Monday, February 03, 2014

Thought Leadership with Mitchell Levy and Michael Procopio, Episode 8: Feb 3, 2014

Thought Leadership with Mitchell and MichaelIn this episode of Thought Leadership with Mitchell and Michael (hashtag #ThoughLeadership) we interview Lori Harmon, who discusses social selling.

Our guest is Lori Harmon, a veteran high-tech executive with more than 25 years of strategic and operational experience in all major functional areas including, sales, support, and marketing for some of Silicon Valley’s leading companies. Her expertise lies in building and simplifying organizations, inspiring and developing high performance management teams and streamlining operations.

Lori Harmon, social sellerLori has a keen ability to understand complex business issues, make solid recommendations and quickly implement solutions that deliver results.

Lori is the CEO and Founder of Quantum Sale helping companies maximize revenue through optimizing their Sales and Sales Operations organizations. She is also the author of 42 Rules for Building a High Velocity Inside Sales Team.

More about Lori at on LinkedIn

Some Tweetable Moments from the show:

  • Inside sales is a very specialized field different from outside sales via Lori Harmon
  • We are in an ask economy and SlideShare provides great value answering my questions @HappyAbout
  • Lori Harmon’s favorite tools for B2B is LinkedIn and Twitter. Twitter good for influencers.
  • Facebook is a challenge for B2B but it has a role to play via Lori Harmon
  • Facebook is a great place to warm up your cold leads @HappyAbout
  • A thought leader is someone who innovates in their field and helps others keep up via Lori Harmon

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You can connect with Mitchell at MitchellLevy.com, @HappyAbout on Twitter, or join his Thought Leadership Best Practices Group on LinkedIn; and with Michael at MProcopio.com, on Twitter:@MichaelProcopio; or LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/MichaelProcopio.

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Posted by Michael Procopio on 02/03 at 07:15 PM
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