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The Biggest Mistake a Marketing Leader Can Make in 2013

SBI Growth

SBI’s CEO Greg Alexander, was recently quoted in Hubspot’s “ 20 Marketing Trends & Predictions for 2013 & Beyond ”. CEO’s are paying more attention to marketing’s contribution and are holding them accountable for revenue generation.”. You’re right, it can be a heavy lift but one well worth it in 2013.

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How Giving Money to Your CMO Will Save Your 2013

SBI Growth

This year is no different than years prior in that every VP of Sales is getting ready for the annual 2013 sales planning season. Every VP of Sales heads into this annual meeting with his CEO/CFO full of anticipation. Learn how to allocate your budget properly and use it to launch you to a successful 2013.

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Direct Content Marketing is Born – Prepare for 2013

SBI Growth

The biggest impact to acquiring new customers in 2013 will be Direct Content Marketing. B2B Marketing teams are seeing fruit from their investment in content marketing to fuel Lead Generation efforts; 2-3x increase in the quantity of inbound leads. Reduced overall sales cycles. Direct Content Marketing is born. No worries.

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Persona Ecosystem – High Impact Exercise to Dial-in your 2013 Marketing Plan

SBI Growth

This exercise is a standard component of the SBI Lead Generation playbook for our clients and I want to share it with you. Dive in head first to enhance your 2013 Marketing Plan. Sales leaders if you want more leads in 2013, forward this blog post to your peer in marketing.). Step 4: Plot Touch-points.

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Should Marketing Have a Sales Quota?

SBI Growth

Marketing, do you have a sales quota tied to Lead Generation ? Sign up for our Make the Number Tour if you would like to see how your peers are allocating people, money and time in 2013. Over the last 12 months we: Surveyed over 10,000 sales representatives. Surveyed over 4,500 sales managers. Why should you care?”

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The #1 Killer of 2013 Product Launches (and how to beat it)

SBI Growth

Traditional sales support literature. Demand Generation campaigns. More sensitive questions are responded to with content developed as internal talking points for the sales field. The creative campaigns need to offer value points of interest. The calls to action for the campaigns need to offer desirable content downloads.

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2 Ways to Dominate 2014 on Your Current Budget

SBI Growth

You see visions of making your 2013 and 2014 sales number. If you’re like most VP-Sales, this is money you most likely don’t have. If you’re like most VP-Sales, this is money you most likely don’t have. If you want to survive as VP-Sales, these projects must get off the ground. 2) Rethink Sales Team Head Count.

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