At its recent meeting, the Dallas Social Media Breakfast learned about “Harnessing Social Media – Developing and Implementing Effective Brand Strategy” in a presentation delivered by Andrew Fortunato, Former Chief Marketing Officer for the United States Marine Corps. Andrew talked about …
Yearly Archives: 2010
Branding Strategies for the Social Media World
Posted November 19th by Matt Smith
Posted in Sales 2.0, Sales Leaders Blog
Tagged branding, Dallas SMB, dallas social media breakfast, social media
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Putting LinkedIn to Work – by Lucinda Ruch and Diana Gats
Posted October 22nd by Matt SmithLinkedIn experts and business consultants Lucinda and Diana deliver feature packed presentation on getting everything you can from this network tool. View / Download
Posted in Technology For Sales & Marketing
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Putting LinkedIn to Work – Dallas Social Media Breakfast
Posted October 22nd by Matt SmithThe October meeting for Dallas Social Media Breakfast, co-founded by 3forward, was kicked off by guest Bryan Person (SMB founder). Bryan made the drive from Austin to join us and provided both a history of Social Media Breakfasts’ founding but …
Posted in Sales 2.0, Sales Leaders Blog
Tagged Dallas SMB, LinkedIn, Networking Strategy, Social Media Breakfast
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Marketing Automation Isn’t Easy
Posted July 9th by Matt SmithMarketing Automation Isn’t Easy And Five Other Truths BtoB Marketers Must Accept to Be Successful with Marketing Automation By Amy Bills, Director of Field Marketing, Bulldog Solutions; and Christopher Doran, Vice President of Marketing, Manticore Technology This briefing from Manticore …
Posted in Technology For Sales & Marketing
Tagged buyer personas, Demand Generation, drip marketing, Lead Automation, Lead Management, Lead Nurturing, lead scoring, Marketing Automation
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How You Sell Matters More Than Ever
Posted July 9th by Matt SmithIs your selling process a “one trick pony?” 2010 continues to be a tough selling year for many companies. 3forward is seeing strong signals that business activity is increasing but many of the firms still tell us that their sales …
Posted in Markets, Targets & Territories, Sales Leaders Blog
Tagged lead generation, segementation, selling process, targetting messaging, Value Proposition
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Taming Twitter with Social Media Breakfast Dallas
Posted June 25th by Matt Smith3forward has been proud to be a part of bringing Social Media Breakfast to Dallas along with our charter partner Andrew Jackson, president of BravoTECH. Our June meeting featured guest expert and SMB Dallas member Tom Jackson presenting on best …
How To Present a Sales Pipeline to Management
Posted June 18th by Matt SmithSales leaders spend a lot of time explaining their sales opportunity pipeline to their peers in company leadership. But can they do a good job? Can they quickly focus in on the important components and key values that a “sales …
Posted in Pipelines and Forecasts, Sales Leaders Blog
Tagged opportunity stages, revenue planning, sales pipelines, Sales Planning, sales stages, sales strategy
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The Sales Pipeline is No Place For Leads
Posted June 1st by Dan HudsonDoes your sales pipeline measure up? Most sales leaders are obsessed with their sales pipelines. They review them weekly, push their sales teams to keep them accurate, and hope they have enough to make their sales number. The reality is …
Posted in Lead Lifecycle Management, Sales Leaders Blog
Tagged lead pipeline, pipeline management, sales opportunity phases, sales pipeline
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State of Facebook for Business by Hubspot
Posted May 21st by Matt SmithFacebook_for_Business_Executive_Report_by_Hubspot Hubspot consistently provides some of the best content there is on in-bound marketing, social media, and lead generation. This report helps Facebook novices – or those who have not yet taken the plunge – understand how and why to …
Posted in Brand & Image Building
Tagged b2b, community marketing, facebook, facebook for business, fans, pages
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Manage Leads to Pump Up Your Sales Pipeline by Silverpop and Forrester
Posted May 18th by Matt SmithHow Managing Leads Can Pump Up Your Sales Pipeline, by Silverpop and Forrester Why old methods no longer prove successful and what companies should do now to be successful in demand generation and lead management. Silverpop, Engagement and Marketing Solutions …
Posted in Technology For Sales & Marketing
Tagged Demand Generation, Lead Management, lead pipeline, lead scoring, sales pipeline
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