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CMO: Is Your 2014 Marketing Plan Obsolete?

SBI Growth

As CMO, you’re constantly trying to answer these 2 burning questions: Are customers responding to our marketing campaigns? What are we doing to adjust to the market demands? Perhaps in the past you laid out a multi-year marketing plan, or simply went year-to-year. There are many components to a solid marketing plan.

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Marketing Credibility Starts with Sales Kick-off

SBI Growth

World Class marketing leaders approach Sales Kick-off as an engagement opportunity. Gone are the days of marketing’s participation limited to a marketing ‘timeslot’ presentation. Marketing leaders are active participants throughout the sales meetings. This approach damages marketing credibility.

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The Challenge with The Challenger Sale

SBI Growth

Is my Sales Management team capable of coaching this? The Challenger Sale stresses the importance of coaching. Many managers we see are “A” Reps, but struggle to coach. They will need access to industry specific insight to coach their reps. They’ll need training and reinforcement on coaching. Author: Drew Zarges.

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The Pipeline ? Top Sales & Marketing Awards 2011

The Pipeline

Top Sales & Marketing Awards 2011. Stored in Attitude , Awards , Business Acumen , Communication , Compete , Marketing , Sales Success , execution , qualifying. One for Top Sales & Marketing Blog , where I share the company of last year’s winner S. Demand Generation. March 2008. February 2008. Book Notice.

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4 Ways Virtual Events Are Reimagining Themselves

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Jen Smith, VP Marketing, MarketingProfs In the “Before Times” – way before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic – virtual events were often seen as lesser-than to in-person, bigger-budget events. Jen Smith is vice president of marketing at MarketingProfs. They were viewed as less compelling, less useful and, certainly, less fun.

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Missing the Mark Continues for B2B Marketing

Increase Sales

The ability to attract attention is the purpose of marketing. If a recent survey from Corporate Visions is truly indicative of B2B marketing practices, then 80% of those efforts are not successfully attracting attention leaving sales people pocket poor not to mention really, really frustrated. Marketing message is boring.

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The Pipeline ? 23 Marketing Tips For Avoiding Small Business Failure

The Pipeline

23 Marketing Tips For Avoiding Small Business Failure. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Communication Strategy , Compete , Guest Post , Marketing , execution. Unfortunately there are also many sales and marketing reasons. Implementing the program is the key to marketing success. Avoid Ad Hoc Marketing.