Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 28, 2010

Last night I heard a few sound bites in Obama's State of the Union Address that brought to mind what I hear from sales and marketing folks daily. So here are a few interpretations had the president been talking about Demand Gen. "We This is about Sales and Marketing Alignment. As demand gen experts, we have to change.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 1, 2010

What this means to me (and you) is its connection to Sales 2.0. It's about changing the way sales and marketing do our jobs and adapting. Here are three ways we can keep that evolution going: Improve our prospect's interactions with us - These interactions make or break the sales process. Is this Sales 2.0?

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Q4 is a great time to lay the groundwork for next year's sales activity, never mind the possibility that you may find a deal in the rough that wants to close before the end of the year. Should sales momentum ever be paused? It's a great time to introduce your company. We'll get to it in Q1 : Why wait? Use it to your advantage.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 17, 2010

You're able to see your active leads, broken down by active companies, active prospects, and qualified leads. Contacts of the prospect company can be instantly researched in Jigsaw. Push leads and session visit data to the sales team through regularly scheduled emails. More Smashmouth Demand Gen Product Reviews.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2010

At one point some entrepreneurial soul spun off from one of the big companies, such as Digital or Wang, and there you have it -- an industry was born. Now there are over 1500 third-party lead gen employees in the area, not to mention all the companies that have based their outbound efforts in the area. eCoast Sales. Good Leads.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

This past week Joe Galvin of SiriusDecisions released a study titled " The Rapid Rise of Inside Sales." It shows that Inside Sales teams are overcoming the stigma of a support team and becoming more of a front-line, quota-bearing piece of critical sales strategies. The impact on demand gen?

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 19, 2010

There were some great B2B Demand Gen articles posted this week, and here are the handful that stood out for the Smashmouth crowd: Old Spice: The Man Your Content Could Smell Like - The big news this week was the Old Spice Man answering people's questions and Twitter updates with personalized responses. What did we miss?

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 24, 2009

Mostly Inbound Mostly Outbound Both Equally Inbound Only Outbound Only The target audience was Sales & Marketing job functions, from the industries of Computer Hardware & Software, Internet, IT and Tech Services, Marketing & Advertising. Tags: poll outbound inbound demand marketing linkedin sales.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 25, 2009

The target audience was Sales & Marketing job functions, from the industries of Computer Hardware & Software, Internet, IT and Tech Services, Marketing & Advertising. So the random sales and marketing execs may want to pay attention to a few points: Most companies rely on a mix of Inbound and Outbound Marketing.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

This past week Joe Galvin of SiriusDecisions released a study titled " The Rapid Rise of Inside Sales." It shows that Inside Sales teams are overcoming the stigma of a support team and becoming more of a front-line, quota-bearing piece of critical sales strategies. The impact on demand gen?

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 14, 2020

Amid the day to day progression of the coronavirus, companies are seeing one of their major lead generation programs dry up – event marketing. Add to that the fact that many prospects are cancelling face-to-face sales meetings as companies mandate social distancing. Companies obviously have to prepare. Virtual Events.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 28, 2009

When we're selling our outbound marketing demand gen solutions, we get asked all the time, where can I find inexpensive b2b sales leads ? We obviously try to sell up to our high level appointment setting service , but not all companies are ready for that. Italics are their own company description, following that is my comment.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 18, 2009

I've known Trish Bertuzzi for years and always find her one of the most knowledgeable experts on inside sales there is. She founded The Bridge Group with a mission to help technology companies build highly successful inside sales teams. She writes for the Inside Sales Experts Blog. Trish is President of The Bridge Group.

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Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

On a recent sales call, the prospect told me he is working with a pay-for- performance appointment setting company like Green Leads. The difference, and the reason for the call, is that he wants more meetings per month, but the other vendor is " dictating the pace " at which he gets them. Was I dreaming? Did I hear that right?

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 22, 2009

This past week I was lucky enough to attend both the CMO Club Summit in New York, and the Sales 2.0 There was a definite overlap of key discussion points that I believe is critical for all sales and marketing execs to consider. Some highlights below: Marketing needs to understand their customers and their sales force.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2009

The topic of Quality vs. Quantity in demand gen has been a constant debate. Executive Summary : Lead gen programs that manage to Quality metrics provide sales ready leads that result in an overall higher ROI. It's a small world--find out who you or your colleagues know at those companies (use LinkedIn).

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 29, 2009

His insight and knowledge regarding sales and marketing was deep. We were talking last week and I asked him if he would put some thought to a few questions regarding sales and marketing alignment. Mike: Joe, you just came off a whirlwind tour with the SiriusDecisions Summit two weeks ago and the Sales 2.0 Conference this week.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 28, 2009

When we're selling our outbound marketing demand gen solutions, we get asked all the time, where can I find inexpensive b2b sales leads ? We obviously try to sell up to our high level appointment setting service , but not all companies are ready for that. Italics are their own company description, following that is my comment.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 8, 2009

This past week I was lucky enough to attend both the CMO Club Summit in New York, and the Sales 2.0 There was a definite overlap of key discussion points that I believe is critical for all sales and marketing execs to consider. Alignment of Sales & Marketing. Demand Generation. Sales Enablement. Social Media.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

