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Leadership as a Hero’s Journey

Sales Leadership Alliance Meeting – Aug 20, 2014 Leadership as a Hero’s Journey – Four Virtues for Transforming Uncertainty & Anxiety into Results Presented by Eric Kaufmann, President of Sagatica  Sales people are rarely, if ever associated with deep thinking. … Continue reading

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Salesforce – Transformational CRM Event, Hosted by Cloud Sherpas 4/17/14

Pelican Hill Resort, Newport Coast, Orange County, CA There was a great line up of speakers, Peter Coffee, Dr, Jim Lacey and Sr. Director Fred Orensky. Featured Speakers: Peter Coffee – VP for Strategic Research at salesforce.com Dr. Jim Lacey, … Continue reading

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A $20,000 Ticket To Wimp Junction, or Improving your ROI on a $20k Breakfast

Like most folks you have probably heard about politicians running breakfasts for $300, or $500 or more a plate. We all know this is about being seen or donating to someone, you want on your side politically. In business, offering … Continue reading

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What’s your Trade Show Return On Investment?

I was at two Trade Shows recently, the Joint MDM, PacWest, PlastTech etc show at the Anaheim Convention Center and the Landscape Show at the Long Beach Convention Center. I observed plenty of Sales Folks busy on their Smart Phones, … Continue reading

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Why Customer Relationship Management Software?

It is not unusual for folks to ask Why Customer Relationship Management Software? It’s expensive and takes a lot of work to keep it up. Well today there are web based solutions like Salesforce CRM for less than $25 a … Continue reading

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SalesForce CRM Reports

The Report feature of Salesforce can keep any sales team up to date on where they are for the month. Just about any sales data can be reported on. It can be a company wide report, by region, or by … Continue reading

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SalesForce Dashboards

SalesForce CRM has a number of great features one of them is the Dashboard feature. This feature creates graphs that can tell you at a glance how your business is doing.

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CRM Solutions

Why are cloud based Customer Relationship Management CRM systems so hot these days?  In a nutshell, they offer the opportunity for a company to obtain a 360° degree view of their interactions with their customers.   What would that look like? … Continue reading

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Making The Transformation To New Product Development . Champion follower or failure.

Presentation By Mike Beard at PDMA So. Cal May 22, 2013 Henry Ford when building the model T said that if he had asked potential customer what they wanted they would have said two horses……Customers don’t know what they don’t … Continue reading

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Futurist Speaks- Future of Med Devices predicted, ….Med Devices Forcast for 2030,

Thomas Frey Editor for Futurist Magazine and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute gave the keynote address “Futurists View of Manufacturing” at the Medical Device Show, Anaheim Calf. Feb 12, 2013. He covered a wide range of manufacturing topics from … Continue reading

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