The TAS Group Announces Free Target Account Selling Master Class Webinars On July 22 and August 5, 2009

SEATTLE--The TAS Group, the world leader in sales performance automation, today announced two free Target Account Selling^® (‘TAS’) Master Class webinars in July and August to help both TAS alumni and non-TAS customers focus on winning the deals they must win in the current opportunity-starved business environment.

The webinars are scheduled for 12 p.m. EDT on July 22 and August 5, 2009. The first webinar is geared to sales professionals and will focus on creating and updating TAS Opportunity Plans to help secure ‘must win’ deals. The second webinar is aimed at managers and will cover how to review and implement TAS Opportunity Plans to maximize a sales team’s chance of sales success.

The TAS Master Classes form part of The TAS Group’s free webinar program which runs every two weeks and features topics and advice for sales professionals to improve sales performance.

“In this budget- and decision-constrained economy, there are fewer deals out there and increased competition for them, so sales organizations really must make sure they’re doing everything in their power to win them,” said York Baur, chief marketing officer of The TAS Group. “The TAS Group wants to contribute with these free primers on opportunity management to help sales people get more deals across the finish line. “These webinars are ideal for those people looking to get an insight into a world-leading sales methodology, or for TAS alumni to refresh their skills. They will cover the essentials of Target Account Selling.”

The TAS Group is also introducing a special offer for TAS alumni to upgrade their TAS methodology from wallet cards, paper and spreadsheets to the Dealmaker^® On-Demand solution. Dealmaker TAS Edition contains the Target Account Selling methodology and becomes an automated, daily-use activity for sales team to help consistently win more deals.

All TAS alumni and non-TAS customers are welcome to register for the webinars at http://www.thetasgroup.com/webinars.html

Details of the Dealmaker TAS Edition offer for TAS alumni can be found at http://www.thetasgroup.com/taseditionoffer.html

About The TAS Group

The TAS Group provides sales performance automation to companies that want to achieve sustained, predictable and profitable revenue growth. It exists to guide and motivate global sales teams to win profitable business faster from target customers through a combination of methodology, process and technology. The TAS Group has helped over 650,000 sales professionals succeed and has global presence serving organizations in all major global economies with native language speaking, culturally attuned sales effectiveness experts, and solutions available in up to 14 languages. The TAS Group delivers proven sales methodology and process with its Dealmaker on-demand sales performance automation platform, which integrates with popular CRM products from salesforce.com, Oracle, and Microsoft. The TAS Group hosts and moderates the Sales 2.0 Network, a global, virtual thought leadership forum to discuss issues relevant to sales professionals in a Web 2.0 world. The only sales effectiveness organization with continuous multi-million dollar investment in its own methodology and technology R&D center, The TAS Group is headquartered in Seattle, with international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, and Reading, England.