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David Byrd
David Byrd is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer for Raven Guru Marketing. Previously, he was the CMO and EVP of Sales for CloudRoute. Prior to CloudRoute, He was CMO at ANPI, CMO & EVP of Sales at Broadvox, VP of channels and Alliances for Telcordia and Director of eBusiness development with i2 Technologies.He has also held executive positions with Planet Hollywood Online, Hewlett-Packard, Tandem Computers, Sprint and Ericsson.
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July 2013

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Burn Fewer Calories, Make More Money

July 30, 2013

Although I am mostly known for my marketing acumen, I have spent years developing, managing and supporting sales. Through the years I have learned that qualifying opportunities is one of the most important and difficult tasks for a sales person. Often emotion, false relationships and the desire to please potential business customers prevent objective decisions regarding the pursuit of valid business. Unqualified leads cannot be closed.

Generations Working together Well (Part 2)

July 25, 2013

Understanding the uniqueness of each generation provides a platform for developing multiple approaches to a given value or set of values requirement

Generations Working together Well

July 23, 2013

I have worked purposely to build a marketing team that is multi-generational.

A growing dependence upon the Cloud

July 15, 2013

It has been five years since the launch of Apple iTunes and the world of cloud services has benefited from it ever since. That is not to say that iTunes has been accepted by everyone, but as familiarity with cloud based apps and micro purchases has increased so too have the opportunities for business based cloud services. There are many examples both large and small of cloud service providers offering IT services, applications and business support solutions. Microsoft, Google, Intuit and Amazon are probably the best known.

It's All about Mobility and Consumption

July 2, 2013

It’s not too soon to note that ANPI will be participating in the upcoming IT Expo and Cloud Partner conferences. They came to mind as I was reading about the state of PC shipments worldwide. According to an IDC forecast PC shipments will decline -11.7% in 2Q13, -4.7% in 3Q13 and -1.6% in 4Q 2013. Overall, 2013 will continue and accelerate the trend away from PCs to other computing devices.

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