The Future Looks Bright for B2B Sales, but Hold the Rose-Colored Glasses

Recent economic reports indicate the recession is coming to an end and a survey conducted by OneSource shows that B2B sales professionals agree with that sentiment – approximately 50 percent surveyed saying that their 2010 sales pipelines are healthier than this same time last year.

 But let’s not put on the rose-colored glasses just yet.  OneSource’s [more...]

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Better Management Practice: Creating An Effective Sales Plan With Your Sales Reps

Sales reps are interesting creatures. If asked, most would tell you that they want the freedom to do what they want, when they want to do it. However, if left to their own devices, your sales team would probably do whatever made sense to them at a moment without much of a plan. Obviously this [more...]

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Get to Know Your Prospects to Improve the Bottom Line

Are you doing all you can to prepare yourself for a sales call? It is extremely important it is to be in touch with the latest information about your clients and prospects in order to make a better sale. This is not limited to how much they buy or how frequently they buy-take your sales [more...]

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Social Networking Gaining Traction Among B2B Marketing and Sales Pros

As you have heard by now, social media is becoming a more important and widely used tool by sales and marketing professionals. In a recent survey conducted by Outsell and covered in eMarketer on expected B2B marketer spending on social networking, Outsell asked respondents to rate the different social media sites in terms of there effectiveness. Somewhat surprisingly, Facebook came out [more...]

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Initial Impression from Sales 2.0 in San Francisco

Today is the first day of the Sales 2.0 Conference in San Francisco and surprisingly the conference has grown significantly to around 350 attendees this year from only about 50 a few years ago. Geoffrey James of BNET is giving first hand impressions of the conference as it happens, and he posed the question as to [more...]

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OneSource Survey Shows LinkedIn Preferred by B2B Sales Professionals

In this era of web 2.0, where social networking sites dominate the social and now the business scene, it is difficult to tell just how beneficial some of these sites are for B2B purposes. OneSource Information Services recently conducted its own primary research on the topic, asking B2B sales professionals about the types of information [more...]

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The Productive Follow-Up: Fast and Relevant

 Sales is a multi-step process that takes time and persistence. For many sales professionals, obtaining timely, accurate information is the key to opening the door of a sales prospect – but what do you do once that door is open? One of the most important steps in the sales process is following up with your [more...]

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