Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2023

In this podcast episode, we dive deeper into an article Amy wrote for a Sales & Marketing Management entitled “How to Create a Sales Enablement Center of Excellence.” The post Amy Franko on Creating a Sales Enablement Center of Excellence appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The marketing landscape is ever evolving, and it could take market leaders considerable effort to keep up with every shift and development. To help marketing leaders maintain their competitive advantage in 2024, SBI has compiled 10 key predictions for what B2B marketing will look like in the year ahead.

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SBI Growth

JULY 28, 2020

As a native marketer, I’ve only been on the same wavelength with the sales team at one company and was always surprised (not so much anymore) about how marketing and sales teams do not get along well. Does the following sound.

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Marketing Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing Sales 275

SBI Growth

MAY 29, 2020

Data is becoming a core component of every business. As a result, the quality of the data being gathered, stored, and consumed is becoming increasingly important. We have all seen the impact that poor data quality can have on a.

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Data Marketing Consumer Sales 364

SBI Growth

MAY 15, 2020

The need for agility in the execution of customer pursuit efforts has never been greater. With revenues virtually falling to zero in many industries, CEOs and CROs (including your competitors) are working to maximize revenue from their customer base.

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Revenue Maximizer Marketing Industry 380

SBI Growth

JUNE 15, 2021

Your CEO and board are asking you to quantify the impact of your marketing budget. As a CMO, your time, attention, and budget have competing priorities. You and your team are focused on building a strong and credible brand.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 8, 2024

In this article, Jenn Steele discusses the vital role of customer feedback in refining marketing and sales strategies. In addition, she tackles common challenges in aligning sales and marketing efforts, offering practical insights for overcoming these obstacles.

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SBI Growth

MAY 14, 2020

You Chose to Work With Channel Partners for a Reason. At some point in your company’s evolution, you made the strategic decision to work with channel partners. Maybe these partners had better brand recognition. Perhaps you needed to scale without the.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 16, 2020

Joe Galvin, chief research officer at Vistage, clarifies the meaning of trust in his article, “ Trust in the Time of COVID-19.” Whatever I have to say about Coronavirus, the plunging stock market or the long-term economic implications is just that, my opinion. Read Joe’s article for more on “ Trust in the Time of COVID-19.”

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SBI Growth

JULY 1, 2020

We recently wrote about the emergence of the Chief Customer Officer and took that opportunity to survey CCO’s about how they will make their 2020 number. We found that companies had initially been planning on nearly 31% of their 2020.

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Survey Company Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 346

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As we look ahead to 2022, our team is hard at work on a “Top Trends” report that we’ll share early in January. Our intent? Sharing key themes and shifts in both growth strategy and growth execution as we consider what 2022 may hold for commercial leaders and their teams.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The slowdown in corporate spending due to economic and geopolitical uncertainties has prompted many companies to rethink their growth strategies for the near and distant future.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 8, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Jenn Steele , CEO and Co-Founder of SoundGTM, discusses the challenging dynamic between marketing and sales teams. She highlights the common blame game between marketing and sales and the importance of effective communication and collaboration between the two functions.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 26, 2024

Marketing is a core part of an effective revenue engine, but for CMOs looking to amplify their impact on the bottom line, it can be difficult to get started. After all, marketing has so many moving parts, what should leaders focus on to ensure their campaigns have the reach and impact they seek?

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

I found it challenging to write this article. They described very aggressive and efficient sales and marketing operations staffed by people who operated without feelings or empathy, felt no rejection or remorse, and didn't care about the prospects that didn't respond, but were all in on those who were took the bait.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 2, 2020

There is no doubt that life is going to look a little bit different coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have seen medical professionals turn to telemedicine, elementary school students begin eLearning, and even fine dining restaurants start.

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SBI Growth

MAY 17, 2024

CMOs and their marketing teams utilize numerous resources and talent to ensure their campaigns perform well. But thorough preparation is just half the story: CMOs often struggle to drive the execution successfully, resulting in lesser impact and weaker ROI.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 1, 2022

Last week, SBI held an executive roundtable meeting for commercial leaders with the goal of unpacking Marketing and Sales interlock for revenue growth. The group combined leaders mostly from private equity backed companies in software, technology, SaaS, and business services.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

After all, a new business has to expand from being an ambitious business plan to getting the first office space to acquiring the needed IT infrastructure, to hiring skilled labor, and to expand its market reach. This article highlights five signs that you should look at when deciding if your timing is right for expansion.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

If you are reading this article and you work in the B2B space, you have most likely been inundated with buzzwords surrounding Digital and how it is disrupting your industry: Digital strategy, digital transformation, eCommerce, big data, IoT, AI, and.

