April 2012 Sales 2.0 Conference to Focus on the Art & Science of Accelerating Revenues

February 16, 2012, Santa Cruz, CA – Sales Dot Two Inc., producers of Sales 2.0 events, today announced a working agenda for the April 2–3, 2012, Sales 2.0 Conference. The event will be in San Francisco at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Conference host Gerhard Gschwandtner, also the founder and CEO of Selling Power, says the conference theme, "The Art and Science of Accelerating Revenues", reflects new, quantitative ways to gain insight into the sales process and how reps sell best. Selling Power is a media co-sponsor of the event.

"At the Sales 2.0 Conference in April, we're going to be talking about blending traditional, gut-level sales management with metrics to drive revenue and performance," Gschwandtner says. "These are exactly the issues sales leaders are currently concerned about in today's socially enabled sales environment."

Gschwandtner says it is "readily possible" for B2B sales and marketing leaders to use technology solutions to integrate performance insights into their management and leadership approaches.

"Sales 2.0 solutions are at the forefront of selling today," Gschwandtner says. "Many case studies and success stories are available to sales leaders who want to know how they can use Sales 2.0 tools to deliver a higher impact on individual performance and overall sales goals."

Conference organizers report that many sales organizations are still learning how to address cultural differences among different generations as a new class transitions to management roles. Other presentations and keynote speeches will provide insight on how to lead and manage an upcoming generation of sales managers. These presentations include:

• Empower Your Reps to Achieve Your Company Goals
• Six Factors that Are Transforming B2B Sales in 2012
• The Modern Sales Organization: A Real Conversation about What Works and Doesn't Work in Today's Selling Environment

Very early-bird registration rates for this event expire on March 1, 2012.

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Sales Management 2.0 Conference to Define Strategies for Managing B2B Sales Teams in 2012

December 28, 2011 – Sales Dot Two Inc. today announced a working agenda for its Sales Management 2.0 Conference, which will be held on March 5, 2012, in Philadelphia at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The agenda is based on major trends in the sales profession, including the following:

Sales-management metrics and CRM. Eighty percent of sales forces are currently measuring metrics that they cannot control, instead of focusing on controllable factors (i.e., sales activities). (Source: Cracking the Sales Management Code)

Sales mobility. Smartphones and tablets are speeding up communication between sales reps and customers. Experts recommend that sales managers "arm [the] sales team…with tablets that can be used to plan sales calls and be present during a sales meeting." (Source: Huthwaite)

Social selling and customer engagement. Peer-to-peer discussions about brands and products are the biggest influencer of purchasing decisions. Up to 59 percent of B2B buyers engaged with peers who addressed their challenge, and 37 percent posted questions on social-networking sites looking for suggestions. (Source: DemandGen)

Gerhard Gschwandtner, founder and CEO of Selling Power and regular host of Sales 2.0 Conference events, will deliver a keynote speech, "Managing Today's Sales Team: Creating Strength and Resilience." Gschwandtner has outlined four things sales managers need to do to create success in the coming year, including creating content that attracts customers, investing in better coaching and training to create top-performing sales reps, and embracing "social and mobile" tactics and tools.

Keynote speaker Steve Bookbinder, cofounder and CEO of Digital Media Training, will share trends, typical weaknesses, and best practices he has observed based on his experience training and coaching more than 30,000 sellers and managers globally. He will address winning strategies for pipeline management, sales culture, and training.

Very early bird registration rates for the Sales Management 2.0 Conference expire on January 6, 2012.

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Too Few B2B Sales Executives Tap Social Media as a Resource for Revenue Growth

September 22, 2011, Santa Cruz, CA – Sales Dot Two Inc. today announced that the Sales Strategies in a Social & Mobile World conference will address the top challenges facing B2B sales executives, as listed in a recent survey conducted by Frost & Sullivan. The conference will take place in Santa Monica, CA, on November 14–15, 2011.

The research objective of the survey, conducted jointly with Selling Power magazine (a media sponsor of the conference), was to understand the most pressing external and internal challenges shaping sales executives’ yearly planning.

According to survey results, the highest concerns for sales executives included how to:

1. respond to price pressure (from competitors, market, customers);
2. identify high-potential prospects;
3. align sales processes with buying behavior; and
4. streamline the sales process.

