Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 31, 2011

The event is scheduled May 4-6 at the Fairmont Scottsdale Resort. This event is considered the premiere B2B Sales and Marketing event of the year and if you are into Sales, Marketing, Demand Gen, and any discipline that surrounds it, this is the event to attend.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 28, 2011

The event features keynotes from John Grosshans of SAP Americas and Justin Shriber of Oracle (the latter will be reprising his presentation from the recent Sales 2.0 Register for the event using discount code SPONL2 and save $75 off the current rate. I also highly recommend you check out the session with Steve Richard of Vorsight.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 29, 2009

Last fall at a NETSEA event, Joe Galvin , Vice President and Research Director for SiriusDecisions , was the speaker. I assume it was also a topic at your event. What are you seeing as the top actions sales and marketing execs can do to make this alignment happen and to make it impact their companies? Could there be a 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 3, 2009

Back in the late 90s, I was the founder of a software company called Pangaea. event in Boston on May 21. conference that said "companies that don't invest in the top of the funnel this year, won't be here next year". conference that said "companies that don't invest in the top of the funnel this year, won't be here next year".

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

How can upstart, small- to mid-sized companies build a tribe? How can even large companies with very specific offerings build a tribe? Give away lots of relevant info through blogs, twitter, industry events, etc. Host tweet-ups, or networking events. LinkedIn Groups. Send fun gifts to known tribe members. Be genuine.

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

and I were both panelists discussing: Linked, Tweeted, and Profiled:Using the Power of Social Media to Generate Sales Leads and Expand Client Relationships Despite a minor glitch from the webinar hosting provider during the first minute, the event was successful due to Richardson's impeccable planning process. Nigel Edelshain of Sales 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

and I were both panelists discussing: Linked, Tweeted, and Profiled:Using the Power of Social Media to Generate Sales Leads and Expand Client Relationships Despite a minor glitch from the webinar hosting provider during the first minute, the event was successful due to Richardson's impeccable planning process. Nigel Edelshain of Sales 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 11, 2009

Last fall at a NETSEA event, Joe Galvin , Vice President and Research Director for SiriusDecisions , was the speaker. I assume it was also a topic at your event. What are you seeing as the top actions sales and marketing execs can do to make this alignment happen and to make it impact their companies? Could there be a 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. event in Boston on May 21. conference that said "companies that don't invest in the top of the funnel this year, won't be here next year". conference that said "companies that don't invest in the top of the funnel this year, won't be here next year".

Top of Funnel 100

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

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2009

an information technology research and advisory company. Many events in the physical world, like meetups and house parties, start with Twitter. Later, Michael Dell launched IdeaStorm.com and begged customers to give his company advice (and he still gets plenty of it, which he welcomes with open arms).

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 13, 2009

Speaker's blogs are listed if I could find them, otherwise their company link is there. Tags: marketingprofs demand socialmedia marketing events sales2.0 If anyone has more accurate info, feel free to share it. If you're a speaker and want to share links to your presentations or handouts, that would be great too.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 13, 2010

The other piece I enjoyed was meeting folks from competing company. Hiring and creating good talent was a comon theme during the event, and Henry's take on it ensures steady and talented inside sales professionals. It was great to meet everyone and share our Big Ideas. Competing with them on a daily basis keeps us honest.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Walking around a networking event the other night I noticed everyone's nametag was just a name (no company). History : When the event was over and I got home, I reviewed the search page on the iPhone and there were all the people I had plugged in. It is a networking secret weapon. Like a history of my networking.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Walking around a networking event the other night I noticed everyone's nametag was just a name (no company). History : When the event was over and I got home, I reviewed the search page on the iPhone and there were all the people I had plugged in. It is a networking secret weapon. Like a history of my networking.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Do we really want people who earn $150 an hour creating PowerPoint presentations from scratch or searching Hoovers for basic company information about their prospects? What experiences do you bring with you that are particularly relevant to the critical business issues faced by my company today?" Time for the real "research".red,

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2009

The courage part came from several life changing business events. These events set the groundwork for how I work with clients today, and how I expect them to work with me, and is what I believe keeps our client relationships long lasting. Many companies simply try to extract their pound of flesh with every contract.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 15, 2009

The courage part came from several life changing business events. These events set the groundwork for how I work with clients today, and how I expect them to work with me, and are what I believe keep our client relationships long lasting. Many companies simply try to extract their pound of flesh with every contract.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2009

Mike: I recently interviewed Joe Galvin of SiriusDecisions on the topic of Sales and Marketing Alignment and his feeling is that it's one of the barriers companies need to overcome to succeed. Tags: thought leader interviews b2b events genius.com curry b2b marketing sales2.0 In the Sales 2.0 What are your thoughts there?

