Great Expectations: Marketing Automation Delivers on the Promise to Grow Sales Revenue
The world of marketing automaton is alive and very well, thank you! Major vendors are growing 30% to 100%+ per year, while the number...
Is Your Sales Engine Working?
The sales pipeline is the lifeblood of any business. It’s a well-known fact: organizations live and die by the numbers, regardless of the product,...
Heard about the girl who fell off a London bridge?
We’ve all heard the adage that stories sell, but did you know that claim has been scientifically proven? Jerome Bruner, a cognitive psychologist, said...
Dancing lessons
When you speak with sales training professionals with the regularity that I do, it’s only natural to develop some insights about the recent trends...
Rebuilding a B2B Brand
Whether as a result of a merger, acquisition, divestiture, new CMO or other major catalyst, you may be involved in an effort to refresh...
One word that changes everything
As this issue was going to press, the Wall Street Journal published a story by Bill Gates in which he explained that the secret...
5 Steps to Creating Your Own Company Culture
To ensure success, a company’s culture needs to be structured to align with the wants, needs and demands of its employees and customers. Companies...
Top Performers – January-February
Artistic expression
The new PowerShot N opens up a new dimension of photographic expression, helping your reward recipients express personal style and flair with powerful,...
Product Review – January-February
If StubHub had not already laid claim to its Ticket Oak anthropomorphized mascot, the gift card industry would be a perfect fit. The utility...
How far we’ve come; how far we can go
In researching our cover story topic, we discovered Funnelholic.com, a fun and insightful B2B blog by Craig Rosenberg, an independent consultant based in Northern...