Press Release
Jigsaw and Sales Performance International Join Forces to Deliver a Powerful Combination of Sales Methodologies and Prospecting Tools
Industry Leaders Combine Best of Breed Solutions to Improve Sales Productivity
SAN MATEO, CA and CHARLOTTE, NC - January 31, 2008 - Today Jigsaw (www.jigsaw.com), the online directory of business contact and company information built by and for its global membership, and Sales Performance International (SPI) (www.spisales.com ), a global sales performance improvement firm, announced a strategic partnership to integrate their solutions, co-sell, and co-market them to sales professionals. SPI's proven Solution Selling® process and methodology combined with Jigsaw's data and enterprise tools for sales prospecting bring a powerful and complimentary offering to each company's respective client base.
SPI has selected Jigsaw's suite of enterprise solutions to improve its sales and marketing efficiency. SPI will deploy Jigsaw Team for sales prospecting, Jigsaw Lists to support is multi-channel marketing campaigns, and Jigsaw Clean to augment, maintain, and clean its CRM data. And Jigsaw is adopting the Solution Selling® process and methodology to improve its sales processes and effectiveness to fuel its rapid growth.
"Jigsaw is excited to be working so closely with sales leader SPI - as both a customer and a partner," said Jim Fowler, CEO and co-founder of Jigsaw. "Our companies have a shared vision to help our clients transform their sales and marketing processes and programs to build revenues. Together we're strengthening the tools and services available to sales and marketing professionals. "
"SPI is proud to be partnering with Jigsaw to bring a robust planning and prospecting solution to our clients and for our own internal and partner use," said Jon-Paul Roy, vice president of Channels and Sales Operations for SPI. "Jigsaw's technology combined with our proven Solution Selling® methodology reduces the time it takes a salesperson to identify, effectively target, and align with prospective decision makers throughout an organization."
About Sales Performance International
Sales Performance International (SPI) is a global sales training and performance improvement firm dedicated to helping the world's leading corporations drive measurable and sustainable revenue growth and operational sales performance improvement. Founded in 1988, SPI has been the leader in helping global companies successfully transition from selling products to marketing and selling high-value solutions. With extensive sales performance expertise, deep industry knowledge, global resources and a proven track record, SPI collaborates with clients to deliver strategic, operational and tactical solutions. SPI is the exclusive owner of the Solution Selling® Suite, an integrated, end-to-end training and professional development platform for sales professionals, managers, and marketers. SPI has assisted more than 600,000 sales and management professionals in more than 50 countries and 14 languages achieve higher levels of performance. Today, SPI focuses on five industry segments: technology, professional services, financial services, telecommunications, and manufacturing. SPI clients include Microsoft, Heineken, Hitachi Data Systems, Manpower, IBM, WIX and Verizon. For more information, visit www.spisales.com.
About Jigsaw
Jigsaw (http://www.jigsaw.com) Jigsaw is an online directory for business contact and company information built by and for its global membership. Jigsaw provides low-cost and easy access to high-value business information in order to identify key decision makers for sales, marketing, customer service, and recruiting. Jigsaw members, who have contributed more than 7 million business contacts from 600,000 companies since the database's launch in 2004, use Jigsaw to increase efficiency when searching for business contact and company information they need to grow their business. Jigsaw is funded by Austin Ventures, El Dorado Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners.
*Key Issues in the Enterprise Application of Web 2.0 Practices, Technologies, Products and Services, 2007, Anthony Bradley, June 2007
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Jigsaw Contact: Susan Chenoweth Jigsaw 650.235.8331 susan@jigsaw.com |
Press Contact: Paula Cavagnaro Antenna Group 415.977.1915 paula@antennagroup.com |
SPI Contact: Christine Carr Sales Performance International 704.227.6529 ccarr@spisales.com |


