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" Using Technology to Sell is filled with practical, effective techniques to sell more by leveraging the plethora of tools and information in today´s world. By applying these principles, you´ll open more doors, increase your productivity, speed up decisions, and close more deals."
--Jill Konrath, author of SNAP Selling and Selling to Big Companies

Using Technology to Sell: Tactics to Ratchet Up Results shows salespeople and sales managers the most effective ways to leverage a variety of technologies to increase sales and gain more customers. Topics include making the most of cloud-based customer relationship management software, putting social media to the best use, presenting on three continents simultaneously through advanced video conferencing, using advanced techniques to gain an information edge over competitors, and much more.

As this book shows, while the sales process will remain pretty much the same from now until the end of time, technology used properly can increase sales power at every step of the cycle. Technology, in the right hands, is a strategic weapon and a competitive differentiation tool that can dramatically improve close rates, deal size, efficiency, total sales, and much more. Using Technology to Sell will show you how to:

Expand your market through the use of technology.
Employ software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications to keep track of customers, stay organized, present, and sell more systematically.
Use social media to increase sales.
Maintain the personal element in a world wired with technology.
Use the best sales methodology and integrate each step with technology.
Overcome any aversion to using technology to sell.
Avoid the trap of overuse or dependency on technology.

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Technology Is Changing Selling
What Hasn´t Changed: The Sales Process Past, Present, and Future
Foundation: The Sales Process from Beginning to End
Technologies Used in Selling
Using Social Media to Sell
Utilizing Technology and Sales Skills at Each Stage of the Sales Process
Managing the Sales Process with Technology
The New Landscape: The Merger of Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service
Selling to "X": Varying the Approach Depending on the Audience
Tips, Warnings, and Suggestions

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Jonathan London is president and founder of the Improved Performance Group, a training and development consulting firm specializing in helping sales organizations improve results. London is an accomplished salesperson, having been a top earner at technology companies like Olivetti, ROLM, Wyse/Amdek, and others. IPG s clients include Tandberg, VeriSign, Polycom, Dell Computers, Lawson Software, Advertising.com, SPSS, Ricoh Corporation, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Enunciate, AT&T and many others. He has been a guest speaker for such companies as MCI, iDirect, Tandberg, IBI, and Classmates.com.

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