We know that CRM or sales automation installations are fraught with frustration and failure. It isn’t unusual that companies go through 2-3 CRM companies until they have software that works for everyone. In this interview, SLMA Radio host Jim Obermayer, asks Joe Scioscia, VP of Sales at VAI how to avoid CRM installation failure. Joe Scioscia is an expert on the CRM and ERP and in 25 minutes he will guide us out of the corn patch maze known as CRM Implementation.

 Listen to Joe now. 

Voting is competitive this year.  Login, vote for up to three.  Not a member?  Join, its free and then vote.  Look at the list?  See someone you know and respect?  Vote.   www.theslma.com

 The nominees are: 

  SLMA Radio brings you the voices of industry leaders!

You Mon Tsang, CEO of Vocus joined Jim Obermayer on the SLMA Radio program to discuss why Vocus is a serious challenger to Eloqua’s and Marketo’s positions in the marketing automation space.

When Obermayer approached Vocus about the interview, their response was that they take exception to our title as Vocus representatives feel that they, and not Eloqua and Marketo, is the leader in the marketing automation space.

Corporate growth, good or bad, can be traced to sales lead follow-up!  It counts more than product quality, brand name, or money spent on marketing.  Once you achieve critical mass on follow-up (90%), it is within your power to accurately control your future by spending on marketing programs with predictable outcomes and growing the sales force.  When you achieve this follow-up, a stunning cascade of events occurs:

1.  Sales forecasts are met. 

Business rules are in every organization. In sales and marketing there are rules for order entry, sales quotas, and booking and shipping orders. But there are seldom, if any, rules about how the extremely important corporate asset called sales inquiries should be managed.

On Veterans' Day in America, we are publishing a program aired last week hosted by Nate Teplow for MSP Radio one of our SLMA radio special programs. We think is worth repeating to SLMA Radio listeners.

Veteran’s Day is this week, and people across the nation are taking the time to honor and remember our veterans and all they do for our country. The military teaches our veterans a unique set of skills, both technical and interpersonal, and for this reason, many veterans often find jobs in IT when they return home from service.

On this week’s episode of MSPradio, we chat with Hire Heroes USA, a non-profit organization that helps veterans find jobs after returning home from service. Kelly Dempsey, Director of Communications and Corporate Relations, and Brian Stann, CEO, will tell us a little about the organization and the valuable skill set that our veterans possess as a result of serving our country. Tune in now to this special, Veteran’s Day episode of MSPradio.

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How do Marketing Managers breakout from being LMH Victims?

The condition called Learned Helplessness, was discovered and popularized by psychologist Martin Seligman. He found that when he placed dogs into an inescapable environment and administered electric shocks the dog will eventually stop trying to escape. If the dog was placed into an environment where it could escape and given shocks it would not try to escape. It learned to give-up. This discovery has had a major impact on human psychology.

Unless your name is John Smith, Li Nguyen, Jose Fernandez, Rajesh Kumar or Mary Jones, don’t be too confident people won't be sure which you is YOU when they try to connect on social media. Actually, if that's what you are hoping, then stop reading.  

Your goal for clients, potential prospects and strategic partners is for them to EASILY find you, and be positive they have found the correct YOU. Next, people will want to see you have helpful, credible, supporting information on your profile so they will want to connect with you.

6,000 votes expected!

The SLMA has opened the virtual voting booth to determine the 50 most influential people in the field of sales lead management for 2014.   This is the sixth year for the election.

Why its important

Leadership in the critical field of sales lead management

is crucial to corporate and industry success!