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Deal Radar 2009: Vontoo

Posted on Thursday, Feb 12th

Vontoo, the world’s first permission-based, on-demand voice messaging system, was founded in 2005 by Dustin Sapp and Bob Compton. Headquartered in Indianapolis, the company was created because the founders felt there was a lack of personalization in telemarketing. Accessible from any web browser, Vontoo offers a unique service: people who receive calls actually want to

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TeleWebSales: A Methodology Discussion with Anneke Seley (Part 6)

Posted on Tuesday, Oct 9th

SM: In the cold calling discussion, we assume that Telesales and Telemarketing are separate processes. Your expertise is more on the Telesales side. Are you assuming someone else is doing the Telemarketing prior to the prospect hitting the sales force? AS: We work with companies on both the Telemarketing side and using the phone to

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Salesforce.com’s Incubator: René Bonvanie (Part 7)

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 12th

I continue my discussion regarding the need for Incubator companies to receive assistance in their initial customer acquisition phase. I push Rene a fair bit. I think he is getting slightly annoyed and defensive 🙂 SM: If you go back to the beginnings of Salesforce.com, and you ask Mark Benioff, I am sure he will

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