What is sales lead automation? Of course there is marketing automation and sales force automation, but sales lead automation? In this interview Gabe Buck, CEO and Founder of ClickPoint Software describes what sales lead automation is and what it can do to deliver more “A” quality leads. Mr. Buck will discuss approach that simultaneously delivers leads to field sales teams, call centers, franchisees, and lead buyers. He'll talk about how proper lead filtering can increase lead quality and delete up to 27% of the leads that are “bad.”

About Gabe Buck

 

Gabe Buck is a technology entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience including building bootstrapped companies to scale, product development, marketing, business operations, and strategy.  Mr. Buck founded ClickPoint Software in 2007 with a simple mission: help marketers, call centers, and sales teams improve results from their leads and contacts.    

 

While serving as a VP of sales for an ad agency Gabe Buck  worked with a lot of companies in the financial sector that failed  at managing leads.  He found  that there  were very poor processes in place and he saw a tremendous amount of revenue being left on the floor.  Buck knew the right process combined with easy to use software could improve revenue from leads.   

 

 

About ClickPoint: Accelerate Sales and Win More Deals

 

Founded in 2007 and located in Scottsdale, Arizona, ClickPoint serves both Fortune 500 companies and small businesses. ClickPoint was born out of a desire to help companies tackle the big problem of managing leads and sales teams effectively.

 

We found many companies using CRM suites did not do a good job of integrating sales and marketing. Instead, we saw many companies integrating them in a linear fashion. We could see that companies were missing out on a tremendous amount of potential customers due to a lack of insight into lead quality, lead performance, contact to close rates, and real-time sales performance. 

 

Today ClickPoint works to help companies implement Lead Management Automation. ClickPoint integrates sales and marketing effectively and prevents sales inefficiency, resulting in increased lead quality, lead quantity, and improved conversion.

 

Mission

We extract more value from customer interactions by improving sales efficiency and performance. We do this by providing a single integrated marketing automation, lead management, and call routing solution.

  

Service and Post Implementation Support

ClickPoint is well known for providing both small and enterprise clients with excellent post implementation support. You can read more about our customer success with companies from many different verticals. Read More

 

Enterprise Development Team

ClickPoint started as an enterprise development team. We invest heavily in our team, tools, and our development process. When it comes time to integrate internal and external solutions our team is here to help, no matter the size of the project.

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This episode is generously sponsored by The Vanella Group

The Vanella Group, Inc. is the only firm that delivers telebased lead generation programs exclusively for enterprise technology providers. They achieve results 5 times higher than industry standards for outbound lead generation based on the research published by implementing their unique Telesales 2.0 methodology. We are an award winning leader in this space and get results like no other firms.The Vanella Group supports firms from Fortune 500 companies to startups.To learn more, visit BuildPipeline.com or call 888-335-0340

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With the announcement of the 40 Most Inspiring Leaders in Sales Lead Management, Jim Obermayer and Susan Finch discuss the not so obvious reasons campaigns like this are important. It's not just about building your contact lists, email lists and gaining members. It goes way deeper than that.

They will cover the evolution of such recognition campaigns within the history of the SLMA and other organizations. Points to include the value to the nominees, their companies but also to those who are nominating people. Join them for this, tweet your questions and comments before, during and after this episode. 

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This episode is generously sponsored by The Vanella Group

The Vanella Group, Inc. is the only firm that delivers telebased lead generation programs exclusively for enterprise technology providers. They achieve results 5 times higher than industry standards for outbound lead generation based on the research published by implementing their unique Telesales 2.0 methodology. We are an award winning leader in this space and get results like no other firms.The Vanella Group supports firms from Fortune 500 companies to startups.To learn more, visit BuildPipeline.com or call 888-335-0340

and by Validar

Whether you're producing a seminar series, user's conference, lunch and learn, or exhibiting at a tradeshow, Validar has a solution. From capturing leads at tradeshows to managing onsite registration, tracking session attendance, gathering feedback, and providing sponsors lead retrieval we have a full suite of solutions for you. Since 2005 Validar has been turning Corporate Events and Trade Shows into Better Business. Call 888 784 2929 or visit us at www.validar.com

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Sales managers need every advantage in an increasing fast paced sales world but the volume (or lack of it) of analytical information from the company can stress even the most best sales manager. In this short interview, Derek Grant of SalesLoft takes us through the absolutely must-have-analytics that every sales manager needs to control their future revenue stream. Marketing managers are invited to listen. The host is Jim Obermayer.

