John Coe

John M. Coe is an internationally recognized authority on B2B sales and marketing. In 1980 he discovered direct marketing as a sales productivity solution and made the switch to the agency side when he founded Integrated Target Marketing, aB2B direct marketing agency. Coe has been the national direct marketing campaign manager at IBM, the senior vice president of B2B marketing at Rapp Collins Worldwide, and the president of Database Marketing Associates, a well-known B2B consulting firm. He is the founder and president of the Sales and Marketing Institute, a B2B consulting, education, and training firm based in Phoenix, Arizona. He has given hundreds of speeches and seminars throughout the world, is a frequent contributor to industry trade magazines, and leads many Direct Marketing Association sessions.