails, WhatsApp and meetings accurately and in real time — foundation for every downstream metric
Objectives
- Log a full day of activity in under 15 minutes total
- Identify missing activity fields that invalidate pipeline reporting
Key concepts
- call logging
- email tracking
- activity templates
- CRM hygiene
- real-time data entry
Stage Hygiene & Next-Step Commitments
Stage-by-stage exit criteria, every open deal must have a dated next step with the buyer, no happy-ears promotions
Objectives
- Define exit criteria for each stage in a SMB sales pipeline
- Refuse to promote a deal without a buyer-agreed dated next step
Key concepts
- stage exit criteria
- next-step commitment
- buyer-agreed next step
- happy ears
- pipeline integrity
Weekly Pipeline Scrub
Weekly review that removes stalled deals, updates close dates, and rebalances focus — owner: the rep, ritual: 30 minutes
Objectives
- Run a 30-minute pipeline scrub that surfaces stalled deals and realistic close dates
- Categorise deals into commit, best-case and pipeline with defensible criteria
Key concepts
- pipeline scrub ritual
- stall criteria
- close-date realism
- deal triage
- commit vs best-case
Identifying Conversion Leaks
Reading stage-to-stage conversion rates, diagnosing which stage is leaking, and targeting the leak with coaching or process change
Objectives
- Find the weakest conversion stage in a SMB pipeline from 90-day data
- Propose a targeted fix (coaching, script, process) for the leaking stage
Key concepts
- stage conversion rate
- leak diagnosis
- bottleneck stage
- root cause analysis
- funnel shape
5 · Quota Math & Activity Metrics3 topics
Activity to Conversion to Revenue Math
Working backwards from quota to daily activity — dials, conversations, demos, closes — using actual conversion rates
Objectives
- Backcast a R$500k quarterly quota into daily dial and demo targets
- Update daily targets when conversion rates move up or down
Key concepts
- quota backcast
- activity math
- funnel inversion
- daily activity target
- ACV math
Dial-to-Meeting Ratios
Connect rate, dial-to-meeting ratio, meeting-to-opportunity ratio — benchmarks by channel and vertical
Objectives
- Benchmark dial-to-meeting ratio against realistic SMB SaaS numbers
- Diagnose whether a low ratio is a list, script or rep-skill problem
Key concepts
- connect rate
- dial-to-meeting ratio
- meeting-to-opp ratio
- channel mix
- benchmark bands
Capacity Planning & Goal Setting
Sizing the team, setting ramped quotas, modelling capacity vs. demand, hiring plan triggers
Objectives
- Build a capacity model for a 10-rep televendas team with 3-month ramp
- Decide when to hire the next rep vs. invest in conversion improvement
Key concepts
- capacity model
- ramped quota
- attainment curve
- hiring trigger
- coverage ratio
6 · Televendas LATAM Playbook4 topics
BR Compliance: Horário Comercial & PROCON
Brazilian telemarketing compliance — horário comercial, do-not-call registries, PROCON risk, LGPD overlap
Objectives
- List the BR rules that govern when and whom inside sales may call
- Identify and avoid practices that create PROCON or LGPD exposure
Key concepts
- horário comercial
- Não Me Perturbe registry
- PROCON risk
- LGPD basics
- consent capture
WhatsApp + Phone Cadence Combos
Blended cadence design — WhatsApp touches, voice follow-up, email backup — tuned for LATAM SMB response patterns
Objectives
- Design a 10-touch blended cadence using WhatsApp, voice and email
- Handle WhatsApp conversations that need to escalate to a scheduled call
Key concepts
- blended cadence
- WhatsApp first-touch
- voice follow-up
- audio message
- cadence spacing
Script Language Tuning for BR Buyers
Adapting US-authored scripts to Brazilian Portuguese tone — informal vs. formal, regional sensitivity, trust-building
Objectives
- Rewrite a US cold-call opener for PT-BR without sounding translated
- Adjust script tone for SP/RJ vs. NE regional buyers
Key concepts
- PT-BR tone
- tu vs. você
- regional sensitivity
- trust-building language
- localisation vs. translation
LATAM Televendas Playbook at Scale
Building and running a LATAM-wide televendas operation — country-level nuances (BR/MX/AR/CO), shared playbooks, localisation layers
Objectives
- Design a LATAM-wide televendas playbook with BR, MX, CO layers
- Decide what to standardise vs. localise across countries
Key concepts
- LATAM playbook
- country nuances
- localisation layers
- shared operations
- regional scaling
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Frequently asked questions
Where should I start studying Inside Sales / Televendas?
Start with High-Velocity Call Craft: The First 20 Seconds: Opening the Call, Pace, Voice Modulation & Energy, and Active Listening on the Phone. The map orders topics by what they depend on, so each one prepares the next.
How long does a full Inside Sales / Televendas assessment take?
A full assessment of this path takes about 45 minutes. Study time depends on where you start; a diagnostic shows which topics you can skip.
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