Leadership & Strategy

“Houston, we have a problem.”   It’s a classic line delivered by Tom Hanks during a tense scene in the 1995 movie Apollo 13.  Astronaut Jim Lovell, played by Hanks, informs mission control that a cabin filter has failed.  The astronauts are breathing dangerous levels of CO2 and will die if nothing is done soon. Ed Harris’s character, in charge of the mission, pulls together the…

Amid all the fear, anxiety, and uncertainty of the Coronavirus pandemic, only one thing is certain—this will end at some point and life and business will continue. Many companies are “sheltering in place” by marking time and putting much of their sales and marketing operations on hold. This is a big mistake. When we finally do come out of this crisis, companies who have stopped…

Over the past week, I’ve been asked quite a bit how COVID-19 has affected our ability to execute outbound B2B lead generation strategies on behalf of our customers, given that most of the companies we typically target have moved workers to the home.  We had some anecdotal evidence to suggest that, at least for some personas, the inability to travel might make them more accessible,…

We’re pleased to welcome guest blogger, Jay Green, co-founder & Head of Sales at Ntroduced.  It’s painful to lose one of your sales reps as each empty seat in your sales organization costs you money and puts a strain on your team. If the seat is open for too long you feel the heat when you start missing your numbers. What’s the solution? The first…