2X Your Client Sales with "Thinking" CRMS In episode 08 of The Marketing Umbrella podcast Itamar Shafir welcomes on the show Richard Brock. Richard Brock is an entrepreneurial software CEO who has spent 30 years building successful companies focused on industry-changing CRM solutions, marketing automation solutions, and artificial intelligence applications. His first company, Brock Control Systems, was the first CRM company to complete an IPO. He renamed the company Firstwave Technologies, which became the leading provider of Web-based Customer Relationship Management applications. Firstwave established an international presence and served over 20,000 users in 20 countries. Richard took the best attributes of his earliest companies to his newest company, SalesTalk Technologies. He was named one of the “10 Most Influential People in CRM” by Sales and Marketing Automation magazine.   Listen to this information-packed episode of The Marketing Umbrella Podcast with Richard Brock about his innovative CRM software and the reality of the business world right now as relates to sales and marketing.  Here is what to expect on this week’s show: ●    Rick’s background and how he became a CRM wizard. ●    How his company’s software & AI works exactly, and how it interacts with sales reps and other CRM software. ●    The importance of marketing and the reality of making a sale in today’s post covid, Internet based world. ●    How sales reps and sales managers need to operate in today’s market. ●    Great advice that Richard has received that can apply to anyone.   Links Mentioned: https://salesrelevance.com/ Connect with Richard: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-brock-30a84/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBcc9z1l5eawBIKctsHUldA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices