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After Inbound 14 - Anatomy of a Hybrid Sales & Marketing Role

Understanding the Sales Force

Last week, when speaking on the Inbound Stage at Inbound14, my topic was Hiring for the Inbound Sales Role. I asked the question, "Is this a sales or a marketing role?". The audience desperately wanted this to be a hybrid - someone who could do both the marketing and the sales. They are different skill sets.

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What To Do On a Branch Visit

SBI Growth

Multi-national organizations plus complex sales equals airline miles. Whether it’s a branch, location, city, or market, you need to be there. This article tells the sales leader how to spend time, their most precious commodity. Finally, you have to evaluate Competitors on a market or LOB level. Author: Mark Synek.

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Book Review: The Gamification Revolution

SBI Growth

The concept of gamification is catching on in B2B sales and marketing. have brought software solutions to market recently. For example, I am Executive Platinum on American Airlines (level) and have 512,000 miles (points). Let’s explore the applicability of “points”, a game mechanic, to the world of B2B sales.

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How Gamification Will Impact Your Sales Initiatives

SBI Growth

This article will give you the best practices to implement impactful sales initiatives. To assist you further, sign-up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review here. You will have access to guides, templates and tools to help your sales efforts. Your sales managers check the “launch” box.

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I have lied…

Bernadette McClelland

This is a story about why marketers salespeople must forsake any attempt to communicate nothing but the facts, and must focus on what people believe and then work to tell them stories that add their world view. 3% of people are ready to buy what you offer the market, right now. Instead I’m going to tell you a story.

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I have lied…

Bernadette McClelland

This is a story about why marketers salespeople must forsake any attempt to communicate nothing but the facts, and must focus on what people believe and then work to tell them stories that add their world view. 3% of people are ready to buy what you offer the market, right now. Instead I’m going to tell you a story.

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Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel. Even if your firm isn’t there yet, consumer behavior and the market now rests on the 2030 point on the trend line?—?positive social, business or personal?—?