Sales Opportunity Report 
Brought to you by Industry Gems Sales Intelligence 
August, 2009
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Citigroup
BofA
Intel
Home Depot
MetLife
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We're excited to bring forward this month's door-opening "gems" to our valued subscriber base. We hope one (or more) of these interviews/stories gives you a reason to call a Fortune 50 account.
 
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Citigroup (HQ: New York, NY)

This is a video interview with Frank Wu, VP Security Architecture at Citigroup (registration may be needed - does not cost anything).
 
This is a jam packed informational interview. If your solution can be applied in any way to the Security area, this interview could give you the nuggets you need to sell to Citigroup. 
 
Broadcast Date: July 23rd, 2009
Article Link: Go to www.meettheboss.com 
BofA (HQ: Charlotte, NC )
 
Things are changing at BofA. Get the latest scoop on the executive management shuffle in this article.
 
Article Date: August 3rd, 2009
Article Title: Sallie's back: Krawcheck to lead BofA's wealth management group
Article Link: BofA
Intel Corp. (HQ: Santa Clara, CA)
 
This is a great interview with Intel's CIO Diane Bryant. The interview focuses on Intel's collaboration strategy - with a focus on social networking.
 
We recommend this interview if your solution helps facilitate collaboration, as well as managing content (lots of externally driven content being developed).
 
Podcast Date: July 25th, 2009
Podcast Title: Making Social Media the Corporate Norm for a Fortune 500 Company
Link: Intel (Scroll down to see the Intel podcast)
Home Depot (HQ: Atlanta, GA) 
 
This article goes into detail about how Home Depot is "rebuilding" their e-commerce site. The effort "will require modification of 15 legacy systems".
 
We especially like how the article outlines the three roles for HomeDepot.com.
 
Article Date:
 August 5th, 2009
Article Title: Live From eTail: Home Depot is Ready to Embrace E-Commerce For Real
Article Link: Home Depot
MetLife (HQ: New York, NY) 
 
This Fortune 50 company has gone through a reorganization by combining business units into a single organization (effective Aug 1st).  
 
We always like it when a company announces business units are being combined. Savvy salespeople can pick up on this and help MetLife with their possible integration efforts (data, systems, customer service, product development, processes, etc).  
  
Article Date: July 16th, 2009
Article Title: MetLife Reorganization To Drive Streamlined Product Development
Article Link: MetLife
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