March 8: Dan Rogers CEO of SmartLead

March 5th, 2012

SLMA Radio interviews Dan Rogers of SmartLead. Will Crist the host will ask about Dan to explain:

What do you mean when you make the claim you offer software with a service?
What is personalized software capability?
Please describe what you mean by “complex lead distribution.”
Account management and customer service are an issue with the big CRM companies, why is SmartLead different?
Can you define sales lead nurturing SmartLead style?

Dan Rogers drives the company’s vision. With more than 22 years of executive experience, Dan’s leadership expertise includes international assignments. In New Zealand, he was a charter member of the CLEAR Communications management team. In Ireland, Dan served as the Director of General Operations at East Telecom. And in the Netherlands, he worked for Versatel Telecommunications. Prior to joining SmartLead, he also served as Vice President of Customer Solutions for APAC Customer Services and Vice President of Customer Services at Telecom USA in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Dan is also a member of the Sales Lead Management Association’s Advisory Board. Dan’s state appointments include the Iowa Capital Investment Board and the Iowa Emergency Response Commission. He holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of Iowa.

Since 1981, companies have relied on SmartLead’s customized lead management systems and best practices to smoothly and seamlessly manage leads from the moment the leads are generated, through qualification, ranking, nurturing and distribution to sales people or channel partners.

About SmartLead

SmartLead is the only full-service lead management company with:

Dedicated account managers to advise clients on best practices and implement their programs
Web-based lead management, sales force automation systems
Insightful analytics system
In-house marketing services: contact center, direct mail, email, printing, web hosting, and fulfillment/warehouse.

Large companies with complex sales or dealer distribution systems rely on SmartLead to simplify the Herculean task of managing thousands of leads from multiple sources. SmartLead smoothly and seamlessly manages the lead process from the moment the leads are generated until the leads are qualified and distributed to sales people or channel partners.

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Feb 23: Focus on Funnel Management with Paul Mosenson and Frank Donny

February 20th, 2012

Interviews will be with Paul Mosenson President of NuSpark Marketing and Frank Donny, President of Marseli.

The focus will be on sales funnel management.

Paul handles top-to-middle of the funnel and Frank handles mid-to-bottom. They have aligned marketing and sales functions to increase the sales at their clients by managing the sales funnel.

Some of the questions Will Crist the host will ask:

1. Explain the concept of funnel optimization? 2. What are the keys to obtaining, converting, and nurturing quality leads via the funnel? 3. What is your approach to pipeline management? 4. How do you approach lead nurturing? 5. You mention the Power of 5s in your material regarding pipeline metrics, how does that work? 6. What are the goals of your Salesforece.com app that measures pipeline? 7. Terms such as lead Generation, Demand Generation, and Inbound Marketing seem similar, what are the differences?

Paul Mosenson of NuSpark Paul Mosenson Founder and President, NuSpark Marketing

Paul is a seasoned marketing vet of 25 years. Experienced in b2b marketing as well as consumer marketing. As Media Director at a full-service ad agency, Paul managed large media and marketing budgets. In addition to his comprehensive media experience, he is also adept at social media and offers his services for training, implementation, and measurement. Further, he is an expert on analytics and media measurement.

For more than 20 years, Paul has been building strategic, comprehensive multi-media marketing campaigns that get results. He possesses a unique expertise in traditional, interactive, and social media. In the last few years, Paul has become a national thought leader on lead generation and content marketing. His vast and versatile marketing experience spans the fields of healthcare, financial services, business-to-business, economic development, technology, retail, state-funded programs, automotive, and tourism.

NuSpark Marketing is the firm Paul founded in early 2010. We give your marketing a “new spark” by implementing a new approach to lead management. Lead management is the process of putting together sound strategies that generate quality website visitors that convert into leads via engaging websites and landing pages, and then convert into sales via lead nurturing platforms called marketing automation.

Frank Donny of Marseli Frank Donny - President and Chief of Marseli

Frank's remarkable 25-year career of driving marketing and sales operations divisions within Fortune 500 and start-up organizations is highlighted by his passion for business development and empowering others to succeed.

Frank is a recognized thought leader in the areas of sales performance, demand generation, pipeline management and sales and marketing integration. He has been a featured guest speaker on Selling Power TV (www.sellingpower.com), WRMR Revenue Marketing Radio and is the author of Sales and Marketing Integration- How You Can Increase the Close Rates of Your Early-Stage Pipeline Opportunities and Your CRM or Your Salespeople? Understanding CRM Performance Beyond Just Features and Functionality.

Prior to founding Marseli, Frank served as SVP of Demand Generation for Richardson, a global leader in sales performance improvement. Frank contributed to the areas of product management, lead generation, pipeline management, sales operations and further supports the alignment of Richardson’s Sales and Marketing departments. In addition, Frank provided senior-level counsel to Richardson clients who required pipeline and territory management strategy, sales/marketing integration and sales process improvement services.

Frank has a BS in Marketing from Marquette University and an MBA from Western Illinois. He hails from the great State of Wisconsin and is proud to be called a Cheesehead.

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