Synopsis
The SBI Sales and Marketing Podcast is a weekly dive into the latest insights and business strategies in the world of sales and marketing. Every week Matt Sharrers, CEO of SBI, invites the top CEOs and Marketing and Sales leaders from a variety of industries to discuss how they make their number year after year, so you can do the same. Subscribe for your weekly dose of business news, management & marketing, and sales insights to keep you at the top of your game.
Episodes
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Your First 100 Days as a CEO
05/10/2018 Duration: 27minJoining us on the SBI Podcast is Joel Trammell, the Chief Executive Officer of Black Box. In today's show, Joel provides a wealth of advice to first time CEOs. Joel covers the firt 100 days, dealing with an inherited management team, and interacting with the Board. If you are a new CEO, this episode is for you.
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Deciding Between Organic and Inorganic Growth: Part 2
05/10/2018 Duration: 28minJoining us on is Steve Grimshaw, the Chief Executive Officer for Caliber Collision. In today's show, Steve demonstrates how a chief executive orchestrates the right level of inorganic growth to maximize the valuation of their company.
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Deciding Between Organic and Inorganic Growth
05/10/2018 Duration: 21minJoining us on is Steve Grimshaw, the Chief Executive Officer for Caliber Collision. Steve has built and incredible business through both organic and inorganic growth. He’s here today to demonstrate how a chief executive orchestrates the right level of inorganic growth to maximize the valuation of your company.
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There is an Emerging Breed of CEO's - Are You One of Them?
04/10/2018 Duration: 30minToday we are going to unpack the career path of a new breed of Sales-driven Chief Executive Officers and what it takes to develop the business mindset to ascend to the top position.
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How You Can Align Marketing and Sales in an ABM World
04/10/2018 Duration: 32minJoining us on the SBI Podcast is Mike Volpe, the Chief Marketing Officer for Cybereason, the world's most powerful cybersecurity analytics platform. Often called the "godfather of inbound marketing" for his work in taking inbound marketing from an idea to a movement of tens of thousands of people, Mike Volpe is one of the most sought-after B2B marketers. Today Mike is going to demonstrate how to replace leads with real opportunities for the sales team through the use of account based marketing. ABM is the effort performed by both marketing and sales to replace leads with opportunities for the sales team. Why is this an important topic? Demand generation and lead management does not work for companies with business models dependent on a small number of accounts, but who spend a lot.
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Major New Advances in Applying Market Intelligence to Revenue Growth
21/06/2018 Duration: 24minOn this episode of SBI TV, Matt and Marc Osofsky, CEO of Aberdeen, demonstrate the importance of Market Intelligence. Why is this important for your company? Many companies are flying blind, and this is especially true with B2B companies. Company leaders are forced to reactively respond, rather than proactively guiding their teams to a higher level of success.
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Adapting the Sales Team to a Changing Buyer Journey
07/06/2018 Duration: 36minThe buyer is changing, and the sales channels we go to market with must do the same. Buyers are more comfortable than ever purchasing virtually. Inside Sales organizations are handling larger deals than ever before. Today Mike Huseman is here to share his experience leveraging Inside Sales to virtually drive profitable growth.
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How to Transform Your Indirect Sales Channel
31/05/2018 Duration: 28minJoe Vitalone, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Razberi Technologies, demonstrates how to develop and execute a sales strategy at scale through channel partners.
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Hurdle Your Competition by Implementing These Marketing Best Practices
18/05/2018 Duration: 35minChief Marketing Officer for Caliber Collision, Greg Clark, demonstrates customer relationship management.
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How a New CMO Gets Off to a Fast Start
03/05/2018 Duration: 31minOur guest on SBI TV is Robin Saitz, the Chief Marketing Officer at Avecto. Robin is a transformational marketing executive who knows how to get off to a quick start in a new role. In today's show we demonstrate how to get off to a fast start in a CMO's first 90 days. If you prefer to watch a video of the interview, click here. Getting off to a fast start actually starts in the interview process. Robin interviews with the end in mind, and through the interview process she learns a great deal about the company and team. She dove deep into learning about Avecto, a cybersecurity software company that provides privileged management and application control solutions. Robin states, "I think the interview process is actually sort of like that pre-first day. It's not really counted in the first 90 days, but the interview process I think is a core part of preparing for those first 90 days. So, I like to say that I was interviewing the company as much as they were interviewing me, and it wasn't just to make the de
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How Top Executives Prepare for a New Product Launch
10/04/2018 Duration: 34minToday we are going to demonstrate how to Go-to-Market with a new product. We will cover the topics of sufficiently covering your markets, selecting and optimizing your sales channels, and finally, pricing and packaging your products correctly. If you prefer to watch the interview in HD video on SBI TV, click here. Why are these such important topics? Traditional routes to market are being replaced with innovative ways to reach customers. So, evaluating whether you have the right channels in place for a new product launch is vital for driving revenue growth. Revenue growth driven by products that create new markets, attract new customers, and convince customers to buy more is the most valuable type of revenue growth. Download the full interview transcript in a MS Word document here. The first segment will seek to answer the question: How do you evaluate whether you have the right channels in place for a new product launch? Christopher provides examples of when he launched a new product and added new channel
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How to Move from Marketing Strategy to Execution
21/03/2018 Duration: 22minOur guest on SBI TV is Dan Levinschi, the Head of Marketing for PandaDoc. Dan is a revenue generating marketer who knows how to quickly transition from marketing strategy to execution. Dan and I discuss how to move from marketing strategy to execution. Dan describes his process for developing a marketing strategy, and how he interlocks the company’s corporate strategy, product strategy, and sales strategy with his own. Dan also shares his rollout strategy and how he presents it to the marketing team to ensure that each person understands the overall strategy, their role, and how their execution fits into the overall strategy. To follow along, leverage SBI’s How to Make Your Number in 2018 PDF Workbook and turn to the Marketing Strategy section starting on pages 236. To download the full transcript in a word document, click here. In today’s captivating show, Dan shares his method for transitioning from the planning phase to the execution phase of the marketing strategy, specifically how to ensure that the rig
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Navigate Your Company to Rapidly Developing Markets
09/03/2018 Duration: 34minJoining us for today’s show is Hassane El-Khoury, the CEO of Cypress, the leader of the semiconductor industry. Hassane’s mission is to establish Cypress as the global supplier of choice for innovative companies in high-growth markets. Cypress is leading the industry in growth after making the shift from commodity products to high value sales efforts. This has made it possible to focus on the higher value offerings in the Cypress product portfolio. Today we are going to demonstrate how to define which markets you will, and will not, compete in. Why is this an important topic? Being in fast-growing markets is the largest driver of revenue growth. Least important is market share growth. Yet, many executive teams tend to focus most of their attention on gaining share in their existing markets. While it is necessary to maintain, and sometimes increase, market share, changing your company’s exposure to growing and shrinking market segments should be a major focus. The first segment will seek to answer the ques