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The Truth About Leads, Marketing Automation and Strategic Account Management

Strategic account management and marketing automation: a marriage made in heaven or oil and water?

I had the good fortune to discuss how SAM and marketing automation intersect with Bob Thompson, CEO of CustomerThink,..

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Posted by Jeff Molander on Mar 2, 2011 10:05:00 AM

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A 3 Step Process to Make Social Media Produce Sales

Today's guest blogger, Jeff Molander, is adjunct professor of digital marketing at Loyola University business school, a content marketing speaker and author of the forthcoming book, Off the Hook Marketing: How to make..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Feb 21, 2011 10:30:00 AM

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Who gets your vote as history’s top twenty women? And the winners are…

Sponsoring SLMA’s Top Twenty Women in sales lead management got me to thinking about the top 20 women of all time.

From initial visions of Rosie the Riveter and the sounds of “You’ve Come a Long Way Baby” (somehow, the..

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Posted by James Obermayer on Feb 16, 2011 11:50:00 AM

Tags: Lead Management, Guest Blogs

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What if CRM had not been invented?

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Jim returns this month with another thought..

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Posted by Ann Handley on Feb 2, 2011 9:29:00 AM

Tags: B2B Marketing, Guest Blogs

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Today's guest blogger, Ann Handley, is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs and the co-author of the brand-new book, Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That..

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You Can’t Put in What God Left Out … and Other Important Things Learned in Business and Life

Jim Obermayer is the founder of the Sales Lead Management Association, and host of the Funnel Radio Channel. Jim recently..

Why Don’t Companies Want to Talk to Anyone?

It’s truly strange when companies enter the stealth mode. They hide phone numbers, dial-by-name directories, and employee names,..

What Should the Sales Close Rate Be?

I’ve read and heard (from a well-known industry analyst firm) that best-in-class companies close 30% of sales qualified leads..

Gold Calling vs. Cold Calling

I've written many blog posts on the fact that cold calling isn't dead. In fact, doing the right amount of research, adding a..

Outbound vs. Inbound: The Risk Management Issue in the Complex Sale

Companies providing complex, high-investment solutions are facing a significant risk management issue in light of Sirius..