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Best Practices in Sales Performance Improvement: Outsourcing Delivers High-Intensity Leads

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: September 2008
Product Code: R104-36767
Description

This IDC study provides a detailed examination of the best practices employed by technology companies to build and manage lead flow. The role and function of inside sales is in transition, with some leading companies now driving significant growth through an effective application of their inside sales organization to key opportunities, markets, and territories. Through our best practice research, we have identified a series of best practices and critical success factors that help ensure the productivity and efficiency of inside sales strategies.

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Table of Contents

IDC Opinion

In This Study

Executive Summary

Methodology

Situation Overview

Introduction

Justifying Outsourced Demand Generation

The High-Intensity Lead

We Don't Know What We Don't Know

Managing the Demand Generation Process

Telesales, Inside Sales, and the Lead Qualification Challenge

Outsourcing Alternatives and Expectations

Best Practices

Best Practice: Develop Clarity on the Specific Qualifications

Relationship Management Best Practices

Future Outlook

It's All About Results

Table: LEAD MANAGEMENT PROCESS

Essential Guidance

Critical Success Factors

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