March 28: Why Sales Forces are Moving Inside – Kevin Thornton – VanillaSoft

March 25th, 2013

Host Jim Obermayer will interview Kevin Thornton, EVP of VanillaSoft and discuss the trend (some would say tsunami) of sales departments that are moving from outside to inside positions. Thornton will debate differences in productivity, sales activities and how to measure ROI when going from outside to inside salespeople. He will tackle how to manage, motivate and control these new sales superstars. Using VOIP for the mobile workforce and the software that is more than simple CRM, Thornton will tackle how to help them manage their goals and workday.

About Kevin Thornton

As Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing for VanillaSoft, Kevin Thornton is responsible for accelerating customer and revenue growth and overseeing all new customer engagement and acquisition strategies.

Prior to joining VanillaSoft, Kevin served as Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, Americas at Corel Corporation where he was responsible for all regional sales, marketing, alliances, and business development activities. Prior to Corel, Kevin served as Senior Vice President Sales for Sage Software’s Small Business Division.

About VanillaSoft

Founded in 2005, VanillaSoft provides its global client base with award-winning, cloud-based Lead Management Software for telesales and appointment setting. VanillaSoft customers benefit from increased productivity by deploying an award-winning, Best-In-Class feature set that includes next-best-lead routing, auto-dialing, on-board intelligent messaging, integrated e-mail, real-time lead distribution, live dashboard and digital call recording.

Typical users realize a productivity increase of 30 to 100% over traditional CRM, creating an easy to justify ROI.

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Feb Shows: Shawn Naggiar, Kevin Miller, Jeff Pedowitz, Debbie Qaqish and Paul Mosenson

February 1st, 2012

The Sales Lead Management Association (SLMA) weekly radio program (broadcast live at 5 PM PST each Thursday), announced the line-up for February’s SLMA Radio Programs. He will interview Shawn Naggiar CRO of Act-On Software on Feb 2nd, Kevin Miller CMO and Principle of SalesFUSION on February 9th, Jeff Pedowitz and Debbie Qaqish of the Pedowitz Group on Feb 15th and Paul Mosenson President of NuSpark Marketing on Feb 23rd. Read the rest of this entry »

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Dec 15: Lydia Sugarman of Venntive and Jim Obermayer on the Epidemic of ROI Discovery

December 12th, 2011

This week's show features commentary by SLMA CEO, Jim Obermayer who will be speaking on the topic of The Epidemic of ROI Discovery, why marketers are primed to Talk ROI

Our guest is Lydia Sugarman, President Venntive. Will Crist and Jim Obermayer will talk about the Top Ten winners of the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management for 2011.

Lydia Sugarman is president at Venntive, a groundbreaking, comprehensive customer engagement platform that is replacing traditional model of multiple applications that require integration for a complete overview. One platform, one login, democratizes information throughout the organization by delivering immediate benefits at reduced risk, cost, and time.

Venntive is pioneering a new category of business software with its true all-inclusive platform that naturally introduces processes, systems, and collaboration that scales as your organization grows.

Ms. Sugarman, an experienced sales and marketing professional, has been helping clients from start-ups to Fortune 10 financial services companies to build awareness in the online space for more than fifteen years.

Offline, she avidly pursues cycling, swimming, hiking, reading history, great food, and great wine.

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