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Channels Strategy B2B Data 315

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Most CEOs state that Customer Experience is a differentiator for competitive advantage. If perfected, it becomes difficult for the competition to fast follow. In addition, most leaders see a direct correlation with driving growth, profit, and valuation. Product and operational.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Because marketers live on the very channels the customers are engaging with, clever marketers harness these channels to reach potential and loyal customers. More than ever before, the new reality of sales must rely on marketing to a higher extent. Marketing should ask sales about the customer.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 18, 2024

For many firms, marketing is often relegated as a cost center, and marketing leaders often find themselves competing for a voice at the strategy table. Despite significant investments into MarTech, CMOs often struggle to demonstrate how they contribute to the company’s bottom line, unlike sales.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 31, 2020

In a survey of nearly 200 CMOs taken last year, the following question was asked – in what area of business leadership would you most like your influence to grow? Overwhelmingly, the most common answer was in the area of.

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 4, 2025

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: How to Improve Your Marketing and Get More Customers One key strategy for running a successful business is to reach as many customers as possible. Market Research Its a simple fact that you cant appeal to everyone. Today, having an active social media presence is critical.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business world, sales and marketing teams need to align to drive revenue. This article examines the importance of aligning sales and marketing , the challenges that hinder this alignment, and strategies to foster a more collaborative, effective partnership.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 15, 2025

This is a 2018 article about 24 and how you can double your revenue. Circling back again, another topic I tackled in the past was this 2018 article about BANT. The first page of this Google search reveals 10 articles written about BANT in 2024 alone. But sure, proceed with four.

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Sales Process Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 177

SBI Growth

MARCH 29, 2024

The marketing engine is a crucial part of a B2B organization’s branding and pipeline. While CMOs invest heavily into enhancing the customer experience and moving prospects down the funnel, their spending is often scrutinized by other functions, questioning marketing’s contribution to the company’s revenue.

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B2B Revenue Marketing Engineering 177

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

B2B social selling is an important and viable channel for B2B marketers and sales professionals. The most effective way to use B2B social selling is to create thought-leading content like blog articles (like this one), videos, and podcasts, and then share them to your social networks. It’s time to go where your buyers live: online.

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Social Selling B2B Social Media Top of Funnel 263

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 13, 2022

Hopeful outcomes sound like this: Sales and marketing will learn to play nice. Bernard Marr reports in his article, Future of Work: The 5 Biggest Workplace Trends in 2022 : “The World Economic Forum predicts that AI and automation will lead to the creation of 97 million new jobs by 2025. An article for your newsletter?

Trends 356

Trends Margin Cold Calling Inbound 356

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

42% of CEOs and GTM executives expect new business to come from new customers, yet they also anticipate cutting the sales budget by 13% and marketing budget by 24%.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 18, 2021

Most companies earn the majority of their revenue from existing customers, and with the recession that began in March 2020, this is truer than ever. SBI’s quarterly pulse survey shows that companies are more dependent on their existing customers to.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 6, 2022

The first page of results was filled with self-serving articles from companies like Gong (artificial intelligence for digital prospecting), Hubspot (marketing platform) and more urging you to leverage their platforms so that you don't have to rely on salespeople.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 9, 2024

Sales and marketing are not the same. Not only are they all on the marketing and tech side of business, they are NOT experts on selling. SalesProCentral.com aggregates Blog posts and sends a daily newsletter highlighting the selected posts. Somebody or a whole bunch of somebodies have lost their way. Has sales changed?

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Top of Funnel Forecasting Decision Maker Call Monitoring 207

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Marketing has never been straightforward. In the face of formidable market conditions, success in marketing goes beyond the surface charm of brand awareness, PR extravaganzas, or clever campaigns. This is the playing field where the new rules are written, and it's time for marketing leaders to rise to the occasion.

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Marketing Face-to-face Campaigns Strategy 156

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by marketing experts. There seems to be a blurring of the lines between sales and marketing and that’s not useful to anyone. Should salespeople understand what marketing does?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 12, 2021

2021 has been a good year for the market with major stock markets up 15-18% year-to-date. Is your company enjoying the economic boom the economy is experiencing? This momentum has resulted in companies making bold moves to capture the opportunity.

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