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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.”. Marketing leaders need to drive a strong impact to show a return on investment.

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Four Steps to Successfully Bringing Products to Market

SBI Growth

The buzz around the water cooler is that marketing botched it from the get-go. As the marketing leader, you play a pivotal role in bringing the new offering to market. Unfortunately, most marketing leaders don’t know or under-estimate what’s involved. Are their new markets to enter? So do careers.

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How to Drive Sales in 2014 with Content Marketing

SBI Growth

The annual CMI/MarketingProfs B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks study validates the move toward Content Marketing. Marketing leaders understand that content marketing is King. We are seeing marketing budgets increasing the content development line item. What is the Internal Content Marketing Offering?

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Should a Marketing Leader Tell the CEO Everything?

SBI Growth

If you are a small company marketing leader, updating your CEO can be a challenge. Be agile - Learn quickly from your mistakes and pivot when necessary. Bring your marketing strategy and budget to the CEO and request feedback and approval. Be prepared to: Walk him through your demand generation activities.

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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. More than three-quarters of event planners (78%) believe that moving forward, in-person events will pivot to hybrid models. .

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How to Bridge the Content Chasm Between Sales and Marketing

Sales Hacker

Here is how to think about ownership and process: Ownership Who should take ownership for the creation process and content that the sales team uses – marketing or sales? As for who takes ownership, this is how it’s reported to be most effective: Ownership of the assets: marketing. Well… it’s a bit of a trick question.

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How Inbound Fits Into A Successful ABM Strategy

SBI

In the B2B marketing arena, Account Based Marketing (ABM) is on fire these days, and it isn’t showing signs of cooling off anytime soon. You can achieve a higher close rate with an ABM strategy if 1) you’re focused on best-fit accounts, and 2) your sales and marketing teams are aligned. then you’re cheating yourself.