Archive for February, 2010

Marketing vs Sales: The Salesman

Posted by conrey on February 24th, 2010 under Not-Sales  •  3 Comments

[Part 2 of the Marketing vs Sales Series -this post is graciously guest written by Dave Cooke aka "The Sales Cooke" see more of his writing on sales at http://www.salescooke.com]

The challenge between sales and marketing is that they don’t communicate. Sales resents marketing because they are theoretical, internally based strategists. Marketing resents the [...]

Marketing vs Sales: The Marketers

Posted by conrey on February 23rd, 2010 under Not-Sales  •  No Comments

[Part 1 of the Marketing vs Sales Series -this post is graciously guest written by James Archer of Forty see more of his team's thoughts on marketing at http://fortyagency.com]

Why Marketing and Sales Don’t Get Along
Marketing is about getting 25-35 year old soccer moms with 2.5 children to buy. Sales is about getting Sally [...]

Marketing Vs Sales: Intro

Posted by conrey on February 22nd, 2010 under Not-Sales  •  2 Comments

In the interest of trying new things (and keeping new content up here) I’ve asked a couple of guest writers to step in for me and help discuss the blood-feud between Sales and Marketing teams. Stay tuned for a couple of smart guys on here.

Jazz

Posted by conrey on February 11th, 2010 under Sales  •  3 Comments

Jazz is never the same song twice, never perfect, always evolving. Jazz is equal parts planning and improv. A jazz man may look like he’s making it up as he goes, but is often the most prepared guy in the room. A good jazz man is taking cues from the group he’s playing [...]

What Smells?

Posted by conrey on February 8th, 2010 under Not-Sales  •  5 Comments

One of the disadvantages of working in a space like Gangplank is that with so many people coming in and out there is a certain amount of human generated debris that gets left unattended. The worst of it is the food and dishes that start to create a wonderful smell for us to enjoy. [...]

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