In regard to social media, the survey found that a majority of sales executives (about 40 percent) are not actively leveraging social media to increase sales effectiveness or generate sales. Instead, social media is being used either "infrequently or for lead generation."

The survey showed that in the Americas, sales executives foresee "little to no increase" in resources in 2011. Sales executives in Europe foresee a "moderate increase" in resources in 2011.

Jake Wengroff, Global Director of Social Media Strategy and Research at Frost & Sullivan, will present commentary based on Frost & Sullivan's 2011 Sales Leadership Priorities survey, with a focus on proven ways that social-media tools can resolve challenges facing sales executives.

All registrants for Sales Strategies in a Social & Mobile World will receive a copy of the 2011 Sales Leadership Priorities Survey.

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Sales Leaders to Reveal Tactics for Sales Growth and Resiliency on October 17

October 3, 2011, Santa Cruz, CA – Sales Dot Two Inc. will host two speakers who will address trends in collaboration and sales growth at the Sales & Marketing 2.0 Conference on October 17–18 in San Francisco.

The choice to address these topics reflects a need among B2B sales organizations to find new sales opportunities as the economy struggles.

According to a recent white paper, "How Enterprise Sales Leaders Can Move Middle Performers to the Top", "social learning" solutions allow sales teams to interact in ways that help shrink sales cycles and allow middle performers to act more like top performers. Saba is the leading corporate learning solution provider, with more than 19 million users worldwide. Jeff Carr, President of Global Field Operations at Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), will discuss social selling in detail during his keynote speech, "How Social Learning Translates into Sales Success."

Justin Shriber, Regional Vice President of CRM On Demand at Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), who discussed how predictive analytics can transform sales teams at the March 2011 Sales 2.0 Conference, will identify ways that B2B sales organizations can prosper during lean times by adopting practices and strategies specifically engineered for an economic slowdown. A recent study by Thomson Reuters revealed that, historically, 81 percent of S&P 500 companies have missed their earnings guidance. While a weak economy and an environment of heightened competition have contributed to this, the biggest challenge to predictable and profitable growth comes from within. Shriber will explore these concepts during his conference keynote speech, "3 Reasons the Traditional Sales Organization Is Broken (And How to Fix It)."

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The Sales 2.0 Conference is the number one industry event devoted to excellence in leveraging SaaS technologies. The Sales 2.0 Conference focuses on the challenges and concerns of B2B sales and marketing executives. Get updates via Twitter @Sales20Conf #s20c.

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'Sales 2.0' Represents ROI Potential for B2B Sales and Marketing Leaders for 2011

September 21, 2011 Santa Cruz, CA – Sales Dot Two Inc. today announced six keynote speakers from top-ranking companies who will present at the Sales & Marketing 2.0 Conference event on October 17 and 18 in San Francisco.

Judy Buchholz, VP Sales of IBM, will present Bringing Art to the Science of Marketing & Sales. (NYSE: IBM)

Jeff Carr, President, Global Field Operations of Saba, will present How Social Learning Translates into Sales Success. (NASDAQ: SABA)

David Satterwhite, VP of Sales, Americas of Good Technology, will present Building and Profiting from Sales & Marketing Alignment.

Justin Shriber, Regional VP of CRM OnDemand, Oracle will present 3 Reasons the Traditional Sales Organization Is Broken (And How to Fix It). (NYSE: ORCL)

Andrew Somosi, SVP, MBD of Lattice Engines, will present Analytics in Action: How Predictive Sales Intelligence Accelerates B2B Sales Growth.

Leslie Stretch, President & CEO of Callidus Software will present Do Salespeople Dream of Electric Sheep? Creating & Replicating Excellent Salespeople. (NASDAQ: CALD)

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Conference host Gerhard Gschwandtner says the keynote topics are evidence of prime areas that B2B sales and marketing teams can tap to take advantage of opportunities for growth.

"Given the state of the economy, many sales professionals feel uncertain and out of control," Gschwandtner says. "What they don’t realize is that the areas of sales and marketing alignment, social selling, and sales management by metrics offer explosive potential for greater wealth and greater prosperity for their companies. Each one of our keynote speakers will be diving deep to illustrate what steps can be taken to make the most of these competitive advantages."

