Archive for April, 2010

Top 10 Most Valuable Global Brands in 2010

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Brandz recently published a list of theTop 100 Most Valuable Global Brands for 2010. The study was developed in conjunction with The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Datamonitor and Millward Brown Optimor. You can download a PDF Document with the list of the 100 companies from the Brandz website below. Here’s a peek at the Top 10 [...]

How the Apple iPad can Save You $1,600 this Year

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

The Apple iPad is generating an amazing amount of positive and negative press. The day of the announcement, I went down to my local Apple Retail Store to find out about the iPad for myself.  There were hundreds of people in line outside the store waiting to buy an iPad. However, inside the store, the [...]

Sales Productivity Tip: Measure Key Sales and Marketing Ratios

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

William Hewlett, Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard often said: “What gets measured gets done.” You can increase Sales Productivity if you focus on Tracking, Reporting and Reviewing these Metrics on a regular basis. Five Key Sales & Marketing Metrics Closed Sales Ratio Qualified Lead Ratio Pre-Qualified Lead Ratio Marketing Response Ratio Sales Cycle Ratio Here are the [...]