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10 Inside Sales Predictions for 2011

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Comment on The Bridge Group's ten predictions for inside sales in 2011. No longer will the Inside Sales Rep be a “jack of all trades” Roles will be clearly defined and measured based on specific desired outcomes. Data will become an integral component for predicting the likelihood of Inside Sales success.

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The 11th Question to Ask Before Buying a Marketing Automation Solution

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A good read I discovered recently is a post by Lauren Carlson, What Do You Wish You Had Asked Your MA Vendor? , Lauren’s article is based on her survey of marketing automation users that sought—knowing what they know now—the questions they would ask vendors if they were going back and buying their software all over again.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

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In a sense, three cloud application companies at a combined average of five years after going public are all spending nearly half of their revenue on sales and marketing. Could the reasons why point to similar expense paths for the marketing automation vendors looking at going public? Sales and marketing activity.

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B2B Marketing & Sales Insights from Lori Wizdo of Forrester Research

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In our discussion, Lori shared key insights into the B2B buyer's journey as well as marketing and sales alignment. There's a lot of discussion in the marketplace about articles you've written, including "The Lead-Nurturing Payoff For The Tech Industry." How they act with a vendor depends on if they think they know how to buy.

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5 Critical Things to Consider When Evaluating Lead Generation Companies

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What is called “Inside Sales”, “Sales Support”, “Telesales” and dozens of other names is growing 15x faster than field sales—in fact, my colleague, Jonathan Farrington, published a blog stating that within three years 80 – 90% of all B2B transactions will be done online—most with some form of sales support but not field sales.

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Is Anyone Leading Lead Management?

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Sales lead management is a tough subject to truly get your arms around. There are dozens of outside vendors who say they manage some portion of the sales lead process and more than two dozen internal departments that contribute to the process and the decision making. Sales Operations. Inside Sales.

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Sales Tip to Dear Mike: Unsolicited e-Mail Not Effective in Sales.

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Lori Richardson is America’s B2B Sales Detective - she helps companies grow revenues at Score More Sales , and is a speaker in the upcoming AA-ISP Boston Conference on Inside Sales. Subscribe to get all the latest tips via the weekly newsletter, 1 Minute Sales Tips. . Sales Ideas & Skills.

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