B2B TeleServices: The 2009 Buyer's Guide

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - December 10, 2009) - Top performing sales organizations are meeting the challenges of increasing the quality of incoming leads, as well as the overall size of their pipeline, by turning to external providers of business-to-business (B2B) teleservices for a wide variety of deliverables, according to a new research study published by Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS).

"B2B TeleServices: The 2009 Buyer's Guide," which examined 206 organizations deploying outsourced B2B teleservices, found that the sales teams of Best-in-Class companies achieved an average of 90% of the overall sales team quota.

"When organizations deploy an outsourced B2B teleservices provider to acquire and deliver some form of sales opportunities, they are essentially seeking to fill the selling pipeline with as many qualified leads as possible," says Peter Ostrow, Research Director, Sales Effectiveness, Aberdeen Group, the report's author. "Leading companies are building substantial, multi-faceted relationships with solution providers that go far beyond the simple acquisition of flat data or sales appointments."

The report reveals what leading companies have been able to achieve through deployment of outsourced B2B teleservices, such as:

--  7% yearly increase on average in bid-to-win ratio
--  Average annual revenue per sales rep has increased 11% year-over-year
    

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Contact Information: Media Contacts: Peter Ostrow Aberdeen Harte-Hanks (617) 854-5373 peter.ostrow@aberdeen.com