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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

Pointclear

Curious about how long each has been a public company, I checked on the years in which their stocks were offered: Salesforce.com – 2004; SuccessFactors – 2007; and NetSuite – 2007. Could the reasons why point to similar expense paths for the marketing automation vendors looking at going public?

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Why Confidence in Selling Matters with Lauren Bailey, Factor8

Igniting Sales Transformation

Outsource should be your new mantra :). Lauren has worked with in-house and outsourced sales teams selling outbound, inbound, via chat, direct, field-teamed, & channel. Lauren founded Factor 8 in 2007. You can hear more from Gavriella and other Microsoft leaders, on the Microsoft Partner Network podcast.

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14 Pro Tips for Running a Successful Business

Hubspot Sales

We're losing more than we're gaining for the first time since those statistics have been tracked, and the crossover coincided with the recession of 2007-2009. According to research, though, there are a few that are more common than others : No need : A great service or product will get you nowhere if there's zero need for it.

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Green Leads Announces New CEO, Mike Farrell

Green Lead's B2B

His positive leadership helped BAO grow to a leader in the outsourced sales development industry. He was the most natural choice for Linda and I to make – one of the few executives that could hit the ground running and accelerate Green Leads’ pipeline generation services.”. “It It is an exciting time in B2B sales and marketing.

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Although it’s not time to Party Like its 1999, There is Plenty to Celebrate

The ROI Guy

Annual growths in 2006 is expected to top 6%, and although projections for 2007 show a more conservative sentiment, spending increases are likely to continue with consensus estimates of 5% to 6% expected according to IDC and Forrester Research.

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Can App-V in the Cloud makes a good ROI even better?

The ROI Guy

Delivering on the promise of VDI to cut costs, Microsoft App-V Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid) enables IT to securely deliver applications to the users as virtualized, centrally managed network services that never need to be installed on individual client PCs / devices. How does this help reduce costs?

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Seven Steps to a Highly Successful Budget Presentation: Proving Past Success

The ROI Guy

IT spending is expected to grow again for the third straight year, with average 5-8% increases expected again for 2007. With the focus on optimizing scarce resources, IT executives should document the current mix and trends in spending between in-house versus outsourced. * 6) How does current performance compare to peers?