Brent Leary

Brent Leary is the host of the Small Business Trends One-on-One interview series, a weekly series featuring key voices in companies large and small. He is co-founder of CRM Essentials LLC, an Atlanta-based CRM advisory firm covering tools and strategies for improving business relationships. Brent is a CRM industry analyst, advisor, author, speaker and award-winning blogger. He is also the chair of CRM Evolution, CRM Magazine’s annual industry event.

MarTech Insider Anand Thaker: Marketing Not Aimed at Building Real Relationships with Customers? Cut It.

In this interview with Anand Thaker, a marketing technology expert, he and Brent Leary discuss how COVID-19 is changing the marketing strategy for companies.

Jul 31, 2020 32 Shares

Craig Cuffie of Salesforce: This Moment Can Be a Movement If We’re Bold Enough to Be Uncomfortable

Brent Leary does an interview with Craig Cuffie of Salesforce on his company's committment to diversity.

Jul 24, 2020 68 Shares

Denis Pombriant of Beagle Research – Give Employees Better Tech to Improve Your Business

Denis Pombriant of Beagle Research tells Brent Leary in this week's interview that the best to improve your company is to give employees better technology.

Jul 17, 2020 56 Shares

BizSugar Community Roundtable: Virtual Teams Key to Long-term Business Success

A BizSugar community roundtable event this week discussed the benefits of virtual teams. Our experts shared their experiences dealing with remote workers.

Jul 10, 2020 50 Shares

Watching Amazon: Online Grocery Shopping Rose 7x in a Month

Brent Leary and John Lawson discuss the meteoric growth of online grocery shopping at Amazon on the latest Watching Amazon.

Jul 3, 2020 57 Shares

Wilson Raj of SAS: Customer Data Privacy is the New Experience Differentiator

Brent Leary conducts an interview with Wilson Raj at SAS to discuss the importance of privacy for today's consumers and how it impacts your business.

Jun 26, 2020 65 Shares

Don Schuerman of Pega: Keys to a Cinematic Virtual Conference

Brent Leary chats with Don Schuerman of Pega for his latest one-on-one interview. Don talks about keys to a successful virtual conference.

Jun 19, 2020 39 Shares

Mona Abou-Sayed of Mitel: Pandemic Created More Empathy for Remote Workers

Mona Abou-Sayed sits down with Small Business Trends to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has created more empathy for remote employees.

Jun 12, 2020 50 Shares

Geoff Webb of PROS: COVID-19 Turned Great Business Plans Into Potentially Damaging Now

Brent Leary and Paul Greenberg interview Geoff Webb of PROS to discuss how his company's business plan changed at the onset of the pandemic.

Jun 5, 2020 38 Shares

Dave Isbitski of Amazon: Voice Tech Knows No Generational Bounds

Dave Istbitski of Amazon discusses how voice technology excites the young and old.

May 29, 2020 57 Shares

BizSugar Advisory Board: SMBs Say Sales Challenges Not Solved by Automation

Will small business sales automation solve the sales challenges that these companies face? According to a new survey, the answer is, "No".

May 22, 2020 43 Shares

Rodney Clark of Microsoft: COVID-19 Creates Opportunity to Massively Change Healthcare System

Rodney Clark of Microsoft talks with Brent Leary about the future of healthcare post-pandemic.

May 15, 2020 67 Shares