{"id":10922,"date":"2023-03-23T17:56:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T06:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pulserecruitment.com.au\/?p=10922"},"modified":"2023-11-10T16:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T05:55:41","slug":"sales-trends-in-apac-prioritizing-automation-and-texting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pulserecruitment.com.au\/sales-trends-in-apac-prioritizing-automation-and-texting\/","title":{"rendered":"News | Sales Trends In APAC: Prioritizing Automation And Texting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">We&#8217;ve picked some more interesting trends that we have found in the 2023 APAC Hubspot Sales Report.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a snapshot which seems to highlight a heavy focus on automation and using texting and Whatsapp as an effective tool in the Asian market.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-list-indent=\"1\" data-list-type=\"bulleted\">In Australia, sales teams are more likely to embrace hybrid sales and remote selling, with cross-selling and upselling to existing customers being a top sales goal for 2023.<\/li>\n<li data-list-indent=\"1\" data-list-type=\"bulleted\">Singaporeans have increased their mobile purchases for both personal and business use, and WhatsApp is their preferred messaging and chat platform for reaching out about a product or service.<\/li>\n<li data-list-indent=\"1\" data-list-type=\"bulleted\">A mobile-first strategy for sales and alignment with marketing is predicted for Southeast Asia as a whole.<\/li>\n<li data-list-indent=\"1\" data-list-type=\"bulleted\">SE Asian Countries prioritise Net Promoter Score (NPS) as a top sales metric, with texting and messaging growing as effective sales channels.<\/li>\n<li data-list-indent=\"1\" data-list-type=\"bulleted\">Sales teams should focus on providing personalised outreach throughout the buying process and using sales tech tools to gain a thorough understanding of the buyer for future, more contextual, communication.<\/li>\n<li data-list-indent=\"1\" data-list-type=\"bulleted\">Successful sales organisations in the APAC area are relying more on automated tools, business intelligence, buying signals, texting and messaging, and social selling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Expect to see more hybrid and remote selling, a focus on upselling and cross-selling, and a boom in emerging channels like using WhatsApp for sales in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">READY FOR A GAME-CHANGING CAREER OR TEAM ENHANCEMENT?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"FeedBlockStory TaskStoryFeed-blockStory\">\n<div class=\"FeedBlockStory-content\">\n<div class=\"BlockStoryStructure BlockStory Stack Stack--align-stretch Stack--direction-row Stack--display-block Stack--justify-start\">\n<div class=\"BlockStoryStructure-block\">\n<div class=\"BlockStoryStructure-body\">\n<div class=\"TruncatedRichText\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"RichText3 TruncatedRichText-richText\">\n<div class=\"TypographyPresentation TypographyPresentation--m RichText3-paragraph--withVSpacingNormal RichText3-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\">For professionals poised for their next career step or employers in pursuit of exceptional talent, delve into unmatched <a class=\"PrimaryLink BaseLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pulserecruitment.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IT, sales, and marketing recruitment<\/a> across APAC and the USA. 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