About our guest:

Derek leads SalesLoft's sales organization, which is focused on helping sales development practitioners schedule more, qualified meetings. Prior to joining SalesLoft, Derek served as the architect of Pardot’s sales process, leading the organization from pre-revenue startup to $100M exit to ExactTarget (subsequently acquired by Salesforce). Derek is a native son of Florida and holds a bachelor's degree in communications from Florida State University. 

About the company: 

SalesLoft is the simplest way to convert prospects into qualified appointments. Build a cadence of phone calls and sales emails for your team to follow consistently. Automatically track and log sales emails and dials into Salesforce, saving time for Sales Development Reps to have more conversations with our integrated sales dialer.

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This episode is generously sponsored byThe Vanella Group

The Vanella Group, Inc. is the only firm that delivers telebased lead generation programs exclusively for enterprise technology providers. They achieve results 5 times higher than industry standards for outbound lead generation based on the research published by implementing their unique Telesales 2.0 methodology. We are an award winning leader in this space and get results like no other firms.The Vanella Group supports firms from Fortune 500 companies to startups.To learn more, visitBuildPipeline.comor call 888-335-0340

and by Validar

Whether you're producing a seminar series, user's conference, lunch and learn, or exhibiting at a tradeshow, Validar has a solution. From capturing leads at tradeshows to managing onsite registration, tracking session attendance, gathering feedback, and providing sponsors lead retrieval we have a full suite of solutions for you. Since 2005 Validar has been turning Corporate Events and Trade Shows into Better Business. Call 888 784 2929 or visit us atwww.validar.com

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Known as the performance marketing conference, LeadsCon is for companies that rely on lead generation to drive their revenue.

In this program you will learn about LeadsCon New York and Las Vegas in 2016 in our interview with Warren Pickett and Cory Smith. LeadsCon 2016 is expected to have 1700-2000 attendees, 100 + speakers and 30 plus session. There will be a trade show floor which is focused on lead generation experts. If you are serious about lead generation, listen to Cory and Warren tell us about the 8 year history of LeadsCon and what to expect in 2016. The host this week is Susan Finch.

Our guests:

Warren Pickett - Content Director, LeadsCon

As the content director forLeadsCon events, Warren brings more than a decade of event programming experience and more than 20 years of experience in B2B print, online and digital media. He helps drive engagement in the performance marketing marketplace and brings together marketers, executives, agencies, technology & service providers, entrepreneurs, corporate communications experts and audience development team members to help foster B2B and B2C communities in real-time at face-to-face, in-person events.

Cory Smith - Show Director, LeadsCon

Cory joined Access Intelligence in 2013 to manage and grow the LeadsCon Community, the leading source of business information for the performance marketing and Lead Gen industry. Cory is a veteran of twenty-two years in business media having managed two Tradeshow Top 100 events and recognized for having managed two of the fastest 50 growing events in the industry. Prior to joining AI Cory was the Director of Events at Mining Media International, where he was responsible for launching new events and growing a portfolio of seven conferences and tradeshows in the mining and construction marketplace. Prior to his role at Mining Media International, he served as Vice President of Events for both Nielsen Business Media and F+W Media. In these roles, he managed several industry leading events: Kitchen/Bath Industry Show, Medtrade, and the HOW Design Conference. Cory is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a BBA in Risk Management/Insurance. ;http://www.leadscon.com/about-us

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This episode is generously sponsored byThe Vanella Group

The Vanella Group, Inc. is the only firm that delivers telebased lead generation programs exclusively for enterprise technology providers. They achieve results 5 times higher than industry standards for outbound lead generation based on the research published by implementing their unique Telesales 2.0 methodology. We are an award winning leader in this space and get results like no other firms.The Vanella Group supports firms from Fortune 500 companies to startups.To learn more, visitBuildPipeline.comor call 888-335-0340

and by Validar

Whether you're producing a seminar series, user's conference, lunch and learn, or exhibiting at a tradeshow, Validar has a solution. From capturing leads at tradeshows to managing onsite registration, tracking session attendance, gathering feedback, and providing sponsors lead retrieval we have a full suite of solutions for you. Since 2005 Validar has been turning Corporate Events and Trade Shows into Better Business. Call 888 784 2929 or visit us atwww.validar.com

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Increasing sales by 30% in 90 days is a bold statement and we asked Mike Hollison, CMO of InsideSales.com how it can be done.  Of course following up all leads increases sales, but InsideSales.com claims its self-learning engine drives predicative sales communications and engagement which combined with rep motivation results in dramatic sales increases. Prime questions: How does the Neuralytics® program work?  How soon can results REALLY be seen. What is the basis for the claim in increased sales?  What does it cost and what are the contractual expectations from clients?  The host is Jim Obermayer

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About Mick Hollison

Mick Hollison joined InsideSales.com in June 2013 with over 20 years of experience in technology marketing, product management and sales. Currently, Mick oversees all marketing efforts including public relations, content marketing, paid advertising and website conversion.

Previous to InsideSales.com, Mick spent 7 years at Citrix, a $2.6B company, recently serving as global vice president of marketing and strategy, leading integrated product marketing and strategy. He was responsible for integrated product messaging, solutions marketing, and marketing strategy and led the development of pricing, licensing and packaging across all Citrix product lines.

Prior to Citrix, Mick spent two years at Microsoft where he was responsible for the development and delivery of marketing messages targeting C-level executives. During his tenure, he led a worldwide network of nine executive briefing centers delivering over $4 billion in influence revenue per year, and produced customer events such as the Microsoft CEO Summit. Before joining Microsoft, he spent 13 years with IBM in a variety of executive product line roles. 

About Inside Sales

InsideSales.com offers the industry’s leading sales acceleration platform built on Neuralytics®, a predictive and prescriptive self-learning engine that drives revenue growth by delivering an optimized experience for both salesperson and buyer. The platform fuels sales rep performance and provides buyer personalization with breakthrough innovations in predictive sales communications, gamification and sales hiring. Customers: Over 2,000 • Employees: Over 700 • Locations: Worldwide headquarters in Provo, Utah, with European regional headquarters in Reading, UK; additional offices in San Mateo, California and Salt Lake City, Utah. In May 2015, the company announced its acquisition of C9 Inc., based in San Mateo, California, to extend its predictive capabilities from sales prospecting to sales forecasting for opportunities and accounts. And earlier in the year, the company hired top executive talent including Chief Customer Officer and President of Worldwide Sales Jim Steele and expanded its company footprint beyond U.S. borders into Europe. www.insidesales.com

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This episode is generously sponsored byThe Vanella Group

The Vanella Group, Inc. is the only firm that delivers telebased lead generation programs exclusively for enterprise technology providers. They achieve results 5 times higher than industry standards for outbound lead generation based on the research published by implementing their unique Telesales 2.0 methodology. We are an award winning leader in this space and get results like no other firms.The Vanella Group supports firms from Fortune 500 companies to startups.To learn more, visitBuildPipeline.comor call 888-335-0340

