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Poll: Should LSPs hire sales staff from outside the industry?
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Ekaterina Chashnikova
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Yes Dec 15, 2024

People with backgrounds from outside the industry can bring fresh ideas and brighten up the sales.

I also agree with the option of having a mix of both since the translation and localization industry has its unique features.
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Other Dec 15, 2024

I haven’t the faintest idea. The only thing I know for sure is that no marketing campaign can outlast a bad product or service, whether the sales team is internal or external...

Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
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IrinaN (X)
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Other Dec 15, 2024

Great idea!

Let's enrich the industry already filled with people who can't and shouldn't be translating with the sales reps who wouldn't have a slightest idea of what the heck they are selling.

[Edited at 2024-12-15 21:20 GMT]

Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
 


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