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The Next Big Shift: From Customer-Facing to Customer-Embracing
A while back, businesses of all kinds were looking for IT tools that would make their sales teams more productive. For a while, the killer stack was the DayTimer, which let sales folks keep all their paper-and-pen junk in one 20-pound case. Cell phones were another step in the right direction, but still terribly limited. Then notebook computers, which let sales pros have an automated contact list, and then some PowerPoint decks, and then some e-mail. Somewhere in this phase, applications geared to the on-the-go salesperson were seen as the be-all, and the three-letter acronym of SFA Read More
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The InformationWeek Business Technology Network is a powerful network of leading brands that provide professional business technology buyers with the information, perspective and tools they need to make optimal decisions for their businesses – from defining and framing business technology objectives to the evaluation and recommendation of solutions. Read MoreFeatured Research: Social Media
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Using Social Media Platforms To Engage with Professional Business Technology Buyers
Social networking, in the age of the Internet, takes on many formats from instant messaging, “bookmarks” and “forwarding to a friend” to participating in online communities, user groups/forums and social networking sites. IT buyers want peer advice on difficult technology questions – and social media is becoming more of a viable solution. However, not all social media is created equal; some are better at others depending on the task at hand.
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