IDC has been putting out great materials recently with their Sales Advisory Service. Lee Levitt is the Program Director for the service and is speaking with sales leaders, clients and prospects constantly. I'm looking forward to hearing a more detailed presentation this week at the Sales 2.0 Tell us about how Sales 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 13, 2010

The other piece I enjoyed was meeting folks from competing company. Linda and I got our demand gen start at BAO, and they are a class act with good people. Henry Glickel, BAO's top recruiter, presented on best practices for Inside Sales Recruiting. Being one of just a few By Appointment Only competitors is always a challenge.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Green Leads is introducing a new product/service next year and are trying to test it with a small group of sales and/or marketing folks. The service is a Sales 2.0 The service is a Sales 2.0 Tags: demand marketing linkedin. We will be offering the beta test in two phases - alpha/beta.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 3, 2009

Back in the late 90s, I was the founder of a software company called Pangaea. It was a product configurator application being marketed to the sales industry, and so obviously I got to know the head of Selling Power magazine, Gerhard Gschwandtner , for the first time. Mike : Sales 2.0 is called Sales 2.0 conference?

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 5, 2009

I've known Trish Bertuzzi for years and always find her one of the most knowledgeable experts on inside sales there is. She founded The Bridge Group with a mission to help technology companies build highly successful inside sales teams. She writes for the Inside Sales Experts Blog. Trish is President of The Bridge Group.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 19, 2009

The following are what I thought were the top 20 take home tweets from the Sales 2.0 annekeseley : " sales 2.0 sales20 damphoux : Brett Queener, salesforce.com - Sales 2.0 is ensuring nobody sells alone #sales20 tmccleary99 : Major theme at Sales 2.0 - Marketing and Sales working TOGETHER in near realtime.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

IDC has been putting out great materials recently with their Sales Advisory Service. Lee Levitt is the Program Director for the service and is speaking with sales leaders, clients, and prospects constantly. I'm looking forward to hearing a more detailed presentation this week at the Sales 2.0 Tell us about how Sales 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 1, 2009

Back in the late 90s, I was the founder of a software company called Pangaea. It was a product configurator application being marketed to the sales industry, and so obviously I got to know the head of Selling Power magazine, Gerhard Gschwandtner , for the first time. Mike : Sales 2.0 is called Sales 2.0 conference?

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Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 Budget Programs 100

Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2009

With he upcoming Sales 2.0 David Thompson, CEO of Genius.com was one of the early leaders of the Sales 2.0 movement and recently co-authored Sales 2.0 The question is how can B2B Sales and Marketing organizations take advantage of the social media revolution to better engage with their customers and close more deals?

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 6, 2009

The following are what I thought were the top 20 take home tweets from the Sales 2.0 annekeseley : " sales 2.0 jepc : Gerhard Geschwandtner: " Trend 6: customers create companies instead of companies creating customers " #sales20. greenleads : "Sales 2.0 greenleads : "Sales 2.0 conference. is not the answer.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I was fortunate enough to be asked by Gerhard Gschwandtner , of Selling Power to speak this week at his Sales Leadership Conference in Philadelphia. The highlight of my day was listening to Seth Godin, blogger and author on topics b2b sales and marketing folks devour. How can upstart, small- to mid-sized companies build a tribe?

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The Sales Lead Management Association has opened up voting for the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management. I'm on the list, so if I've earned your respect in the world of demand gen and lead generation, I'd love your vote. The list is vast and full of some fantastic peers of mine, and you can only choose 3.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 11, 2009

His insight and knowledge regarding sales and marketing was deep. We were talking last week and I asked him if he would put some thought to a few questions regarding sales and marketing alignment. Mike : Joe, you just came off a whirlwind tour with the SiriusDecisions Summit two weeks ago and the Sales 2.0 Conference this week.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2009

With he upcoming Sales 2.0 David Thompson, CEO of Genius.com was one of the early leaders of the Sales 2.0 movement and recently co-authored Sales 2.0 The question is how can B2B Sales and Marketing organizations take advantage of the social media revolution to better engage with their customers and close more deals?

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2009

The topic of Quality vs. Quantity in demand gen has been a constant debate. Executive Summary : Lead gen programs that manage to Quality metrics provide sales ready leads that result in an overall higher ROI. It's a small world--find out who you or your colleagues know at those companies (use LinkedIn).

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2017

The sales and marketing industry is flooded with events, conferences, web events, you name it. These two guys know sales and marketing and I figured I’d most likely come back with something valuable. shifted B2B marketing focus to industrial-strength demand generation engines capable of delivering massive numbers of leads at scale.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 19, 2009

Many companies also operate inside sales departments, and there has been an industry built around supporting these efforts and providing superior service to clients. Services such as appointment setting, lead generation and list development are pervasive and a very common tool in the demand gen arsenal.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 28, 2019

Most sales people today have found that using LinkedIn as a research tool to identify specific prospects has been a fantastic way to find the needle in a haystack of potential leads. Once there, find a contact with a similar title/company -- In this case, Gerardo (hard to see). Just three more clicks according to Green Leads' BDR Mira.

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