and by Validar

Whether you're producing a seminar series, user's conference, lunch a

It's one thing to buy a marketing automation tool and install it. Its quite another thing to use it every day to manage and nurture, your most precious asset: sales leads. And yet some would say that this leading edge technology could be aptly named bleeding edge because of the effort it extracts from the users to make it work. In the interview with Justin Gray, CEO of LeadMD we discuss how to avoid being part of the 87% of marketing automation users who fail. The host this week is Susan FinchJustin Gray , CEO Chief Marketing EvangelistYou might know Justin from the incredible amounts of quality best practices content LeadMD churns out on a monthly basis. You might say he drank the content marketing Kool-aid. You might also say he spiked it with Everclear and slept behind a Walgreens last night. Justin founded LeadMD with the vision of being a little different, the dream of igniting a fire around marketing, fueled by "doing". The result is a true Marketing-as-a-Service offering, which has become the benchmark of excellence and a Preferred Service Partner for both Marketo andSalesforce.com. Mr.Gray has emerged as a strong voice for demand generation, value-based marketing and conversational best practices. As a recognized speaker,Justin has been published over 250 times in industry publications. Meanwhile, his Blog, The Marketing Evangelist is one of the top marketing blogs in the marketing automation the space.Company Twitter:@myleadmdPersonal Twitter:@jgraymatterLinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/leadmdAbout LeadMDLeadMD is a full-service marketing and sales consulting firm specializing in conversational marketing and revenue performance management. With deep expertise in Marketo,Salesforce.comand respective integration, LeadMD helps businesses make sense out of marketing automation and increase revenue by developing, streamlining, and maximizing any lead generation program. For more information, visithttp://www.leadmd.comhttp://navigate.leadmd.com------------------This episode is generously sponsored byThe Vanella GroupThe Vanella Group, Inc. is the only firm that delivers telebased lead generation programs exclusively for enterprise technology providers. They achieve results 5 times higher than industry standards for outbound lead generation based on the research published by implementing their unique Telesales 2.0 methodology. We are an award winning leader in this space and get results like no other firms.The Vanella Group supports firms from Fortune 500 companies to startups.To learn more, visitBuildPipeline.comor call 888-335-0340and by ValidarWhether you're producing a seminar series, user's conference, lunch and learn, or exhibiting at a tradeshow, Validar has a solution. From capturing leads at tradeshows to managing onsite registration, tracking session attendance, gathering feedback, and providing sponsors lead retrieval we have a full suite of solutions for you. Since 2005 Validar has been turning Corporate Events and Trade Shows into Better Business. Call 888 784 2929 or visit us atwww.validar.comDownload Podcast Video

Key Performance Indicators aren't new, but for many sales managers KPI's aren't defined, tracked or used as pointers to help them manage salespeople. Maybe it is the lack of easy to use tools to track KPIs. Maybe it is the sales manager's inability to understand how they can use KPIs to look at the past and predict the future; regardless, the excuses aren't valid anymore. In this interview with Pipeliner CEO Nikoluas Kimla and John Golden, Chief Strategy officer for Pipeliner, they discuss the five KPIs that every sales manager should use to understand how to coach their teams to extraordinary success. The host is SLMA's Jim Obermayer.About Nikolaus KimlaNikolaus is a true entrepreneur: over the last 40 years he has created six businesses, three of which are still going strong today. His experience in the software industry goes back over 20 years to his founding of uptime ITechnology. Through his work at uptime he learned software development from the ground up and, as noted above, the company has been a resounding success.Following the project of World Check (World Check was acquired by Thomson Reuters 2011), which uptime has completed developed and overseen the IT for more than 10 years and still working today on it, Nikolaus' attention turned to sales—for he felt that salespeople were seriously undervalued and unsupported in today's business world.Thus began the 8-year journey that ultimately resulted in Pipeliner CRM—a unique solution that actually empowers salespeople to sell instead of burdening them with cumbersome administrative duties as traditional CRM solutions have."Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them."About John GoldenJohn Golden, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)with Pipeliner is the best selling author of two books "Social Upheaval: How to Win @ Social Selling" "Winning the Battle for Sales". An acknowledged thought leader and speaker on sales and business strategy, he is the former CEO of Huthwaite(SPIN Selling) and Omega Performance, both global consulting companies and Focused Revenue Results, a management consultancy group.Role at PipelinerProvides strategic direction to Pipeliner sales to increase market penetration through effective direct and channel sales strategies while ensuring that the organization is aligned with its target buyers, and that the platform continues to deliver optimum value to sales people, sales managers and business executives.------------------This episode is generously sponsored byThe Vanella GroupThe Vanella Group, Inc. is the only firm that delivers telebased lead generation programs exclusively for enterprise technology providers. They achieve results 5 times higher than industry standards for outbound lead generation based on the research published by implementing their unique Telesales 2.0 methodology. We are an award winning leader in this space and get results like no other firms.The Vanella Group supports firms from Fortune 500 companies to startups.To learn more, visitBuildPipeline.comor call 888-335-0340and byValidarWhether you’re producing a seminar series, user’s conference, lunch and learn, or exhibiting at a tradeshow, Validar has a solution. From capturing leads at tradeshows to managing onsite registration, tracking session attendance, gathering feedback, and providing sponsors lead retrieval we have a full suite of solutions for you. Since 2005 Validar has been turning Corporate Events and Trade Shows into Better Business. Call 888 784 2929 or visit us atwww.validar.comDownload Podcast Video

