{"id":1118,"date":"2014-12-03T22:36:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T22:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socialmediaoutcomes.com\/go\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2014-12-03T22:37:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T22:37:37","slug":"creating-your-2015-sales-and-marketing-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialmediaoutcomes.com\/go\/creating-your-2015-sales-and-marketing-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating your 2015 Sales and Marketing Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/socialmediaoutcomes.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/rick-eric-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Cooper and Eric Lofholm\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialmediaoutcomes.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/rick-eric-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socialmediaoutcomes.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/rick-eric-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialmediaoutcomes.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/rick-eric.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We&#8217;re almost at the end of the year and it&#8217;s time to start planning for 2015. <\/p>\n<p>Have you started your sales and marketing plan for the New Year yet? <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got an amazing opportunity you don&#8217;t want to miss! <\/p>\n<h3>Introducing my Mentor Eric Lofholm&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Eric Lofholm, is one of the top sales trainers in the world and he just let me know about something he&#8217;s doing I thought you should be part of. <\/p>\n<p>Every year he does a Sales &#038; Marketing Planning series for his students. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, over 500 people submitted their COMPLETED Sales &#038; Marketing Plans to him after the event! <\/p>\n<p>With the amazing results he got last year he&#8217;s decided to open up registration to the public and see if as a group we can complete over 1,000 Sales &#038; Marketing Plans BEFORE December 31st. <\/p>\n<h3>Complete your Sales and Marketing Plan<\/h3>\n<p>How cool would that be! To have YOUR sales &#038; marketing plan for 2015 done before the New Year even starts! <\/p>\n<p>If you want a specific actionable plan to help you create your sales &#038; marketing plan for the New Year, then you don&#8217;t want to miss this one. <\/p>\n<h3>Join Eric Lofholm for a FREE Webinar Series!<\/h3>\n<p>Get registered now so you can be sure to lock it in to your calendar. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saleschampion.com\/go.html?p=smo&#038;w=2015plan\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to sign up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This could be the breakthrough you need to make 2015 great!<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to share this blog post with anyone else you know who might benefit as well. I&#8217;d love to help Eric reach his goal with this! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saleschampion.com\/go.html?p=smo&#038;w=2015plan\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to register<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rick Cooper<\/strong><br \/>\nOnline Marketing and Social Media Trainer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re almost at the end of the year and it&#8217;s time to start planning for 2015. Have you started your sales and marketing plan for the New Year yet? I&#8217;ve got an amazing opportunity you don&#8217;t want to miss! Introducing my Mentor Eric Lofholm&#8230; Eric Lofholm, is one of the top sales trainers in the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/socialmediaoutcomes.com\/go\/creating-your-2015-sales-and-marketing-plan\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[181,42,54],"tags":[58,442,441],"class_list":["post-1118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-marketing-2","category-sales-2","tag-eric-lofholm","tag-increase-sales-results","tag-sales-and-marketing-plan","item-wrap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2vsw5-i2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91,"url":"https:\/\/socialmediaoutcomes.com\/go\/eric-lofholm-how-to-profit-in-tough-times\/","url_meta":{"origin":1118,"position":0},"title":"Eric Lofholm is the June 10th Guest on Attracting Ideal Clients Show","author":"Rick Cooper","date":"June 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Tune in on June 10th for Attracting Ideal Clients, aired on BlogTalkRadio. 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