A syndicated post by Wilson of the Inspire Beats blog team on the pros and cons of outsourcing sales. Reprinted with permission. Closing deals is not easy. It was never meant to be easy. The sales process includes lead generation, lead research, prospecting, negotiating , closing, lead nurturing and all the difficult stuff in between. A great way to […]
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Primer: Cross-selling for B2B companies
We all know what cross-selling looks like for the consumer market. Buy something from Amazon, and your purchase will be followed by emails and pop-ups saying, “You may also like…” But cross-selling doesn’t just belong to B2Cs; it is a must for B2Bs, as well. Here’s what cross selling looks like for the B2B market, […]
How B2B companies automate their sales forces
In a world of rapidly evolving buyer expectations and behaviors, B2B sales and marketing leaders need to provide their teams with tools necessary to achieve customer success and improve business results. Essentially, B2B businesses live and die with their sales forces. The key factor is how many sales leads they can churn through in what amount of […]
Infographic: B2B e-commerce sales to reach $1.1 trillion by 2020
This staggering stat should encourage B2B firms with an e-commerce strategy. The infographic with the figure of B2B e-commerce revenue reaching $1.1 trillion US by 2020 comes courtesy research firm Sullivan, but they also included some other key findings. In a survey, 94 percent of B2B buyers wanted to know where and how to make an immediate […]
Inside the value of human capital to sales and service
With customers’ ever-rising comfort levels to purchase and self-service online, and increased pressure on businesses to develop end-to-end Web enabled applications to accommodate, it seems the value of human capital in sales and service is diminishing. From a business end, consider that businesses must hire, train, coach, performance manage, payroll, incentivize, and provide benefits to […]