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Why Product-Agnostic Content Wins in B2B Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

Companies in industries like healthcare, security, aerospace, technology and finance have long used unbranded content to curate leads while educating prospective clients on what are often complex, highly technical products and services. Companies use webinars to educate prospects, showcase their expertise and get leads. Whitepapers.

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Just Out! Our Top 20 Sales Tech Vendors to Follow at Dreamforce #DF17

SBI

Dreamforce 2017 is just around the corner. Dun & Bradstreet @DnBUS D&B Hoovers is a sales acceleration solution that provides a faster path from prospect to profitable relationship by leveraging data and analytics. 6-9 in gorgeous San Francisco. B2B sales professionals can engage faster with customers to grow their business.

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AI’s Role In Sales and Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

Predictions for the impact of AI, the authors state, suggest a doubling of the economic growth of developed countries between 2017 and 2035, potentially adding $7.4 B2B companies are making significant investments in solutions that ensure they have access to data across their prospect base. trillion to the U.S. economy alone.

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Rethinking Metrics: The Shift from MQL to Pipeline in Marketing

Sales Hacker

Check out this article published back in 2017: Marketing Qualified Leads Are Cool, But I’ll Take Product Qualified Leads Any Day. On the other hand, pipeline represents genuine prospects with a vested interest in your offerings. Ultimately, pipeline is a better-suited incentive for marketing to deliver superior outcomes.

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[VIDEO] Top Qualities of High-Growth Companies: A Conversation with Henry Schuck

DiscoverOrg Sales

We realized a few years ago that even if we provided our customers with the most accurate database of their prospective buyers with the deepest intelligence about what projects and initiatives they’re working on, what their technology stack looks like, and what triggers are coming down the pipe for them.

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Are You Using Your Sales Performance Data Effectively?

Xactly

But to start, consider the following metrics in your sales performance analysis: Quota attainment: In 2017, the average quota attainment was 55 percent and this number is continuing to fall (yikes!). This ultimately helps discover where deals are lost most frequently and understand how you can move prospects through sales funnel quicker.

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Wells Fargo: The True Cost of “Unchecked Incentives”

OpenSymmetry

Due to the fallout from the scandal, Wells Fargo recently announced that it will be eliminating sales goals for its retail banks by January 2017. What kind of behavior do current incentive compensation plans promote? The post Wells Fargo: The True Cost of “Unchecked Incentives” appeared first on OS Blog.