We've worked with them and for them: the jerks. Those that are bullies, rude, bad-mannered, impolite, they disrupt meetings, are late to meetings, they are know-it-all people that are toxic to the organization. The guest this week, Christine Crandell of New Business Strategies says it doesn't have to be this way. Department managers and HR Departments can work to avoid the jerks and hire those that are team members. It may be testing, it may be a list of character traits that the company publishes and holds everyone accountable to. Yes, you can warn people about being a jerk and fire someone for being a jerk; learn how. Christine insists it can be done. The host this week is Jim Obermayer

About Christine Crandell – President

Christine Crandell is a 25-year B2B expert in market strategy, and building successful, profitable organizations. Her work with CEOs and Boards is focused on helping them understand how to optimize their strategy and align their organizations to accelerate revenue. As President of New Business Strategies, she leads the international strategy consulting firm and has advised more than 100 CEOs and Board of Directors in North America, Europe and Australia in areas including MA, market category creation, company strategy, and go-to-market planning. She advises CEOs and Boards on how to align messaging, structure and culture with the customer to dramatically improve company performance.

Christine holds Board of Advisory roles with several early stage companies. She also lectures at San Francisco State, University of San Francisco and Golden Gate University where she was the recipient of the 2005 Ageno School of Business, Stanley Price Adjunct Professor Award. Christinerude, was named as one the "Top 50 Influential People in Sales and Marketing in 2012", "Top 15 Leaders in Social Selling", "Top 20 Women to Watch in 2012" by the Sales Lead Management Association ("SLMA"), and as one of Silicon Valley's Most Influential Women for 2010 by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.

An accomplished writer and public speaker, Christine has been published in BusinessWeek, CMO.com, and is a blogger for Forbes.com, CMSwire, and HuffingtonPost. She holds an MBA from Florida Atlantic University and DBA (abd) from Golden Gate University.

Follow her personal blog at www.christinecrandell.com and on Twitter @chriscrandell. She can be reached at christine.crandell [at] newbizs.com

About New Business Strategies

New Business Strategies is a customer engagement and strategy consulting firm focused on helping B2B and B2B2C companies to become customer-led organizations. Our clients see measurable improvement in their customer retention rates and achieve more predictable revenue by understanding and operationalizing the expectations of their target markets. Becoming a customer-led organization doesn't require black magic, complicated methodologies or huge teams of consultants, it comes down to aligning processes, culture, and technology to outward to what drives value in the eyes of the customer.------------------This episode is generously sponsored byThe Vanella GroupThe Vanella Group, Inc. is the only firm that delivers telebased lead generation programs exclusively for enterprise technology providers. They achieve results 5 times higher than industry standards for outbound lead generation based on the research published by implementing their unique Telesales 2.0 methodology. We are an award winning leader in this space and get results like no other firms.The Vanella Group supports firms from Fortune 500 companies to startups.To learn more, visitBuildPipeline.comor call 888-335-0340and byValidarWhether you're producing a seminar series, user's conference, lunch and learn, or exhibiting at a tradeshow, Validar has a solution. From capturing leads at tradeshows to managing onsite registration, tracking session attendance, gathering feedback, and providing sponsors lea

