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Read articles written by KickStart Alliance members and affiliates that were published prior to 2005.

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Strategy & Leadership
Aligning Sales & Marketing With the Lead Flow Process by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Are You Getting Strategic Insight From Your Best Customers? Customer Advisory Boards help you validate and refine your product direction by Mike Gospe (2006)
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Be Careful with That Ax: Strategies for Reshaping Expenses and Staffing by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Expect more out of meetings - Professional facilitators can keep your meetings focused and productive by Mike Gospe (2006)
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Five Key Skills of Effective Campaign Managers by Mike Gospe (2008)
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A Framework That Works for Delivering Services by Andrew Cadwell (2008)
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How Sun Re-invented the Marketing Campaign by Mike Gospe (2007)
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Making Changes That Dramatically Improve Results by Ron Snyder (2006)
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Made to Stick: a book review by Mary Sullivan (2007)
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Making the Pitch: The Five Most Important Lessons for Presenting to VCs by Mike Gospe (2003)
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Planning for the Recovery by Mary Sullivan (2009)
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A Strategic Delivery Framework Sets the Stage for Success by Andrew Cadwell (2008)
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Time for Marketing to Synchronize with Sales by Mary Sullivan (2007)
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Tips for Establishing a Lead Tracking Process - Don't Start Your Campaign Without It! by Mary Gospe (2006)
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The Seven Critical Success Factors for Launching and Driving a Successful Business by Mike Gospe (2002)
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The Truth about Campaign Management: Recognizing a good integrated marketing campaign is easy, but working the process takes practice by Mike Gospe (2007)
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TOGETHER - Sales and Marketing by Mary Sullivan (2003)
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Unfogging the Future: The Challenging Task of Building a Vision Statement by Mike Gospe (2004)
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Customer Advisory Boards
Are You Getting Strategic Insight From Your Best Customers? Customer Advisory Boards help you validate and refine your product direction by Mike Gospe (2006)
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What Came First, the CAB or the Executive Relationship? by Mike Gospe (2009)
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Launch Fundamentals
The Launch Boss: What it is, and why you may need one and Launch Success: Working Through the Politics by Mike Gospe (2004)
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Launching Solutions with Impact - Part #1 - KickStart Your Sales Momentum and Everyone Can Sell by Alison Chandless (2004)
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Launching Solutions with Impact - Part #2 - Ready, Aim, Fire! by Mary Sullivan (2004)
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Ten Practical Launch Planning Tips by Mary Sullivan (2004)
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Marketing Best Practices

Competitive Intelligence
The Invisible Threat: Your Competitor's Website by Celeste Smith Bishop (2004)
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Demand Creation
Seven Critical Success Factors for B2B Lead Generation Campaigns by Mary Gospe (2004)
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Telemarketing Strategy - When Should Outbound Programs be Outsourced? by Mary Gospe (2004)
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Integrated Marketing Campaigns
Boosting Email Campaign Effectiveness, Part 1 by Mary Gospe (2008)
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Boosting Email Campaign Effectiveness, Part 2 by Mary Gospe (2008)
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Boost response rates by 10 times: Three keys to successful one-to-one marketing by Mary Gospe (2006)
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Content: The Heart of Today’s Integrated Marketing Process by Mary Sullivan (2009)
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Demand Generation Automation for B-to-B Marketers by Mary Gospe (2007)
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Eco-friendly marketing communications by Mary Gospe (2007)
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Lead Generation Blueprints in 30 Minutes by Mike Gospe (2007)
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Marketing Blueprints in Action by Mike Gospe (2009)
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Mechanics of a Lead Generation Blueprint by Mike Gospe (2009)
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The Evolving World of Direct Marketing by Mary Gospe (2007)
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Worth Talking About: Assessing Operational Focus & Alignment by Mike Gospe (2009)
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Marketing Operations
Do You Have a Clear Picture of Your Marketing Team's Performance? - Conduct a Market Assessment Now to Prepare for 2007 by Mike Gospe (2006)
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Expect more out of meetings - Professional facilitators can keep your meetings focused and productive by Mike Gospe (2006)
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Online Marketing
A Blog Is a Two-Way Street: Benefits of Business Blogs by Mary Sullivan (2004)
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Boosting Webinar Attendance by Wendy Ackerman (2004)
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Can "Online Reputation" Save Email Marketing? by Des Cahill (2007)
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Differentiating Your Website: Three Best Practices to Enhance the Visitor Experience by Jerry Hart (2005)
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Facebook for Organizations - Pages or Groups? by Mary Gospe (2009)
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Get Ready! Social Media for B2B Companies by Mary Sullivan (2009)
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How the New Internet Is Transforming the Way Marketers Communicate with Customers by Mary Sullivan (2007)
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How Three Collaboration Trends Are Reshaping Marketing by Mike Gospe (2007)
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Kickstarting Your Own Social Media Initiative by Mary Sullivan (2009)
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Newsletters Help You Stay in Touch by Mary Sullivan (2004)
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Pay-Per-Click Advertising by Mary Gospe (2005)
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Practical Tips for Hosting A Prospect Webinar by Wendy Ackerman (2004)
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Search Engine Optimization and Web 2.0 by Andreas Meuller and Markus Hoevener (2008)
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SEO Makeover: Top 10 Search Engine Optimization "Must Dos" by Mary Gospe (2009)
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The Scoop about SEO: Seven Steps to Organic Search Engine Optimization by Mary Gospe (2005)
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Tools That Make Social Marketing Work for You by Mary Sullivan (2009)
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Virtual Events: Green and Growing by Mary Gospe (2008)
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Weave Web 2.0 into Business (and Sales) Strategy by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Web 2.0: What It Can Mean to Your Business by Sharon Ewert (2007)
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What Marketing Alternatives Are Left for B2B Companies? by Mary Sullivan (2004)
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What You Need to Know NOW about Anti-Spam Legislation by Mary Sullivan (2003)
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Planning
7 Keys to Improving Your 2009 User Conference by Mike Gospe (2009)
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Communication Trends Require Marketers to Think in New Ways: What marketers need to know in 2006 by Mike Gospe (2005)
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How Sun Re-invented the Marketing Campaign by Mike Gospe (2007)
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Marketing into the Storm: How and why the financial crisis will turn you into a better marketer by Mike Gospe (2008)
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Start Your 2006 Tactical Marketing Planning Now: 5 tips to help you construct an action-oriented marketing plan quickly by Mike Gospe (2005)
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The Truth about Campaign Management: Recognizing a good integrated marketing campaign is easy, but working the process takes practice by Mike Gospe (2007)
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Tools for Maximizing Customer Relationships by Mike Gospe (2009)
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Positioning & Messaging
Personas, Positioning & the Message Box by Mike Gospe (2009)
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The "Aha!" Factor: Positioning so your audience "gets it" by Mike Gospe (2004)
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The Customer Space: Why Your Messaging Needs to Be There by Mary Sullivan (2006)
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The Power of Customer-Centric Messaging by Mary Sullivan (2006)
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Pricing
Do You Have a Pricing Strategy? by Xan Chamberlain (2004)
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Product Marketing
Avoiding the Perils of Pricing by Jim Geisman (2007)
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Savvy Software Pricing by the KickStart Team (2007)
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Sales Best Practices

