Research from KnowledgeStorm shows that a high percentage of leads that begin their research on the Web ultimately result in an active project. The technology vendors that nurture these Early Stage leads are often in a better selling position than those vendors that later "pile on" to more advanced, but also more competitive, leads. 

Read this paper to learn how organizations that have selected a hosted contact center solution have minimized or even eliminated the cost of their IT or telecom support departments. Keep reading to learn what the benefits a hosted contact center solution can have for your company. 

Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Contact Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) is complicated. Here are six simple steps to take to manage that complexity. 

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online delivered the reliable solution Norris needed to safeguard, analyze, and share customer data with employees. His team can now use that data to much more effectively sell and up-sell his firm's products and services. 

One of the biggest dangers in establishing best practices for your contact center is to do so in isolation from your self-service stakeholders. Instead, all customer "touch-points" must be viewed as part of a continuum. Customer touch points include Web Self-Service, Interactive Voice Response, Contact Center Agents, and Face-to-Face transactions. 

In today's economy, it is important to take every step you can to ensure sales effectiveness, which includes knowing who to contact and having accurate and helpful information about their company. You can get all this and more with this free trial of ZoomInfo. 

The Internet has changed the dynamics of technology sales and marketing. While most marketing efforts emphasize generating leads, and most sales efforts are focused on closing sales, not enough consideration is given to the little-understood but vital middle ground of lead qualification. Learn more about industry best practices. 

This resource provides IT security professionals with the information needed to understand PCI compliance and specifically, one of the standard's latest requirements, 6.6. In addition, the paper offer tips for successful PCI 6.6 compliance and highlights compliance successes from real-world companies. 

When outdated equipment and disparate systems were hampering in-house communications, customer service, and workflow, Indiana University Medical Group turned to CDW for a three-part Cisco solution. This case study gives details on the benefits they gained. 

This study illustrates the financial impact of deploying Microsoft Exchange 2010 for a retail and distribution organization of 1,500 employees and $450 million in annual revenue. 

In this e-book, we examine ten ways sales organizations can accelerate the progression from cold to close. From improving marketing results through pinpoint prospecting to making sure sales and marketing are on the same page, here are some tangible steps you can take to move faster from cold to close.