The author of Driving Demand by Carlos Hidalgo discusses with the host Jim Obermayer why B2B lead generation and marketing in general has changed so dramatically. Carlos just doesn’t talk about the issues; he discusses how the transformation of the buyer is creating an upheaval in sales and marketing in departments. This interview discusses why CMO’s are under pressure to perform, why so many people inmarketing are in different silos with so little connection to their salespeople. Frank talk from Carlos can make the most stoic marketing manager think about change as a necessary tactic for survival.About Carlos Hidalgo Chief Executive Officer and PrincipalTwitter:@cahidalgoCarlos is an innovative thought-leader with over 20 years’ experience as a B2B marketing practitioner and industry visionary. Carlos is widely recognized for his expertise in strategic integrated marketing, Demand Process, Demand Transformation℠ and marketing automation. As CEO and Principal of ANNUITAS, Carlos drives strategy and leads core practice teams to Transform Demand℠ for enterprise clients globally. Carlos has been named one of the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management for the last five years and was named as a Who’s Who in BtoB Marketing in 2011 and 2012. Prior to ANNUITAS Carlos was responsible for global SMB marketing at BMC Software and held a similar role at McAfee. Carlos received his bachelor’s degree in business communications from Cedarville University in Ohio.About ANNUITAS:ANNUITAS is a demand generation and change management firm that helps B2B marketing and sales leaders at enterprise organizations build and execute demand generation that is more buyer-centric, revenue-optimized and operationally-minded. ANNUITAS delivers this via its Demand Process℠ methodology. ANNUITAS works with clients to determine their demand strategy and process, drives execution and then helps clients achieve self-sustainability and longer-term optimization.--------------------------This episode is generously sponsored byThe Vanella GroupThe Vanella Group, Inc. is the only firm that delivers telebased lead generation programs exclusively for enterprise technology providers. They achieve results 5 times higher than industry standards for outbound lead generation based on the research published by implementing their unique Telesales 2.0 methodology. We are an award winning leader in this space and get results like no other firms.The Vanella Group supports firms from Fortune 500 companies to startups.To learn more, visitBuildPipeline.comor call 888-335-0340and byValidarWhether you’re producing a seminar series, user’s conference, lunch and learn, or exhibiting at a tradeshow, Validar has a solution. From capturing leads at tradeshows to managing onsite registration, tracking session attendance, gathering feedback, and providing sponsors lead retrieval we have a full suite of solutions for you. Since 2005 Validar has been turning Corporate Events and Trade Shows into Better Business. Call 888 784 2929 or visit us atwww.validar.comDownload Standard Podcasts

Host, Susan Finch and her Guest, Jaysen Greenleaf, VP of Business Development at RIO Genesis Software discussed both sides of recruiting great talent for your team and retaining them. They also dispelled myths about millennials, including thinking they are job hoppers.The first half of the show was about preparing for growth, where to find the talent and the value that younger team members can bring, especially fresh from college or another industry. They are a clean, tech-savvy, educated slate with strong entrepreneurial spirit.The second half of the show talked about ways to KEEP them after you get them to your company. This includes the importance of weekly meetings, breaks from the office to change the scene and allow those in other departments to get to know each other. It's an enjoyable show.About our guest:Jaysen Greenleaf joinedRIO Genesisfrom Phoenix Asset Management, where he had worked for seven years. After starting his career at Phoenix as an asset manager, Mr. Greenleaf was steadily promoted throughout his time with the company. After two successful years as an asset manager, Jaysen was promoted to a client team lead position and managed multiple clients for Phoenix. Four and a half years ago, he was promoted to Director of Client Relations and Business Development, where he managed new client development while also managing existing client partnerships.------------------This episode is generously sponsored byThe Vanella GroupThe Vanella Group, Inc. is the only firm that delivers telebased lead generation programs exclusively for enterprise technology providers. They achieve results 5 times higher than industry standards for outbound lead generation based on the research published by implementing their unique Telesales 2.0 methodology. We are an award winning leader in this space and get results like no other firms.The Vanella Group supports firms from Fortune 500 companies to startups.To learn more, visitBuildPipeline.comor call 888-335-0340and byValidarWhether you’re producing a seminar series, user’s conference, lunch and learn, or exhibiting at a tradeshow, Validar has a solution. From capturing leads at tradeshows to managing onsite registration, tracking session attendance, gathering feedback, and providing sponsors lead retrieval we have a full suite of solutions for you. Since 2005 Validar has been turning Corporate Events and Trade Shows into Better Business. Call 888 784 2929 or visit us atwww.validar.comDownload Podcast Video