Channel Strategy
Define How You Engage with Channel Partners by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Energize Your Sales Channel by Janet Gregory (2009)
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How Well Do You Know Your Channel Partners? - Gain strategic insight through Partner Advisory Boards by Mike Gospe (2006)
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Re-master Your Sales Channel by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Tune into Your Channel by Brian Anderson (2006)
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Compensation
7 Steps to Designing a Winning Sales Compensation Plan by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Using Incentives for Results by Janet Gregory (2005)
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Demos
Demoing to Your Sales Force - The Toughest Customer of All! by Peter Cohan (2005)
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The 4 Magical Demo Questions by Nathan Gold (2003)
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Inside Sales and Sales Development Leadership
Five Crucial Considerations for Sales Planning by Janet Gregory (2007)
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Maintaining Sales Momentum in a Recession by Mary Sullivan (2008)
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Position "Process" as a Competitive Advantage by Andy Cadwell (2008)
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Your Selling Approach: Slick, Data Dump or Trusted Advisor? by Ron Snyder (2007)
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Negotiating
When the Customer Asks the Price: Buying Signal or Sales Trap? by Janet Gregory (2009)
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The Revenue Opportunity in Managing Negotiated Discounts by Jim Geisman (2007)
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Sales Development
Building a Successful Sales Development Organization, Part I by Mary Gospe (2003)
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Building a Successful Sales Development Organization, Part II by Mike Gospe (2003)
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Building a Successful Sales Development Organization, Part III by Mary Gospe (2003)
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When Should Outbound Programs be Outsourced? by Mary Gospe (2005)
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Sales Meetings
Create a Presentation Sales Will Remember! by Alison Chandless and Mike Gospe (2005)
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Don't Just Kickoff, Kickstart Your Sales Meeting! by Alison Chandless (2004)
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Evaluate Your Proposal Process by Alison Chandless (2004)
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Getting Top ROI on Your Proposal Process by Alison Chandless (2004)
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Killer Sales Kickoff Meetings by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Log On and Kickoff: How Companies are Experimenting with Virtual Sales Kickoffs by Mary Gospe (2008)
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The X FACTOR in Sales Kickoffs by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Sales Messaging & Communication
AMP UP Your Customer Relationships by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Automating the Personal Touch by Suzanne Aimee (2007)
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Developing Effective Selling Messages by Alison Chandless (2005)
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Face Off: Value Propositions vs. Sales Messaging by Michael Cannon (2008)
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How Marketing Should Communicate So Sales Can Listen by Alison Chandless (2005)
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Insights for Marketers — What I Learned as a Sales Rep by Sridhar Ramanathan (2005)
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Top 10 Principles of Great Sales Messaging by Michael Cannon (2005)
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Your Reps are Screaming for References! What Do You Do? by Alison Chandless (2005)
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Sales Operations
Build a Successful Sales Plan by Janet Gregory (2009)
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End the Lead Qualification Argument by Janet Gregory (2006)
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Evaluating Sales Performance by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Green Is the Color of Money by Janet Gregory (2007)
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Rev Up Your Sales Organization for Success by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Sales Is More Than Just Making the Numbers - Conduct a sales assessment to optimize performance and planning by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Sales Technology - Helping Sales Sell by Andrew Cadwell (2007)
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Secrets of an Ex-VP of Sales Confession: Sales Operations is the Secret to Sales Success by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Tips for Establishing a Lead Tracking Process - Don't Start Your Campaign Without It! by Mary Gospe (2006)
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You've Built a Sales Intranet; Why Doesn't Sales Use It? by Alison Chandless (2006)
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Sales Process
Qualifying UP in a DOWN Economy by Janet Gregory (2009)
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Sales Playbooks: It's a Whole New Ball Game by Mary Gospe (2009)
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What Is Sales 2.0? by Mary Gospe (2009)
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