Articles about Sales

Most business areas are starting to feel the impact of artificial intelligence, enabling data to be used more effectively to deliver intelligence and outcomes.

Sales, though, has always been about people and building relationships over time, so can AI offer value here too? Nikhil Cheerla, co-founder of sales AI assistant company Nooks, thinks it can, and we talked to him to find out how.

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TEAMGROUP has unveiled its latest stotage product, the PRO+ microSDXC UHS-I U3 A2 V30 memory card. This card is designed to meet the highest standards, including Class A2 application performance, UHS Speed Class 3, and Video Speed Class V30. It boasts impressive read and write speeds of up to 160MB/s and 110MB/s, respectively.

The PRO+ MicroSDXC Memory Card is compatible with a wide range of mobile devices and cameras, enabling users to capture and enjoy high-definition 4K videos and photos. Its reliability and stable performance are backed by its UHS Speed Class 3 and Video Speed Class V30 ratings. With a maximum read speed of 160 MB/s and a write speed of 110 MB/s, it's perfect for storing high-quality media content and ensuring smooth operations.

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Today, Amazon launches four new Echo devices, including the Echo Pop, Echo Show 5, Echo Show 5 Kids, and Echo Buds. The new devices offer customers even more choice in how they access Alexa, Amazon's voice assistant. In addition, the company announces more than a half billion Alexa-enabled devices have been sold.

The Echo Pop ($39.99) is a small, affordable Echo device that is ideal for bedside or kitchen use. It features a compact design and a fabric finish that makes it look great in any home. The Echo Pop also has a built-in speaker that can be used to play music, get news, and more.

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The economy may be in the toilet right now, but just because inflation is at an all-time high, that doesn't mean you shouldn't buy gifts this year. In fact, with many financial experts predicting a painful 2023, we might as well take advantage of all the great 2022 Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, right?

This year, there are many impressive discounts on technology-related purchases such as computer peripherals, devices and electronics. Below, we are sharing some of the best deals. While many of the sales will not start until Friday, some are live already. We will be continually adding deals to this list, so keep checking back!

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A new survey of over 600 IT and business decision-makers from Foundry shows that 96 percent are interested in receiving custom tailored content when they contact a tech vendor.

The most desired customizations being by industry (54 percent), technology platform(s) they already have installed at their organization (49 percent), company size (31 percent) and job responsibilities (28 percent).

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Through every industrial revolution, from 18th-century coal and steam to today’s 21st-century digital cloud, manufacturers have adapted their operations to the modern technological standard. Today, with e-commerce rapidly transforming how consumers shop, manufacturers face an urgent need to shift their traditional sales strategy and services to meet rising expectations for a seamless buying experience -- especially for complex enterprise products.

Sales teams have addressed this pressure for the past decade with popular configure price quote (CPQ) platforms. However, the more options and buying channels customers seek and companies' products fulfill, the more burdens CPQ software faces in connecting these complex buying cycles. To improve time to market, sell solutions more effectively and gain competitive advantages through customized selling experiences, a significant upgrade in CPQ technology is needed to mesh businesses' and customers’ multiple needs.

Standards change

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Businesses now communicate with customers and prospects in new ways as technology has advanced. Today's sales reps use a variety of tools to accomplish their tasks, such as email, social media and video chat tools among others. Therefore, traditional in-person sales meetings have become less common.

However, even as the B2B sales process becomes increasingly digital, face-to-face meetings still provide certain benefits that no technology can replicate. In-person requests are 34 times more successful than those made over email, the close rate for in-person meetings is 57 percent, and executives and business travelers estimate that 28 percent of their current business would be lost without in-person meetings. While virtual communication is key, face-to-face meetings still hold the following advantages in the modern sales process.

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