With the assistance of The TAS Group, ESR recently surveyed nearly 400 users of the following technologies to determine the effects that these new technologies in helping them win B2B sales opportunities:
- Jigsaw;
- LinkedIn;
- Twitter;
- Plaxo;
- Facebook;
- Hoover's or OneSource.
The pace of technology development today is dizzying. It seems as though a new sales-related technology appears daily. The question is, do these new technologies produce additional sales or just consume valuable selling time and distract sales leaders and their teams from focusing on what can really improve performance?
A few specifics from the survey:
- 35% of respondents say that LinkedIn has helped them win sometimes or often;
- 69% of respondents say they don't use Twitter. Of those that douse the tool, 20% say it has not helped them win;
- 8% of respondents say that Facebook has helped them win sometimes or often.
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