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 25, 2009

We all know that accelerating a prospect through the educational/discovery phase onward to a selling cycle and then a buying event takes time. I asked him what separates Pro and Enterprise as a reason a company would just purchase Pro versus the full marketing automation product. sales genius.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 24, 2009

We all know that accelerating a prospect through the educational/discovery phase onward to a selling cycle and then a buying event takes time. I asked him what separates Pro and Enterprise as a reason a company would just purchase Pro versus the full marketing automation product.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 24, 2009

We all know that accelerating a prospect through the educational/discovery phase onward to a selling cycle and then a buying event takes time. I asked him what separates Pro and Enterprise as a reason a company would just purchase Pro versus the full marketing automation product.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 14, 2010

Like" the feeds from the key account manager, feed in key words from the opportunity such as company name or project name, follow the status and feed updates from key decision makers in the social sphere. Reporting - Create feeds from certain reports that trigger when large opportunites change status, or when a company KPI changes.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 19, 2009

Outbound: Telemarketing,Email, Events). This may explain why the Goliath companies are spending more on outbound lead generation. HubSpot 's survey, made up of companies of all sizes, shows that in 2008 the average marketing spend from b2b companies on outbound telemarketing efforts to be 12%. Inbound: SEO, SEM, Blogs.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 4, 2009

Outbound: Telemarketing, Email, Events). This may explain why the Goliath companies are spending more on outbound lead generation. HubSpot 's survey, made up of companies of all sizes, shows that in 2008 the average marketing spend from b2b companies on outbound telemarketing efforts to be 12%. Inbound: SEO, SEM, Blogs.

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Stevens - eMarketing Strategy Chris Tremblay - Event Technologies Tann Tueller - Harte Hanks Frank van Veenendaal - salesforce.com Jenny Vance - LeadGen Mari Anne Vanella - The Vanella Group Chris Williams - Compusystems Keith Wolf - Virtual Appoint Steve Woods - Eloqua Fred Yee - ActiveConversion Scott Zimmerman - The Cyrano Group.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

As it pertains to a b2b company with big-ticket items and long sales cycles, what areas are you seeing some immediate value with from both an online community and a social media perspective? Test” should be the mantra, so companies can figure out what works best for them. Mike: People are bombarded with so many options.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2009

At this point, notify the sales rep and then remove this lead from the workflow and have the rep pursue them by phone - What sets Genius apart from the rest if at any time during the waiting process a qualifying conversion event is reached the rep will notified immediately and the prospect will be removed from the workflow.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2009

At this point, notify the sales rep and then remove this lead from the workflow and have the rep pursue them by phone - What sets Genius apart from the rest if at any time during the waiting process a qualifying conversion event is reached the rep will notified immediately and the prospect will be removed from the workflow.

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Marketing Automation Services Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 100

Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 12, 2009

At this point, notify the sales rep and then remove this lead from the workflow and have the rep pursue them by phone - What sets Genius apart from the rest if at any time during the waiting process a qualifying conversion event is reached the rep will notified immediately and the prospect will be removed from the workflow etc.

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Marketing Automation Services Sales Genius Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 8, 2009

an information technology research and advisory company. Many events in the physical world, like meetups and house parties, start with Twitter. It took awhile, but Dell executives finally joined the online conversation and began to slowly rebuild the company's tarnished image. Fouts presented yesterday in Boston.

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 4, 2009

At a previous company we expected to be able to knock out a regular set of campaigns in a given quarter, but instead it took all of our energy to roll out two. Mike: Some companies are still acting as if they are in economic crisis mode. Web Events? I think oftentimes the resource issue is wildly overlooked. Inbound Marketing?

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Both events are loaded with speakers and content, and I'm sure there will be tons of marketing goodness to share. Our first is with Emily Salus of CollabNet, a company that sells application lifecycle management software for distributed development teams. Do you want to be one of the companies they consider or not?

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Conference back in SFO a couple years ago, I was totally impressed with the fact that his company, Sales 2.0 Conference events, what changes have you seen in the past 2 years since all the "movement" started gaining momentum? Tags: thought leader interviews b2b events genius.com curry b2b marketing sales2.0 in my view.

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2009

At a previous company, we expected to be able to knock out a regular set of campaigns in a given quarter, but instead it took all of our energy to roll out two. Mike: Some companies are still acting as if they are in economic crisis mode. Web Events? I think oftentimes the resource issue is wildly overlooked. Inbound Marketing?

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 19, 2009

Use Twitter to personally invite prospects to your company’s events. One of Phone Work’s (my company’s) clients is generating 10% of total registrations via Twitter for an executive-level event. companies, sales people are usually one or the other (new business reps or reps who look after customer accounts).

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 7, 2009

Use Twitter to personally invite prospects to your company’s events. One of Phone Work’s (my company’s) clients is generating 10% of total registrations via Twitter for an executive-level event. companies, sales people are usually one or the other (new business reps or reps who look after customer accounts).

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Gen 100

Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Both events are loaded with speakers and content, and I'm sure there will be tons of marketing goodness to share. Our first is with Emily Salus of CollabNet, a company that sells application lifecycle management software for distributed development teams. Do you want to be one of the companies they consider or not?

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Enterprise Management Work Management 100