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Tim Aldridge

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Sales/Marketing, i-App Services, LLC

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Feb. 27, 2012

Tim Aldridge is now following Mary Rafferty and 23 other people

June 28, 2011

Tim Aldridge recommends this comment by Rick Davey

Who Owns CRM: Marketing or Sales?

I'm not sure that this is even the right question. There are companies that only implement sales oriented CRM, other only marketing oriented, or service or sometimes all three major areas of CRM. The important factor in success is that the CEO embraces the idea, ... more

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June 28, 2011

Tim Aldridge commented on a roundtable

Enterprise Cloud Adoption - Defining (and Easing) the Barriers

#ERP? Check out the related Focus event:
ERP Innovations: Using Cloud, Mobile and Social to Improve Agility
Thursday June 30, 2011 11 am – 11:45 am, PT
http://www.focus.com/roundtables/future-erp-today/ more

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June 27, 2011

Tim Aldridge recommends this answer by Tibor Shanto

What do C-level executives expect from salespeople during sales calls?

First and foremost they expect a relevant peer-to-peer experience, which is why they are left disappointed by many of the sales calls they have.
For a sales person to be able to meet those expectations they have to put in a lot of effort, something many ... more

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June 22, 2011

Tim Aldridge recommends this answer by Steve Christensen

Are social collaboration features useful/ appropriate for enterprise software?

Social collaboration already has an impact on the enterprise. Glen is right, you can't do much with it unless the actual processes are modified. New versions of ERP will likely start to include, as NetSuite is doing, collaboration platforms such as Yammer. These types of ... more

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June 20, 2011

Tim Aldridge recommends this answer by Matt Heinz

What non-selling activities do your sales reps spend the most time on?

I'll add six non-selling activities to the conversation - two good, two neutral, and two bad.
GOOD
Networking/Sharing/Connecting
The most successful sales reps invest time in building their personal networks, and getting introductions to new people in their territories or markets from people they or their colleagues already ... more

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June 16, 2011

Tim Aldridge and 7 other people answered this question

POLL: What is the MOST important KPI for measuring your website's performance? (choose one)

Oh, Jess- that's a tricky one! Do we only get one choice?
Really depends on what type of business you have and what stage of growth you are in,
I would say.
New biz, new site- you want awareness/visibility/build credibility: d
Later stages-
E-Commerce site: c
B2B Software: a more

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