Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 6, 2021

There are so many demand gen vendors out there, and if you are a demand gen professional in sales or marketing, we've probably called you. Words of wisdom from two industry leaders: Trish Bertuzzi, I nside Sales Expert , @bridgegroupinc : "Hiring a third party lead gen vendor is like dating… the chemistry is either there or it is not.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 2, 2022

Acquisition Accelerates Activate's Full-Funnel Demand-to-Pipeline Demand Generation Services and Adds High-Value Sales Appointment Setting Capabilities. based global Sales Development Rep (SDR) and appointment generation resources. B2B buyers spend 17% of the buying process with traditional company sales reps according to Gartner.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 12, 2014

This Thursday, starting at 11ET, InsideSales.com his hosting the Sales Acceleration Summit. There will be 80 speakers with topics ranging from Inside Sales and Enterprise Sales to Marketing, Management and Motivation. Featured speakers include: Matt Dixon, Author of The Challenger Sale. You can register for free.

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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

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

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

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

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

JUNE 16, 2022

We have worked together for 20 years over parts of 5 decades with 5 different companies. The Acquisition Expands Both Companies’ Demand-to-Pipeline Offerings. Same company, same expanding staff, and same product offerings. Linda Flanagan has been teasing me for a couple years that she is ready to retire.

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

I'm on the the flight back from SFO after attending Sales 2.0 Even better was to find out that my company is well on it's way to Sales 2.0. As defined by Selling Power , Sales 2.0 is “Sales 2.0 As defined by Selling Power , Sales 2.0 is “Sales 2.0 What do you do to 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.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Budget Programs Lead Ranking Vendors 100

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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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

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

I'm on the the flight back from SFO after attending Sales 2.0 Even better was to find out that my company is well on it's way to Sales 2.0. As defined by Selling Power , Sales 2.0 is “Sales 2.0 As defined by Selling Power , Sales 2.0 is “Sales 2.0 What do you do to Sales 2.0? conference.

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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

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

MARCH 1, 2011

The Sales Manager is always looking for better performance from a team, and in order to get that, you've got to give a little. Here are four things you, as a Sales Manager, need to give your team if you want to get more production out of them: 1. That's what having impossible sales goals are like. Believe me, it works!

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 14, 2010

That said, you still have hundreds of Google Reader articles to scan, a few new sales enablement presentations to review before publishing them to Slideshare, and two meetings to approve in the Appointment Setting queue. My domain expertise is B2B Marketing and Sales, especially Demand Gen. Follow everything about that opportunity.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2009

Executive Summary : Lead gen programs that manage to Quality metrics provide sales ready leads that result in an overall higher ROI. Other costs to consider are the costs to manage the vendor relationship, and the cost to the sales team for attending low quality meetings. Then you check them out with your network.

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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

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 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 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

MAY 13, 2010

The other piece I enjoyed was meeting folks from competing company. Henry Glickel, BAO's top recruiter, presented on best practices for Inside Sales Recruiting. 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.

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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

MAY 6, 2022

One thing for b2b sales execs to remember though is that an introductory appointment , as long as it's with the right person at the right company, is exactly that, it's an introductory appointment with a sales qualified lead (SQL.) Don't turn on your "all about my product/company" drivel. Listen to them.

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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

DECEMBER 21, 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 Marketing teams from small-midsized b2b companies. We will be offering the beta test in two phases - alpha/beta.

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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 It doesn't matter if it was internal or an external, but we are hoping to compare the service results and feedback to past experiences.

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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. Bill Rice - Kaleidico Jose Raul Rodriguez - Aon Dan Rogers - SmartLead by The AdTrack Corporation Anneke Seley - Phone Works LLC Tibor Shanto - Renbor Sales Solutions Inc. So choose wisely.

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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. Sales Enablement. Conference in Boston. Demand Generation.

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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

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Listen as Green Leads CEO, Mike Farrell, gives Joel Block the inside track on how he has built companies to grow pipeline and ultimately revenue. Mike discusses his extensive experience selling into B2B and public sector markets, building sales development organizations as well as developing channel partnerships.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2009

This past week a prospect commented that she wanted to explore a third-party lead gen program because their sales reps were spending too much time prospecting and not selling. How many sales reps are caught in the prospecting grind and not closing? Sounded like a LinkedIn Poll to me. This is my desired curve. What is yours?

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2009

Executive Summary : Lead gen programs that manage to Quality metrics provide sales ready leads that result in an overall higher ROI. Other costs to consider are the costs to manage the vendor relationship, and the cost to the sales team for attending low quality meetings. Then you check them out with your network.

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