Archive for October, 2009

Vote Today.  Validar CEO, Victor Kippes has been nominated for the 50 most influential people in Sales and Lead Management by SLMA.     Gets your votes in by Nov 13.  Visit the Sales and Lead Management Association Website to cast your vote.  Voting is available to both members and non-members.   Vote Now. From the SLMA press release:  LOS ANGELES–(Business Wire)– James W. Obermayer, executive director of the Sales Lead Management Association (SLMA), announced today that the association has opened the virtual voting booth to determine the 50 most influential people in the field of sales lead management for 2009. SLMA co-founder Susan Campanale said, “Members and non-members may vote for nominees listed on the SLMA site on October 26th. The results will be published on November 16, 2009. Voters may cast votes for up to five nominees; duplicates are not allowed.” Mark Friedman, EVP of the SLMA, said, “We consider all of those nominated to be builders of wealth and we recognize them for their contributions.” Obermayer said that the association has received 65 nominations. The Top 50 List will be determined by the number of votes received by each nominee. The nominees are: Larry Augustin SurgarCRM Patty Azzarello Azzarello Group Marc Benioff SalesForce.com Trish Bertuzzi The Bridge Group, Inc. Joel Book Exact Target Eills Booker BtoB Magazine Michel A. Brown Business to Business by Phone Patrick Cahill Wellesley Hills Group Gil Cargil Cargil Consulting Group Brian Carroll InTouch James Cecil Nurture Institute John Coe B2B Marketing Joyceann Cooney-Garippa Sales & Marketing Management Magazine Lisa Cramer Lead Life Dick Damrow Contract Marketing Resources Mary Dedrick Performark, Inc. John Doerr Wellesley Hills Group Scott Dorsey Exact Target Eric Edwards Rubicon Marketing Group Richard Erschilk Leads to Sales, Inc. Bob Felsenthal Crain Communications Phil Fernandez Marketo Bob Fernekees CRM Magazine John Foiley InterlinkOne Susan Friedman The Trade Show Coach Andrew Gaffney Demand GenReport and G3 Communications David Green PipeAlign Gerhard Gschwandtner Selling Power John Hasbrouck NewLeads, Inc. Archie Heinl Blitz Lead Manager Carlos Hidalgo The Annunitas Group Jay Hidalgo The Annunitas Group Judy Johnson Key Marketing Group Tom Judge Direct Marketing Partners Rick Kean Business Marketing Institute Russell Kern The Kern Organization Victor Kippes Validar, Inc. Jill Konroth Selling to Big Companies Aaron Kullman Sales Partnerships James La Belle LeadTrack James Lenskold Lenskold Group Joe Lethert Performark, Inc. Barry Lieberman Advantage Plus Marketing Mack Manning PST Sales and Marketing Michael McCloskey FrontRange Solutions Dan McDade PointClear Laura McGuire SmartTracks, Inc. M.H. “Mac” McIntosh Mac McIntosh, Inc. Mark McIntosh Cedar Graphics, Inc. Margery Murphy Acadia Lead Management Services Kirten Patel LeadOrganizer Jack Perry Respect Factor Tom Quinn Mailing and Fulfillment Services Organization Bill Rice Kaleidico Dan Rogers SmartLead by AdTrack Corporation Christopher Ryan Fusion Marketing Partners Howard J. Sewell Connect Direct Gary Slack Slack Barshinger and Partners Jim Steele SalesForce.com Ruth Stevens eMarketing Strategy Frank van Veenendaal SalesForce.com Craig Williams CommunityLink James Wong Avidian Technologies Steven Woods Eloqua Fred Yee ActiveConversion About the Sales Lead Management Association The mission of the Sales Lead Management Association is to help companies become successful in the critical business process of managing sales leads. For more information about SLMA or the `Top 50` list, call Sue Campanale at 714-637-6989. Sales Lead Management Association Sue Campanale, 714-637-6989 scampanale@salesleadmgmtassn.com www.salesleadmanagementweek.com