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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Podcast: What Sales Really Needs From Marketing

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This podcast was conducted for the marketing alliance partners for Sage Software , makers of ACT!, Peachtree and SageCRM software. John originally hoped that Jill and I would debate or lock horns (Jill from the sales viewpoint and me from the marketing viewpoint). Peachtree and SageCRM software. It’s great.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Some organizations merely want IT to play cop: guard against threats, lock down data, etc. Organizations evaluated, bought, and deployed software that everyone was supposed to use. For instance, open source software and the Freemium model are allowing for a more organic, bottom-up adoption of many applications and technologies.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

There is More Than One SXSW As the conference continues to grow (interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total), attendee segmentation follows apace. But, I absorbed many smaller lessons that will help guide my thinking about the conference, technology, and social business in the coming months.