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Doug Davidoff

Why Your CRM Implementation Initiative Is Failing

Last week, I was talking with a colleague and he was telling me about yet another bungled CRM implementation a client of his was dealing with. I have to admit I laughed a bit as he shared the story. I’ve been using CRM in one form or another since the early 1990s (ACT! for DOS for those who are wondering). I started using Salesforce.com in the early 2000s. I’ve personally used more than a dozen CRMs in my time, and that number easily goes above 20 if you count the companies that I’ve advised....

Why We're Leaving Facebook

When I started Imagine more than 15 years ago, I had four principles that I used to define what...

Introducing the Most Important Metric in Sales: Sales Velocity

On February 1, 2015, in Super Bowl 49, Seattle Seahawks head coach Peter Carroll made a fateful...

HubSpot Utilization Research Uncovers Important Areas to Focus On

Companies are spending more money than ever before on technology applications (and that doesn’t...

Just Say No To Shitty Lead Nurturing

Welcome to this edition of Just Say No to Shitty Sales & Marketing; today I’m focused on lead...

What Hansel & Gretel Can Teach Sales & Marketing Executives About Content Strategy

In 2010, we made a critical decision at Imagine. We decided that we needed to move beyond our focus...

The 3 Jobs Content Must Perform + Your Guide to Giving Your Content A Performance Review

I had the entire client services team together this week for two days. (Check out the awesome...

The Biggest Difference Between Companies That Sustain Smart Growth & Those That Don't

Earlier this week I hosted our latest Sales Genius Network webinar. The webinar focused on how...

The Role of Content In An Account-Based Marketing Strategy

Few things are as misunderstood as content. In many ways content, and by extension content...

10 Elements of Effective Sales Emails

As the old saying goes, “Emails...can’t live with them, can’t live without them.” (Okay, that’s not...