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Would you like to share your opinions and validate strategic thinking with like-minded business leaders? The Midsize Business Leaders LinkedIn group is a great place to do... more »
Would you like to share your opinions and validate strategic thinking with like-minded business leaders? The Midsize Business Leaders LinkedIn group is a great place to do just that. So if you’re ready to start driving the dialog, join our group now.

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Marco M.

Marco

Webinar: Discover The New Generation Of BPM Embracing Social Media, Mobile and The Cloud http://emergysen.eventbrite.com/

Business process management (BPM) is a revolutionary discipline that evaluates the way businesses operate and applies best practices and ...

Value In-Process: Discover The New Generation Of BPM Embracing Social Media, Mobile and The Cloud Business process management (BPM) is a revolutionary discipline that evaluates the way businesses operate and applies best...

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S. Anthony I.

S. Anthony

How to Compete on Values thesalesblog.com

What reasons for why you do what you do will resonate with your clients and drive a wedge between you and your competitors?

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Bill S. 6 days ago • Edit • Hi, Mr. Anthony. ... »
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Michael H.

Michael

Tough Times, Social Technology and the Innovative CIO

The combination of tough times plus the spread of social technology makes this a great time for the CIO who has innovative ideas about ...

posted 21 days ago

Walter A. 7 days ago • Edit • Michael, thanks for popping over and for your comment. »
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S. Anthony I.

S. Anthony

Buying has changed. Don’t let those changes prevent you from doing what you need to do to create value and win your dream clients.

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Ken S. 6 days ago • Edit • Ken likes this. »
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S. Anthony I.

S. Anthony

If it’s a lead, treat it as such and work to create an opportunity. If it’s really an opportunity, gain the commitments you need to move it forward.

posted 13 days ago

Marco M. 11 days ago • Edit • In IBM they use the BANT method (Budget, Authority, Need, Timeframe) to qualify leads. So unless you have a skilled telemarketing team that can ... »
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Paul G. Marco M.
Ed A.

Ed

The Social Media Idea Exchange

As IBM's Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for Midmarket, I wanted to start a conversation around Social Media.

Social media is ...

posted 2 months ago

Marco M. 13 days ago • Edit • I partially agree with Paul about any media can be considered "social". If you see an ad or a TV spot you may discuss it with you friends, you ... »
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Paul G. Marco M. Marco M.
Nathan K.

Nathan

You can add video through Google presentation or SlideShare applications on LinkedIn. This article will focus on SlideShare.

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Paul G. 12 days ago • Edit • This is an awesome workaround! SlideShare no longer supports native video for free accounts but you can embed video via YouTube and display on ... »
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Paul G.
Dan G.

Dan

BIG Social Media Meets small Business http://bit.ly/IvOgdu IBM's Ed Abrams shares his social media insights to reach midmarket

Today we profile in our BIG Social Media Meets small Business series. My goal is to look at how enterprise-level companies use social media to reach SMBs.

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Paul G.
Mauricio G.

Mauricio

Predictive analytics to enhance CRM

This whitepaper says it best: "customers drive profits." Here is some guidance on how to better connect with your customers and build a ...

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Nada M. 13 days ago • Edit • Interesting paper Mauricio! Here's an interesting client case study on just that point. Mentoring Minds, an educational publisher, is using ... »
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Nada M.
S. Anthony I.

S. Anthony

One of the reasons that it is difficult to become your client’s strategic advantage, is that it requires that you do the most difficult task in business: thinking.

posted 15 days ago

S. Anthony I. 14 days ago • Edit • Hi Paul, I believe the alternative to becoming a strategic resource is commoditization. I am not sure their is another reasonable choice. ... »
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Paul G. S. Anthony I.
Mauricio G.

Mauricio

Entrepreneurship in Africa is growing thanks to mobile and social technology

Savvy African small and midsize businesses are taking advantage of the worldwide social media explosion to drive growth.

posted 15 days ago

Paul G. 15 days ago • Edit • OMG, did she really? Well, I never talk politics in social networks, so I'll leave that one be :-) »
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Paul G. Christopher H. Paul G.
S. Anthony I.

S. Anthony

Do the Lonely Work thesalesblog.com

The lonely work is the work that only you can do. It’s the work that you do alone. The results are yours alone. If you want results, you have to do the lonely work.

posted 18 days ago

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Paul G.

Paul

How Business Partners Can Apply PureSystems

On May 10 at 11 a.m. EDT, IBM will host a webcast exclusively for managed service providers. The event will describe how the new ...

posted 16 days ago

Kay C. 15 days ago • Edit • Kay likes this. »
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S. Anthony I.

S. Anthony

Your Return on Time Invested thesalesblog.com

Making your number means working against the clock. One of the primary factors in making quota is the great and unrelenting constraint of time. Time can be an ally in your pursuit of quota if you invest it wisely. But time can...

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Shelley B.

Shelley

Toby Redshaw former CIO of AMEX joins as World BPO/ITO Forum Keynote, Program brochure available, Submit your registration request today

The World BPO/ITO Forum Program Brochure Now Available: http://www.worldbpoforum.com/conference_overview.aspxThe 5th annual World ...

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Mauricio G.

Mauricio

56% of CMOsview social media as key engagement channel

New article on social media helping leaders form stronger relationships with clients.

There’s something of a mini media firestorm brewing. Apparently a former Google engineer, James Whittaker, has written a blog post about why he left Google.

posted 1 month ago

Marco M. 24 days ago • Edit • In February I attended the Social Media Week @ NYC, and I had a chance to talk with some CMOs, Content Managers, Marketing Managers and so on. ... »
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Paul G. Marco M.
Karen H.

Karen

How Smarter Selling Makes for a Better Business - an IBM White Paper Video

How prepared are midsize business to support the "Empowered Customer". Traditional CRM solutions often fall short in enabling a ...

posted 26 days ago

Ken S. 24 days ago • Edit • Ken likes this. »
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  • Created: March 19, 2009
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