James W. Obermayer, executive director of the Sales Lead Management Association, announced the results of the voting for the Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management in 2011. 7,113 votes were cast (22% more than the 2010 election) for 79 nominees by 4,656 people (each voter could choose up to three nominees). 
Nominees came from many diverse disciplines including CRM Software and Marketing Automation Software to telemarketing qualification companies and publishing. Obermayer said, "People who win are recognized by their peers as multi-dimensional sales and marketing experts. They have given unselfishly of their time as speakers, teachers, and writers on the deep multi-dimensional topic of sales lead management.”
Susan Campanale, VP of Marketing for the SLMA said, ”These people are recognized by their peers as power players in the pursuit of ROI for marketing lead generation.”The list of the Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management in 2011 follows in the order of most votes received.
The recipients are:
Laura McGuire - Saligent dba SmartTracks www.smarttracks.com
Jeff Pedowitz - The Pedowitz Group www.pedowitzgroup.com
Steve Woods - Eloqua www.eloqua.com
Jill Konrath - Jill Konrath www.jillkonrath.com
Joe Payne - Eloqua www.eloqua.com
Alex Shootman - Eloqua www.eloqua.com
Maria Pergolino - Marketo www.marketo.com
Jeanne Hopkins - HubSpot www.HubSpot.com
Mac McIntosh - Mac McIntosh Inc. www.sales-lead-experts.com
Debbie Qaqish - The Pedowitz Group www.pedowitzgroup.com
Phil Fernandez - Marketo www.marketo.com
Dan McDade - PointClear www.pointclear.com
Alen Majer - The Science and Art of Selling www.alenmajer.com
Bill Goldsmith - Bill Goldsmith Productions
Ardath Albee - Marketing Interactions www.marketinginteractions.com
Trish Bertuzzi - The Bridge Group www.bridgegroupinc.com
Chris Tremblay - Event Technologies www.event-techs.com
Michael Fung - IronPoint Marketing www.iron-point.com
Ruth P. Stevens - Ruth Stevens www.ruthstevens.com
Bill Nussey - Silverpop www.silverpop.com
Karen Sheehey - interlinkONE www.interlinkONE.com
Dan Supinski - IronPoint Marketing www.iron-point.com
Henry Bruce - The Rock Annand Group www.rockannandgroup.com
Russell Kern - The Kern Organization www.thekernorg.com
Karla Blalock - PointClear www.pointclear.com
Paul Mosenson - NuSpark Marketing www.nusparkmarketing.com
Jake Wakefield - IronPoint Marketing www.iron-point.com
Lisa Cramer - LeadLife Solutions www.leadlife.com
Debra da Costa - Direct Marketing Partners www.dirmkt.com
Sheldon Sachs - eti Sales Suppor t www.etisales.com
Shawn Naggiar - Act-On Software www.actonsoftware.com
Raghu Raghavan - Act-On Software www.actonsoftware.com
Jennifer Jurgens - MarketNet Services www.marketnetservices.com
Paul Ryan - Leads360 www.leads360.com
Rob Solomon - Bulldog Solutions www.bulldogsolutions.com
John Foley - Grow Socially www.growsocially.com
Jeff Ogden - Find New Customers www.findnewcustomers.com
Nick Hedges - Leads360 www.leads360.com
Mike Damphousse - Green Leads www.green-leads.com
Elisa Ciarametaro - Exceed Sales www.exceedsales.com
Michael A. Brown - Business to Business by Phone www.michaelabrown.net
Peter Gracey - AG Salesworks www.agsalesworks.com
Jenny Vance - LeadJen www.leadjen.com
Andrew Gaffney - DemandGen Report www.demandgenreport.com
Howard Sewell - Spear Marketing Group www.spearmarketing.com
Mary Dedrick - Performark Inc www.performark.com
Lisa Arthur – Aprimo www.aprimo.com
Steven Gershik - 28Marketing www.28marketing.com
Adam Needles - Left Brain DGA www.leftbraindga.com
Julie Ekstrom - CBS Interactive www.cbsinteractive.com
Paul Martyn - BravoSolution www.bravosolution.com
The SLMA served as the independent tabulator of votes and does not endorse the services of those listed. Voters were only allowed to vote for up to three people. Only SLMA members were allowed to nominate people to the nominees list. Non-members and members cast one ballot with up to three non-duplicated votes. Nominations for the 2012 list will be accepted on October 1st of 2012.
About the Sales Lead Management Association
The mission of the SLMA is to help companies become successful in the critical business process of managing sales leads. For more information about SLMA, call Sue Campanale at 714-637-6989. The SLMA also hosts its weekly SLMA Radio program, which reports the news of lead management and interviews CEOs and CMOs in B2B and B2C. Membership in the SLMA is free.
