Sales Highlights

Lior Arussy, CEO of Strativity Group discusses how the U.K. based energy company, E.ON transformed its business from a product-centric company into a customer-driven business.

Phil Fernandez, President and CEO of Marketo, says that many companies today are not managing sales leads effectively. He suggests ways to utilize the marketing department to monitor and motivate leads and encourage them into the sales cycle.

In sales, lost time equals lost money. Steve Diamond, senior director of product marketing at Oracle, describes how an easy-to-use on-demand CRM solution can improve productivity at every stage of the sales cycle.

Salespeople at small and medium-sized businesses are working harder than ever to stay competitive in this weak economy. Executive coach Barbara Russo says sales teams should focus on customer service not price to stay in the game.

Children's clothing wholesaler The Tea Collection was started in 2002 by Emily Meyer and Leigh Rawdon. Today, the company is profitable, growing at more than 50 percent a year. Meyer and Rawdon believe business technology is the perfect fit. Correspondent Sumi Das talks to the entrepreneurs about how their small business is using IT to help design its clothing line and target new retail opportunities.

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