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Learn marketing and sales best practices by reading articles published by KickStart Alliance members and our affiliates. Articles published prior to 2010 can be found in the Archive.

You can also review the current issue of KickStart Accelerator, KickStart's monthly eNewsletter.

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Case Studies
Airespace, Inc.: Building the Inside Sales Machine
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NFI: KickStarting a Customer Advisory Board
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Interlace Systems: Filling the Sales Pipeline
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Symantec: Designing Integrated Marketing Plans on a Global Scale
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Tioga Energy: Launching a New Business
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Strategy & Leadership
Interactive Meetings = Exponential Results by Janet Gregory (2010)
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Link Your Value Proposition to the Customer Value Chain by Janet Gregory (2011)
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Customer Advisory Boards
Anatomy of a Successful Customer Advisory Board Program by Mike Gospe (2010)
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Marketing Best Practices

Customer Retention
The Intimate Relationship between Employee Loyalty and Customer Loyalty by Jen Berkley (2010)
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Netflix in Crisis by Mike Gospe (2011)
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Why Customers Defect by Mary Sullivan (2010)
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Effective Marketing Teams
What separates the best B2B marketers from all the rest? by Mike Gospe (2011)
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Integrated Marketing Campaigns
In the Marketing Trenches with Whole Foods by Mike Gospe (2010)
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Marketing Operations
A Lesson for Marketers about Sales Guides by Mike Gospe (2011)
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Don’t Forget to Talk to Customers by Mike Gospe (2011)
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Marketing - Helping Sales Sell by Mary Sullivan (2011)
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Marketing’s Role as Sales Enabler by Mary Sullivan (2010)
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Selecting a Marketing Automation Vendor by Mary Gospe (2010)
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The B2B Marketers’ Irony by Mike Gospe (2011)
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What’s Impacting Your Marketing Success? by Mike Gospe (2010)
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Online Marketing
B2B Email Response Rates and Best Practices by Mary Gospe (2011)
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Google+ - Should Marketers Pay Attention? by Mary Gospe (2011)
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Inbound Marketing: Just Another Marketing Buzz Phrase? by Mary Sullivan (2010)
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QR Codes - The Next Wave for B2B Marketers? by Mary Gospe (2012)
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Planning
Start Your Annual Tactical Marketing Planning Now by Mike Gospe (2010)
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Worth Talking About: Assessing Operational Focus & Alignment by Mike Gospe (2012)
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Positioning and Messaging
3 Steps to Improving Your Positioning & Messaging by Mike Gospe (2011)
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Introducing the “Message Box” by Mike Gospe (2011)
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Shortening the Sales Cycle with Persona-Driven Marketing by Mike Gospe (2010)
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What Is a Positioning Statement by Mike Gospe (2011)
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Sales Best Practices

Channel Strategy

Negotiating

Inside Sales and Sales Development Leadership
7 Steps to B2B Inside Sales Success - Part 1: Planning by Mary Gospe (2010)
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7 Steps to B2B Inside Sales Success - Part 2: Implementation by Mary Gospe (2010)
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Sales Meetings
The 6 Vital Signs for Sales Kickoff Success by Janet Gregory (2012)
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Sales Messaging & Communication
Sales Playbooks Shorten the Sales Cycle by Mary Sullivan (2010)
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Sales Operations
4 Ways to Simplify Sales by Janet Gregory (2011)
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Taking Sales Operations to the Next Level by Mary Gospe (2011)
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Sales Planning
Sales Plan Shock by Janet Gregory (2011)
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Sales Planning by Janet Gregory (2011)
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Sales Process
Sales Methodology, Sales Process, Sales Guide or Sales Playbook? by Janet Gregory (2010)
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Shorten That Sales Cycle - Parts 1 & 2 by Janet Gregory (2010)
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Shorten That Sales Cycle - Parts 3 & 4 by Janet Gregory (2010)
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“Slow Down, Sell Faster!” - a book review by Mary Gospe (2011)
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The Right Tool at the Right Time by Mary Sullivan (2010)
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Marketers Making a Difference
Cause Marketing: How One Marketer's Passion Has Impacted a Global Team by Mike Gospe (2009)
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Clean, Green, Sustainable - What, Exactly, Does That Mean? by Mary Sullivan (2009)
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