The Sales 2.0 Conference is the number one industry event devoted to excellence in leveraging SaaS technologies. The Sales 2.0 Conference focuses on the challenges and concerns of B2B sales and marketing executives. Get updates via Twitter @Sales20Conf #s20c.

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Metrics, Analytics, and Mobility Named as Areas of Competitive Advantage for B2B Sellers for 2011

May 26, 2011, Santa Cruz, CA – Sales Dot Two Inc. today announced that metrics, analytics, and mobility represent competitive advantage opportunities for today’s B2B sales organizations. Speakers from Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), SAP (NYSE: SAP), and Xactly Corporation will address these issues in Boston at the June 20, 2011, Sales 2.0 Conference.

Chris Cabrera, Founder, President & CEO of Xactly Corporation, will discuss how sales leaders can use metrics to get the information they need to make quick decisions and ensure they stay on track to meet quota. He will identify the key metrics that can be used to continuously improve the performance of the sales organization.

Keith Hontz, Vice President of Sales, Line of Business Solutions at SAP America Inc., will reveal how SAP is leveraging integrated analytics to unlock customer insights across SAP's ecosystem in order to make better decisions that increase sales and marketing effectiveness. Hontz will also discuss how providing these insights on mobile platforms can ensure real-time collaboration, transparency, and visibility.

Chuck Penfield, Vice President of CRM On Demand at Oracle, will highlight ways in which sales leaders can use predictive analytics to measure the customer experience and heighten levels of customer loyalty, create a stronger presence across social networks, achieve faster growth, and capitalize on progressively larger opportunities.

Organizers for the Sales 2.0 Conference in Boston have partnered with the Enterprise 2.0 Conference. All Enterprise 2.0 Pre-Conference Workshop and Full Event pass holders will have access to the Sales 2.0 Conference. The Enterprise 2.0 Conference aims to explore the competitive advantages of increased innovation, productivity, and agility that occur when workforces are liberated from legacy communication systems and such limited tools as email.

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 Customer Relationships Remain a Key Success Metric for B2B Sales Leaders
for 2011

May 12, 2011, Santa Cruz, CA – Sales Dot Two Inc. today announced an agenda for the June 20, 2011, Sales 2.0 Conference in Boston that explores themes related to "Buyer 2.0" and the new, flattened B2B sales organization.

According to "Four Leadership Trends in B2B Sales & Marketing," a recent white paper based on insights and statistics from the most recent Sales 2.0 Conference (March 7–8 in San Francisco), up to 70 percent of a customer's buying decision "is now made based on information he or she finds online, well before a salesperson has a chance to get involved." The white paper reports that the rise in purchasing power among digital customers in the B2B space is being compounded by the growing influence of peer-to-peer conversations on social media about B2B brands and products.

Sales 2.0 Conference host Gerhard Gschwandtner says that industry leaders are optimistic about leveraging Sales 2.0 solutions to cultivate stronger relationships. "The value of Sales 2.0 technology is not about chasing shiny objects," says Gschwandtner. "Sales and marketing leaders must use the right tools to support a culture of cocreation with customers that will ultimately drive value for their teams."

In Boston at the June 20, 2011, Sales 2.0 Conference, speakers from Oracle, Gartner, and Hewlett-Packard will address issues at the forefront for sales and marketing leaders, including best practices that will help them create streamlined teams that generate higher revenues and how to use innovations in social CRM and analytics to help elevate performance.

Organizers for the Sales 2.0 Conference in Boston have partnered with the Enterprise 2.0 Conference; all Enterprise 2.0 Pre-Conference Workshop holders will have access to the Sales 2.0 Conference. The Enterprise 2.0 Conference aims to explore the competitive advantages of increased innovation, productivity, and agility that occur when workforces are liberated from legacy communication systems and such limited tools as email.

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Fifteen Million Salespeople to Be Displaced by 2020,
Predicts Sales 2.0 Conference Host

March 15, 2011, Santa Cruz, CA - Sales Dot Two Inc. today released a summary of impressions and highlights from the Sales 2.0 Conference last week in San Francisco and announced a prediction by conference host Gerhard Gschwandtner that, of the 18 million salespeople currently in the United States, fewer than 3 million will be needed by 2020.

