Sales 2.0: Improve Business Results Using Innovative Sales Practices and Technology

Two Silicon Valley insiders reveal the emerging Sales 2.0 trend and how companies can profit from itSales 2.0 explores the emerging Sales 2.0 phenomenon, how it is characterized, why it is imperative for a company's long-term success, and how anyone can get started with this new approach to generating revenue. Driven by an explosion of online products and changing customer buying preferences, Sales 2.0 is the marriage of Web 2.0 technologies with innovative sales processes. The book shows readers how to redeploy their sales teams for greater bottom-line results and reveals all the differences between Sales 2.0 and traditional selling. Through real world case studies, readers will learn how industry leaders achieved phenomenal results and a competitive advantage. Applicable to sales teams in any industry, Sales 2.0 presents the future of sales today.

Acknowledgments.Preface.Foreword by Geoffrey Moore.PART 1 SELLING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.1 What is Sales 2.0?2 Why is Sales 2.0 Imperative for Your Business?3 Sales 1.0 to Sales 2.0: Changing Mindset.4 Sales 2.0 Results and Rewards.5 Seven Misperceptions about Sales 2.0.6 Eight Sales 2.0 Imperatives.7 R U Sales 2.0? A Checklist.PART 2 YOUR ENTRY INTO SALES 2.0.8 What is Inside Sales?9 Sales Development: Generating, Qualifying, and Managing Leads.10 Telesales: Selling by Telephone and Web.11 The Benefits of Inside Sales.PART 3 PROFILES OF FOUR SALES 2.0 LEADERS.12 Oracle Corporation: The Original Sales 2.0 Company.13 WebEx Communications: Software-as-a-Service Leader and Sales 2.0 Showcase.14 Genius.com: An Emerging Sales 2.0 Pioneer.15 Syneron: Visionary Sales Leadership in an Unexpected Industry.PART 4 GETTING STARTED WITH SALES 2.0.16 Your Sales 2.0 Plan: Making a Transition.17 Sales 2.0 Strategy: Realigning Your Sales Organization.18 Sales 2.0 People: Assessing Staffing, Training, and Compensation.19 Sales 2.0 Process: Defining and Measuring Your Customer-Centric Sales Steps.20 Sales 2.0 Technology: Selecting the Right Enabling Tools.Afterword.Sales 2.0 Resources.Index.