{"id":323,"date":"2017-02-17T16:57:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T16:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.datananas.com\/en\/?p=323"},"modified":"2017-07-07T14:17:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T12:17:24","slug":"inbound-marketing-outbound-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.datananas.com\/en\/inbound-marketing-outbound-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Inbound Marketing vs Outbound Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the role of the salesperson used to be producing more business opportunities, that&#8217;s no longer the case today. The internet now allows prospect customers to know everything about your offer. It even lets them see the comparison between your solution and your competitor&#8217;s solution. We truly believe that outbound sales is the future of sales prospecting methods.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Inbound Marketing and Outbound Sales: what&#8217;s that?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you were to simplify, business opportunities can thus come from two sources:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Outbound Sales<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.datananas.com\/en\/lead-relationship-management-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">initial contact<\/a> with your company came through a sales representative (through telephone prospecting, email or another medium)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inbound Marketing<\/strong> :the prospect comes to you himself by various channels, but particularly thanks to your <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.datananas.com\/en\/marketing-strategy-profitable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">content strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Inbound or Outbound: which one should you choose?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Inbound and Outbound <\/b>are<b> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">complementary. Choosing between one of these two levers would amount to leaving half the money on the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Inbound Marketing is a<b> long term strategy<\/b> because you will have write content on a regular basis, improve your referencing, and so on&#8230; However, this strategy allows you to keep a steady and <b>continuous flow of leads in the long run.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Outbound Sales are<b> put in place and allow you to get results very quickly<\/b>: all you have to do is send out emails or pick up your telephone. However, if you bring your sales efforts to a halt, you will also bring about less leads.<\/p>\n<p>Inbound will allow you to generally \u00a0get more leads (it however depends on your activity), which are also less qualified because you&#8217;ll be attracting a lot of curiosity. So, you&#8217;ll have to do some sorting.<\/p>\n<p>So, between Inbound Marketing and Outbound Sales, choose both for a full business development strategy!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"yasr-auto-insert-visitor\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the role of the salesperson used to be producing more business opportunities, that&#8217;s no longer the case today. The internet now allows prospect customers to know everything about your offer. It even lets them see the comparison between your solution and your competitor&#8217;s solution. 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