Wednesday, 9 November, 2011

Building the new Sales Force - Social Networking with UC


Sales is largely a social function. Personal, social and in real-time. You don't sell alone, you need a team behind you to win!

A fully productive sales team needs access to the right information, the right expertise and the right tools—in real-time—to give them the edge to win. A social sales strategy combined with integrated communication and collaboration tools needs to be pervasive and not limited to a single sales use-case. The ability to connect across boundaries—partners, customers and employees—is absolutely critical, in order to take full advantage of the new ways a business can have a big impact on both direct and indirect sales channels.

The bottom line is your sales people should be selling, instead of prospecting and spending too much time understanding how to gather resources and when to schedule resources. They are stuck trying to wear too many hats because of lack of information and communication throughout their organization. This is not sales-enablement. It is time for people and the information they need to close deals, to be served directly to them. It's time for a new way!

Unified communication and collaboration tools provide your sales team with the insight, expert knowledge and information they need to increase your revenue. Put the power of your internal network at their fingertips to optimize the effectiveness and readiness of your sales force.