Small Business = Big Money

US-based local businesses comprise the world’s third-largest economy, trailing only the USA overall and China A consensus estimate is that the annual nominal gross domestic output of the United States is just north of $17 trillion (and about the same size as the 28-country European Union.) Silver medalist China’s nominal GDP is just north of […]

Local Location-Based Commerce is Far, Far Larger than E-commerce

The modern miracle of e-commerce is entering its third decade. While there is some nitpicking, the consensus reported in the New York Times is that the first purchase on a commercial website was the purchase of a music CD on August 10, 1994. Fast forwarding to this year, internet spending surpassed $300 billion for the […]

Your Leads – Rotting Away Like Week Old Fruit…

“Big data,” “predictive analytics,” and “lead nurture” are all the buzz when it comes to go to market strategy…. So, you, not wanting to fall behind in the digital sales and marketing world invested in some pretty cool solutions that should help you gather more leads and close more deals: Marketing automation tools – analyzes […]

So, You Think You Need a New Lead Scoring Model?

Often characterized by its blend of big data with predictive analytics, lead scoring has quickly emerged as a prevalent solution aimed to support demand generation and sales by identifying the right prospects to prioritize outreach. Over the past few years, investment in lead scoring solutions have increased exponentially as many companies have shifted resources to […]

Cross-Selling: A Gold-Mine for Incremental Revenue

We work with multiple clients and over and over have come to understand the importance in cross-selling and how it impacts bottom line. The facts are simple – from advertising, educating prospects and all the steps needed to nurture a new lead to the point of trust – new customer acquisition is costly. Acquisition is […]

Telco: Opportunity Exists in SMB; How Do You Capitalize?

According to Yelp, roughly 85% of American small businesses expect their revenues to grow in 2016. Year over year, small businesses are growing and need a network of technology and services to maintain growth and scale. In fact, research from BCGS suggests that the SMB market may potentially be worth $22bn to UK and US […]

Software is Eating the World and Financial Services is Next

Like many families, my son and I both have accounts that are linked at the same bank, and of course I sometimes transfer money online when his balance gets too low. (To be fair, he works hard to earn his own money, but occasionally still needs some support!) The other day I got a notice […]

4 Ways to Drive More Revenue Through Cross-Sell

There is no better way for B2B organizations to drive growth than through selling to their existing accounts. Despite the potential returns, most organizations leave this strategy almost entirely in the hands of their sales teams without putting the rigor and discipline to be really successful. Unknowingly, they are leaving a huge opportunity on the […]

From Marketing to Sales: Why Data is Glue

We recently worked with a client in which their marketing-to-sales hand-off process was far from perfect. In fact, many of their marketing investments were going straight to the trash bin. First, sales believed marketing’s leads were unqualified and as a result, they did not proactively follow-up on MQLS. Second, with incomplete or low information, sales […]

Acquisition vs. Cross-Sell Economics: The No Brainer Investment Decision

Why is it that so many companies these days are over investing in customer acquisition? Don’t get me wrong, acquiring new customers is critical to any business’ growth, but we all know that customer acquisition costs (CAC) can be extraordinarily high. Studies show that attracting a new customer can cost 5 to 7 times more […]