Technology Will Not Steal Sales Jobs Warns 1st Line Global

    WEST PALM BEACH, FL, September 09, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- According to the Bank of America (entrepreneur.com, 5 Reasons Not to Replace Your sales Reps with Robots, published on 7th July, 2016) by 2025, robots are likely to be performing 45% of manufacturing tasks. Furthermore, reports from Oxford University have predicted that nearly half of all US jobs will be at high risk of being lost to computers.

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Fears over technology stealing sales jobs were expressed following the advent of the phone and the internet and just last year, Forrester Research predicted that one million B2B salespeople would become obsolete by 2020.

But the US Department of Labor has projected that the employment of sales managers will increase by 8% through 2022; and the 2016 Career Builder study predicted that sales hiring in 2016 will increase by 27%. Building on these statistics, 1st Line Global stands by their theory that B2B sellers cannot be replaced by technology because of the personalization a person offers; something technology cannot compete with.

The marketing consultants go on to explain the key reasons why technology cannot replace direct sellers and marketers. Firstly, buyers are savvy and often do their research before any purchase is made, which is why they want an educated sales person. Buyers may have questions and concerns, or want personalized solutions, which a sales rep can deliver on but a robot can't. Building on this increase in consumer knowledge, the needs and wants of customers has evolved; a sales person is better equipped to provide a sales consultation when selling a customized product or service.

It's not just consumers that benefit from salespeople over robots; companies do too. Salespeople help to align sales and marketing and those companies that can perfect the buyer's transition from the marketing to the sales department will out-perform their competitors.

1st Line Global is an outsourced sales and event marketing firm based in West Palm Beach. The firm specializes in a unique form of marketing which allows them to connect with consumers on behalf of their clients' brands. 1st Line Global delivers personalized marketing campaigns directly to consumers via face-to-face marketing methods. As the firm strongly believes there will still be a huge demand for direct sales and marketing specialists, 1st Line Global are committed to developing the next generation of direct sellers and marketers.

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