Tips for handling customers that are slow to act

A common business problem is “the slowness in which people act.”  This is a situational problem but there are a number of common issues that affect customers, clients and partners that you are doing business with. Important need.  In a buyer-seller...

IDC on Transforming Lead Management

Kathleen Schaub, Research Vice President, CMO Advisory Service of IDC, recently spoke at a Northern CA Business Marketing Association (BMA) meeting. The topic – “Transforming Lead Management: How the New Buyer is Killing Your Funnel (And what to do about...

Pinterest – What Marketers Should Know

Pinterest is a social bookmarking site in which users share images such as photos, videos, quotes and infographics by “pinning” them to a theme-based virtual pinboard. The site started with a closed beta in Spring 2010 and has since been running in an...

Kickstarting your advisory board

Have you started planning your fall Customer Advisory Board meeting? If not, now’s the perfect time to be planning your next CAB. In today’s highly competitive market, it is more important than ever to know “the voice of your customer” and to...