In a post-conference report, Brett Clay, author of Selling Change, included video remarks from conference host and Selling Power magazine publisher Gerhard Gschwandtner: "There's a new breed of salesperson that I call 'Salesperson 2.0,'" Gschwandtner said. "Salespeople need to be very skilled in using the Web and social media. Seventy percent of [the buyer's] purchasing decisions are made online before [he or she] even sees a salesperson. If salespeople are not where the customers are - on the Web - they are going to lose."

In his keynote address at the conference, Gschwandtner stated that sales success means customer success: "The architecture of the successful sales organization will be customer-centric, where everyone in the company - not just the sales teams - takes active responsibility for the customer experience."

The Sales 2.0 Conference was held last week on March 7 and 8 in San Francisco at the Four Seasons Hotel. More than 500 sales leaders attended.

In a conference summary, organizers outlined the following key highlights:

1. More companies are depending on inside sales teams for lead qualification and lead-nurturing campaigns.
2. Sales operations and social-media job functions are increasing in importance
3. Social-selling functionalities in CRM are rising in influence
4. Sales leaders need to embrace a culture of change and adopt the new software, tools, and methodologies that can help younger reps sell better and faster.

Visit www.sales20conf.com/blog to read eight detailed takeaways from the March 7-8, 2011, Sales 2.0 Conference, as well as a summary of opening keynote remarks by conference host Gerhard Gschwandtner

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Salesforce.com EVP Alex Dayon to Address the Effect
of Social Networking & Mobility on Customer
Relationship Management at the Sales 2.0
Conference

February 16, 2011, Santa Cruz, CA – Sales Dot Two Inc. today announced Alex Dayon, Executive Vice President of CRM at salesforce.com, as a keynote speaker for its March 7–8 Sales 2.0 Conference. Dayon will speak at 10:25 a.m. on March 8 at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco.

Dayon will demonstrate how shifts in CRM technologies that are now more mobile, social, and open will radically affect the way sales teams approach customer engagement and internal team collaboration.

As Executive Vice President of CRM at salesforce.com, Dayon is responsible for driving the product vision of the Sales Cloud and Service Cloud, as well as leading the sales and marketing execution. In a recent video interview, Dayon specifically cited social networking and enterprise collaboration as two major influences on the increased potential for efficiency and effectiveness among sales organizations. Dayon also named decision-making and business intelligence as other key trends in CRM for 2011.

Sales 2.0 Conference host Gerhard Gschwandtner recently identified strategic decision-making as a significant factor "that will affect the vitality of...sales teams," particularly in the areas of "technology and process."

The Sales 2.0 Conference will provide a forum for further discussion on topics related to the future of CRM and how sales teams can best operate in a mobile and social world. Dayon will address the following questions with an expected audience of 400 VP- and C-level sales leaders:

1. Is your company fully engaged in conversations happening on social networks?
2. Are employees making use of the latest mobile and social tools for quick response?
3. Is your company aware of the key social-media channels through which customers are learning about your products and solutions?

All Sales 2.0 Conference registrants will receive free bonus materials, including a Key Trends Analysis report from CSO Insights and the 2010 Sales and Marketing Alignment Collaboration report from Aberdeen. Early-bird registration ends on 2/18/2011.

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Sales 2.0 Conference Host Says "No Decision" Is a Viable Threat to Revenue
Potential & Sales-Team Longevity

February 8, 2011, Santa Cruz, CA – Sales Dot Two Inc. today announced a final agenda for the March 7-8 Sales 2.0 Conference that addresses the urgent need among CEOs and VPs of sales/sales operations to find new ways to optimize sales productivity and increase profits.

Conference host Gerhard Gschwandtner (who is also the Founder and CEO of Selling Power Inc., a multichannel media company that produces Selling Power magazine, the leading industry resource for sales-management executives) says a cultural evolution is starting to occur among sales leaders, who now realize the necessity of adopting new technologies and processes to help their teams remain competitive.

"The time for transformation is at our doorstep," Gschwandtner says. "Every day, sales leaders are making strategic decisions about technology and process that will affect the vitality of their sales teams. These leaders cannot afford to make decisions without a clear understanding of what's happening right now in the world of sales. 'No decision' is not an option for teams that want to win."

