Tom Blue

Tom Blue founded Lead411 in 2001. He oversees most of the operations of Lead411 and contributes to the Lead411 blog as well. You can contact him at tblue [at] lead411.net Tom Blue on Google+!

Sales and Marketing People On The Move – 5/22/2013 to 5/23/2013

Tech Valley Communications (TVC) recently named Maura Mahoney as Senior Director of Marketing and Product Management for the company. She was formerly part of Conterra Broadband Services. Mahoney had also worked with Sidera Networks as Vice President of Marketing, Business Development and Systems Engineering. There’s more about his appointment on this news link.
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Sales and Marketing People On The Move – 5/15/2013 to 5/16/2013

401KDIRECT Inc. recently welcomed Melissa Webb as the company’s new Director of Marketing. He will share with the team his experience in doing account management and business development work. Webb received his degree from California State University. There’s more about her appointment on this news link. I DRIVE SAFELY recently named Greg Hallinan as the company’s [...]
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Sales and Marketing People On The Move – 5/10/2013 to 5/14/2013

HomeAway, Inc. was recently joined by Kevin Krone as their new vice president and chief marketing officer.He was previously part of Southwest Airlines. Krone will share with the team 21 years of experience in the field. There’s more about his appointment on this news link.
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Sales and Marketing People on the Move – 5/8/2013 to 5/9/2013

eMag Solutions, LLC recently named Jeff Mayerson as the new Senior Vice President of Sales for the company. He was most recently part of Fios where he served as their Director of National Sales. Mayerson will share with the team more than 12 years of experience in doing sales as well as business development work. [...]
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Sales and Marketing People On The Move – 5/1/2013 to 5/2/2013

XOJET, Inc. recently appointed Shari Jones as the company’s new Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. She had previously worked with brands like Levi’s® and Dockers®. Jones was also previously employed with Bain & Company as well. There’s more about his appointment on this news link.
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Sales and Marketing People On The Move – 4/26/2013 to 4/30/2013

TripAdvisor® recently appointed Brian Schmidt as the company’s new vice president, global CPC sales. He was previously with Google, where he worked on scalable sales acquisition and growth. Schmidt had also formerly worked with iProspect. There’s more about his appointment on this news link.
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Sales and Marketing People On The Move – 4/24/2013 to 4/25/2013

SFL Data recently welcomed Gregory J. Mazares as their company’s new president of sales. He was previously with Encore Discovery Solutions, where he served as CEO. Mazares will share with the team his extensive [...]
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Sales and Marketing People On The Move – 4/19/2013 to 4/23/2013

Michael Branigan was recently appointed as the vice president of Marketing and Product Innovation for Bruster’s® Real Ice Cream. He had previously worked as the vice president of Marketing for Sizzler USA.  Branigan will share with the team extensive experience in the field that he had gained from [...]
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Sales and Marketing People On The Move – 4/17/2013 to 4/18/2013

Eaton Vance Corp. recently welcomed Bob Cunha as their new Managing Director of Marketing and Distribution Strategy. He was previously Principal of Market Metrics. Cunha had worked with Market Metrics for 12 years. There’s more about his appointment on this news link.
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Cheap or Easy… That’s it.

Jeff Kaplan, our new Chief Architect, and I have been brainstorming on what tools/features we want to focus on next. It got me thinking about what has made the most popular internet companies successful. What was there common denominator. A search led me to this list of successful web companies. After going [...]
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