
Five more conferences condensed: 2013
Conference Coverage Okay, I admit it. I failed. I broke a promise. I wanted to provide individual coverage for each of the conferences that I’ve attended in the last 2 months or so, but there are so many I just couldn’t keep up. I covered SugarCRM SugarCon 2013, Infor, and Infusionsoft and didn’t get to Clarabridge, Lithium LiNC, NetSuite […]

Catch Up: NetSuiteWorld – Where’s the CRM?
This is the first in a series of posts where I just try to catch up on the latest shows around the country I attended between April and May. The “spring season” was so well populated, and so busy, that I almost had no chance to write about current events. I have four or five […]

A Tale of Five Conferences: InfusionCon 2013, Infusionsoft
Infusionsoft is one of five conferences I’ve been to in April and its was incredibly revealing. There is no question that Infusionsoft is the player to beat in the small business customer facing technology world. There are things they have to do yet, b…

Moving to the Front Office
Moving to the Front Office For a long time many people have been predicting the demise of ERP and while I share those sentiments, demise takes many forms. The one we all understand well is the crash and burn variety but that’s not the only and perhaps not even the predominant approach. The crash is […]

The CRM Watchlist 2011 Part III: Representing the Pillars
Recapping the Past Week Okay, last week, I launched the CRM Watchlist for 2011. The first two posts (of six) were published. If you haven’t read them, please do. There is something of a method to the madness so it would be kind of important to read at least the first one to understand how […]

Marketing Automation Consolidation?
Many VC’s and other practitioners of the Art of Startup view consolidation as a normal part of the evolution of a market. At first there are lots of companies founded in a space and lots of hype. Over time, a handful emerge as leaders. Once the handful is obviously head and shoulders above the rest, […]

CRM Watchlist 2010 – The SMBs – IVA – Brent Leary Rocks
(Brent Leary, who is both a Social CRM guru and a great friend has graciously done a post on the companies to watch for 2010 when it comes to the small and medium business space. He was clearly trying to outdo me because his post is so big that it has to be split into […]