The keynote speakers who will be presenting at the Sales 2.0 Conference on March 7 and 8 will showcase winning ideas and insights that revolve around the key topics that are critical to the longevity of sales teams:

Special hotel room rates for the March 7-8 Sales 2.0 Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco expire on Thursday, February 10, 2011. To book your room, call the Four Seasons at 415/633-3000 and reference the Sales 2.0 Conference.

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Sales 2.0 Conference Speaker Eric Berridge to Discuss
Innovations in Sales Process & Pipeline Management

February 1, 2011, Santa Cruz, CA - Sales Dot Two Inc. announced that Eric Berridge, cofounder and CEO of Bluewolf, will be a speaker at the upcoming Sales 2.0 Conference (March 7-8, 2011, in San Francisco).

Berridge cofounded Bluewolf during the dot-com-bubble burst and has since helped to grow the company into the world's leading provider of professional services for Cloud-based technologies. Bluewolf successfully works with more than 3,000 organizations to help them adopt SaaS solutions.

"We started Bluewolf with zero revenue and two employees," Berridge says. "Here we are 10 years later at 200 people and anywhere from 15 to 30 percent growth in a year. With the widespread availability of data and 24/7 access to that data, organizations are in a position where they can flatten how they manage their sales process."

At the Sales 2.0 Conference, Berridge will provide a veteran's perspective on the following key issues facing today's sales executives:

• consistently moving deals from the middle of the pipeline to the top
• choosing the readily available tech tools that can help sales organizations gain market share
• transforming the thinking of the Sales 1.0 CEO to a Sales 2.0 mind-set
• determining which processes help world-class sales teams win more deals

"The coolest thing about the Sales 2.0 Conference is that it attracts people who, at the end of the day, are just trying to figure out how to make their numbers," Berridge says. "And even while we're all itching to get back to selling, it's a nice respite to be able to sit back for a day or two and get some perspective on how your selling environment stacks up with others and what you can learn from some of the most successful players out there."

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Sales 2.0 Conference  Agenda Reveals a Focus on Winning
Customer-Relationship Strategies for 2011

January 20, 2011 –
Sales Dot Two Inc. announced today the two-day agenda for the Sales 2.0 Conference (March 7–8, 2011, in San Francisco) that reflects the pressing issues and challenges that sales and marketing executives will face in the coming year as a result of radical and ongoing developments in the ways companies relate to their customers.

According to Selling Power magazine publisher and Sales 2.0 Conference host Gerhard Gschwandtner, there is a visible difference in the quality of customer relationships between companies that have been aggressive about adopting Sales 2.0 methodologies and solutions and those that have not: “Many organizations are still stuck in a Sales 1.0 mind-set,” says Gschwandtner. “To ensure success in 2011, these organizations need to follow the examples of the companies that are consistently represented at the Sales 2.0 Conference. These companies are redefining the meaning of value, investing in customer relationships, acting on transformation opportunities, and consistently enjoying double-digit growth.”

Conference Agenda Topics Include:

• Sales Leadership Case Study: The Essentials of Sales Transformation
• The Next-Generation Sales Operations Team
• How Marketing Automation Accelerates Sales
• Putting the Fan on the Field: A New Approach to Winning Over Your Customers
• Smarter Sales Metrics: How to Monitor Sales Performance and Accelerate Sales
• Is Your Sales 2.0 Platform Mobile-Ready?

The conference theme, “Accelerate revenues; improve performance; measure success,” reflects the vast opportunities for innovation and growth offered by Sales 2.0 tools and technology. The roster of confirmed speakers includes influential Sales 2.0 thought leaders and executives who are pioneering new ways help businesses achieve better results:

• Scott Albro, Founder & CEO, Focus.com
• Renee Gellatly, Marketing Manager, Demand Creation, NetApp Inc.
• Michael Gerard, VP, Sales Advisory Practice, IDC
• Jeffrey Hayzlett, Best-selling Author, The Mirror Test
• Clara Shih, Founder & CEO, Hearsay Corporation
• Justin Shriber, Regional VP, CRM On Demand, Oracle
• Michael Weening, VP, Business Wireless, Radio & Paging, Bell Mobility Inc.

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