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B2B Prospecting Data Just Keeps Getting Better

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Technology usage “intensity” score, by product (HG Data). Out-of-business indicator, plus credit rating and parent/subsidiary linkages (Salesforce.com). PRISM-like business clusters offered by Salesforce.com (appended from D&B), which provide a simple profile for gaining customer insights and finding look-alikes.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

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Curious about how long each has been a public company, I checked on the years in which their stocks were offered: Salesforce.com – 2004; SuccessFactors – 2007; and NetSuite – 2007. Extensive pricing pressure from competing services/products at lower prices. Frequent and rapid new competitor product introductions.

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What Do You Sell, Who Do You Sell It To and Why Everyone Has to Have The Same Answer

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The company had a good product—better than the competition—yet it disappeared. A couple of years ago I wrote a blog for Salesforce.com about lead definition. It took less than two years for the company to go through $100 million. All because the CEO did not insist on a common definition of a lead. Define what a lead is.

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Parallels: Social Manufacturing & Outsourcing Manufacturing Lead Generation

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—noted the Dreamforce announcement of Salesforce.com’s support for Kenandy , a cloud-based manufacturing solution that incorporates the social tool, Chatter. An interesting post by SoftwareAdvice.com’s Derek Singleton— What Does Social Manufacturing Look Like?

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What's it take to generate leads that fuel your forecast?

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It’s a specialized tool that syncs with Salesforce.com and other CRMs. See this blog for an analysis of cost and productivity of internal vs. outsourced teleprospecting. Do you report on stats such as touches per conversation, touches per lead, best conversion touches? Our tool, the PinPoint platform, does.

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PowerViews with Christopher Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

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But they’re finding colleagues super enthused and thankful for the added opportunity to talk about their company and about their products. He comments, “Salesforce.com is a good example. All of this is occurring in the context of the “grand effort toward revenue production. And you can show demos.

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PowerViews with Chris Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

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But they’re finding colleagues super enthused and thankful for the added opportunity to talk about their company and about their products. He comments, “Salesforce.com is a good example. All of this is occurring in the context of the “grand effort toward revenue production. And you can show demos.