Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 1, 2011

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. They'll feel supported, and a supported rep is a productive rep. Give them constructive criticism - There's a difference between criticism and constructive criticism.

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Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

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. Vendors, as well as inside teams, are all about headcount, and that is what they are juggling -- production per person. Was I dreaming? Did I hear that right?

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2009

The company might be trying to preempt criticism The company released a chart showing the different contributions. Production being the leading contributor, 60% with fertalizers and other energy consumption (heating plants in winter months). At least that's what Pepsico said the carbon impact was in an article in today's NY Times.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 18, 2010

The minute you stop thinking about driving performance is the minute production and quality drops, and a minute lost is a minute you'll never get back. Whatever it is, surprising them with a contest is a great way to up the team’s production and incent teamwork. Do you know what your reps hold dear. Is it cash? Is it time off?

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

Food as the product feature? In fact, Pollan says that the typical gas station today makes half their money selling refined oil for your car and half their money selling refined corn as food products to you. Most of the disparity globally is due to the difference in taxes between countries. Do you stop for a drink? per gallon.

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2008

Food as the product feature? In fact, Pollan says that the typical gas station today makes half their money selling refined oil for your car and half their money selling refined corn as food products to you. Most of the disparity globally is due to the difference in taxes between countries. Do you stop for a drink? per gallon.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 25, 2009

As a side note, a regular feature of my Smashmouth Marketing blog, which is focused on BtoB marketing and demand gen, are product reviews. Second, it randomizes responses in a manner different than if you were to share the poll with your network. We highly recommend using the paid LinkedIn poll feature for two reasons.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 24, 2009

A balanced approach seems to be the mix of choice with a slight favor to Outbound activities As a side note, a regular feature of my Smashmouth Marketing blog, which is focused on BtoB marketing and demand gen, are product reviews. Second, it randomizes responses in a manner different than if you were to share the poll with your network.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 29, 2010

Over the next 4-8 weeks one leaves, one never quite makes it to full production and two are long term performers (keepers). Prospects communicate with vendors differently. They get to see different styles and techniques. Our goal: Get to three keepers out of four. How do you train your inside sales recruits?

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 1, 2010

Put a prize in front of it and watch your productivity climb. They're just a bit better than cold, and nowhere's near hot, and harder to tell the differences If your team is lukewarm, here are couple of ways to get them on fire: Clean House -- Yup, you read that right. You'd be amazed at what people will compete for.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 21, 2008

It levels the playing field and provides a low cost way to connect with customers and help them “find” your company and its products. But, if you are selling products that appeal to other Marketers, Educators, or other groups that congregate on Facebook, it is a target rich environment. It really depends upon their goal.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 5, 2009

We thought it might be interesting to augment our thought leader interviews with some demand gen product reviews. We are keeping the reviews independent--actually using the products/services, and then critiquing them. They meet their promise. The following took place in the last 3 days.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 3, 2009

We thought it might be interesting to augment our thought leader interviews with some demand gen product reviews. We are keeping the reviews independant--actually using the products/services, and then critiquing them. They meet their promise. The following took place in the last 3 days.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Break out of your old routine and try something different. Andy - Your job is to make each prospect that picks up the phone want to learn more about your product. Your job is not to teach them about your product -- that's the sales guy's job. However doing the same things over and over again can make you stale. People are busy.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2009

The difference is now we have a lexicon, a way of describing opportunities and where they are in the progression of the sales cycle in a consistent manner. A small change in the focus on a group of opportunities at a particular stage can make a big difference. Kevin: The biggest shift I've seen is in the use of data and tools.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2009

The difference is now we have a lexicon, a way of describing opportunities and where they are in the progression of the sales cycle in a consistent manner. A small change in the focus on a group of opportunities at a particular stage can make a big difference. Kevin: The biggest shift I've seen is in the use of data and tools.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2008

It levels the playing field and provides a low cost way to connect with customers and help them “find” your company and its products. But, if you are selling products that appeal to other Marketers, Educators, or other groups that congregate on Facebook, it is a target rich environment. It really depends upon their goal.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 25, 2010

Joy - This one's a little bit different than excitement. When your reps enjoy what they do, you're going to have a much more productive team, and a team that produces more tends to do what? Joy comes from within, so help your reps to be joyful by making sure they understand the importance of their job.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

He cited the Apple tribe -- all of us who rush out and buy new apple products just because. Be different. Not sure I've got the quote verbatim, but basically he was saying "marketers that build tribes of loyal prospects and customers will win." I happen to be a member of that tribe. It got me thinking, though. Youtube videos.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 29, 2009

Joe: We presented at our conference some eye opening data from our benchmark database showing radical differences in both profit and revenue between companies that have embraced sales and marketing integration versus those that haven’t. Navigating how prospects buy is now more important than how we want to sell.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 11, 2009

Joe : We presented at our conference some eye opening data from our benchmark database showing radical differences in both profit and revenue between companies that have embraced sales and marketing integration versus those that haven’t. Navigating how prospects buy is now more important than how we want to sell.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2009

In this example, with b2b appointment setting and pay-for-performance vendors, it is a very straight forward study as the costs per appointment are fairly standard and as SiriusDecisions and IDC have discussed, the rates of production and conversion are uniform over time. The percentages used for calculation were: Quantity Vendor.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2009

In this example, with b2b appointment setting and pay-for-performance vendors, it is a very straight forward study as the costs per appointment are fairly standard and as SiriusDecisions and IDC have discussed, the rates of production and conversion are uniform over time.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2009

The product is so rich in features that this article alone will not do it justice. It’s always tempting to try to make apples to apples comparisons with other marketing automation vendors, but Genius is different. The one liner summary: marketing automation and sales enablement with a 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 12, 2009

The product is so rich in features that this article alone will not do it justice. It’s always tempting to try to make apples to apples comparisons with other marketing automation vendors, but Genius is different. The one liner summary: marketing automation and sales enablement with a 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Technology is just one of the components of improved sales productivity. It also takes a different set of metrics to gauge the success of the engagement - metrics that most organizations don't track. Lee: From my perspective, Sales 2.0 is not about technology. The primary component is improved processes. Time for the real "research".red,

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Technology is just one of the components of improved sales productivity. It also takes a different set of metrics to gauge the success of the engagement, metrics that most organizations don't track. Lee: From my perspective, Sales 2.0 is not about technology. Mike: Last question, the B2B Marketing Thought Leaders Curry Poll.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

It’s important to understand the B2B buyer’s journey - the path the buyer takes from recognizing a need to purchase your product or service. At Green Leads, we offer targeted content syndication as part of a broader, systematic lead-generation effort based on the buyer journey. Why Does Content Syndication Matter?

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 26, 2011

Then, as we blend the two companies' best practices, you should see a noticeable increase in the level of service from a production, delivery and quality standpoint. In general, the only differences in service you should see are improvements. Commercially, we will novate the existing contracts over to Green Leads contracts.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 30, 2009

This week, David posted a great video (below) that he found through Trevor Young ( @ trevoryoung ), that he found from Ross Monaghan ( @ themediapod ) (boy, this twitter RT credit can get lengthy), that was produced by Engage | ORM and besides being a great short production, it too is insightful. What we can do is participate.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 28, 2009

This week, David posted a great video (below) that he found through Trevor Young ( @trevoryoung ), that he found from Ross Monaghan ( @themediapod ) (boy, this twitter RT credit can get lengthy), that was produced by Engage | ORM and besides being a great short production, it too is insightful. What we can do is participate.

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