Sales profession and professionals in the age of digitization and artificial intelligence technologies: concepts, priorities, and questions
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Frequently Asked Questions (8)
Q2. What is the main benefit of using digital technologies to help salespeople stay longer in the job?
Salespeople may also stay longer in the job as there is less stress, role conflict, and ambiguity as technology generates standardization.
Q3. What are the main factors that drive the growth of inside sales?
The growth of inside sales is driven by several factors such as technological innovation, increasing customer demands, and a greater emphasis on cost control (Rapp et al. 2012).
Q4. What is the purpose of sales enablement groups?
Sales enablement groups are being established in many firms with a focus on providing salespeople with technology and information to sell more efficiently.
Q5. What are the roles of sales enablement?
These sales enablement roles are primarily responsible for drawing insights from sales activity data and creating digital content for sales leaders and salespeople to improve performance.
Q6. What are the benefits of using digital technologies to engage with customers?
Salespeople will also need training in the use of social media to engage with customers, as well as establish themselves through digital media as ‘experts’ in their field, to fulfill their potential when developing customer relationships in the new connected world.
Q7. What does the author suggest that is a process in which a broader set of actors?
scholars suggest that selling is a process in which a broader set of actors – on the buyer’s and the seller’s sides, as well as those who are a part of the broader market ecosystem – are engaged in creating and institutionalizing solutions.
Q8. What is the definition of customer experience management?
Customer Experience Management calls for activities that serve to integrate touchpoints along a brand theme and ensure a seamless transition across online and offline touchpoints.