SBI Growth

OCTOBER 30, 2012

If you run a $5B company, you need a strategic presence in your marketing organization. However, if you think you need a highly experienced marketing strategist to take your company from $50M to $100M, think again. CEOs of emerging growth companies need ‘doers’ leading marketing. Training sales to sell new products.

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Lead Scoring Lead Rank Hiring Leads 331

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 14, 2013

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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Demand Generation Agencies Marketing How To Face-to-face 316

SBI Growth

JANUARY 17, 2013

Recent enhancements to LinkedIn’s social network should be leveraged to generate leads. Engaging with these enhancements will drive Demand Generation. Sales teams know that social selling on LinkedIn will help make their number. The Marketing team can help support sales rep social sellers by growing their own networks.

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LinkedIn Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Networking 332

LeadBoxer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Business-to-business (B2B) demand generation is important for any business. It is especially crucial for start-ups, companies launching new apps, and those offering business services. Awareness of your business’ products and services involves demand generation marketing strategies.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Top of Funnel 105

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. There are two steps to evaluate why the field ignores/rejects marketing leads. Download the Sales & Marketing 10-Point Checklist to Lead Generation Alignment to evaluate with your peer in sales.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 239

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Marketing leaders can gain a competitive advantage by executing a high value exercise Develop a Persona Ecosystem. For marketing leaders tasked with acquiring new customers this is the most valuable exercise you will perform all year. Dive in head first to enhance your 2013 Marketing Plan. But this is only half the equation.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. So what components make up this effort? Market expansion. Technology : Sales and marketing intelligence platforms and customer relationship management systems.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. There are two steps to evaluate why the field ignores/rejects marketing leads. Download the Sales & Marketing 10-Point Checklist to Lead Generation Alignment to evaluate with your peer in sales.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 276

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Impacting a marketing team’s output in that short period of time requires a quick start. B2B CMO’s are expected to deliver hard Lead Generation metrics: Quantity of Sales Qualified Leads to the sales force. Marketing contribution as a % of Pipeline Opportunities. Marketing contribution as a % of Revenue.

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Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 282

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. 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. Home About The Pipeline.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. 23 Marketing Tips For Avoiding Small Business Failure. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Communication Strategy , Compete , Guest Post , Marketing , execution. Lists like this one are usually made up of financial reasons for the failure of a small business. Avoid Ad Hoc Marketing.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Sign up for our annual research tour. Sign up now and get the Sales Strategy Grader to ensure you are ready! Moving upstream is what we call “selling in the orange” (see visual below). Moving upstream is what we call “selling in the orange” (see visual below). 3 Steps to Develop a Sales Strategy to Sell the Orange.

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Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Margin 297

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Their teams sell a certain way because that’s how the customers have always bought! They sell one way – your Buyers prefer to buy differently. Sometimes he grew up in it. Could you sell with a different model and drive expenses down? Ignoring Content Marketing. The Selling Starts When My Rep Walks In.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 26, 2013

Yes… we better know our customer”, was the response from the head of marketing. The burden of “selling when a rep isn’t present” has shifted to the marketing department. Marketing not only has to stimulate demand, it has to nurture buyers until they are ready to engage with a rep. Are my customers spending?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2018

Author: Joe Andrews What defines a mature go-to-market model in B2B companies? Is it having a growth strategy focused on new market segments? Does it include a focus on account-based marketing (ABM), a topic with a lot of buzz today? Does it include a focus on account-based marketing (ABM), a topic with a lot of buzz today?

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Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing InsideView Lead Rank 204

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. B2B Lead Generation Sources.

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 240

SBI Growth

JUNE 4, 2013

Even if you’re certain your team uses a selling process, that’s not enough. Your reps are “selling” like crazy, but your buyer consumes differently. Nobody sells anyone anything anymore. Demand Generation and Lead Management. Don’t skip this topic assuming that it is “marketing’s job.” The punch line?

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Demand Generation 308

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Demand Generation.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

As a sales and marketing consultancy, our firm has participated in hundreds of sales transformations. Root Cause — your company does not sell the way the customer likes to buy. There is a best practice to get the sales force ready to sell the new product. These need to be connected in a Sales & Marketing Supply Chain.

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Promotion Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Intent 310

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 8, 2017

By understanding the discipline of sales enablement and how to prioritize tactics based on marketing and sales objectives, companies of all sizes can reap the rewards. Successful sales enablement starts with ensuring marketing and sales are aligned , which isn’t always easy, but pays its dividends many times over.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 194

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Author: Paige Musto In marketing, much like in life, success is often a function of how well you plan – how much you’re willing to research, strategize, optimize your approach. Mankind’s earliest marketers knew this: Umbricius Scaurus , a resident of Pompeii in the first century, A.D, Marketing adapted to taste and preference. .

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Marketing eBook Social Media Trade Show 192

The Pipeline

APRIL 17, 2013

As the competition heated up, and costs had to be cut to maintain operating margins, the two teams were collapsed into one that handled both product lines, there was still a clear line between hunting and development of accounts. No one ever had to move out of their comfort zone, mine was hunting.

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Demand Generation Agencies Top of Funnel Territories Demand Generation 296

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Last, an auditor should follow up to ensure these sessions aren’t just “box checking”. Is marketing aligned with this new methodology? This would be marketing. Presentations, sell sheets, and demand generation all need to be updated with Challenger messaging. Can you iterate it quickly?

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Sales Methodology Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Face-to-face 308

The Pipeline

MAY 20, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. Selling to Mr Know-it-all. Have you ever tried to sell to Mr Know-it-all? He’s looked up you and your competitors and and thinks he knows all your relative strengths and weaknesses. I hate selling to Mr Know-it-all. Home About The Pipeline. Free Resources. 0 Subscribers.

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Pointclear

MAY 14, 2013

My guest today is Michael Brenner, Vice President of Marketing and Content Strategy at SAP and Managing Editor for the SAP Business Innovation site. At SAP, Michael’s challenge is to transform social business and content marketing to reduce cost-per-acquisition of new customers. Sales and Marketing Need to Speak a Common Language.

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Top of Funnel SAP Cost per Acquisition Customer 260

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 28, 2013

He’s facing the extraordinary pressure of leading a Marketing organization at a firm poised to go public. They constantly prepare to meet tomorrow’s buyer behavior and marketing demands. The demands for the CMO keeping pace with the market require constant recalibration. Background. 5 Key Priorities.

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Outsourcing Services Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Lead Scoring 300

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Demand Generation , Lead Management , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , Video , execution. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Demand Generation. EDGE Selling.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. As always the goal is to provide a couple of actionable things you can implement in your selling. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Demand Generation. EDGE Selling. Gap Selling. Interactive Selling. Sell Better. Selling to Executives. Social Selling.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 253

Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. Say you’re in a market for a new car.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Scoring Lead Generation 246

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , Voice mail , execution. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Demand Generation. EDGE Selling. Gap Selling.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 29, 2013

Marketing has plans to help with better Demand Generation and Lead Management. To this end, sales leaders have reached across the aisle and engaged Marketing. Marketing has big plans. People are starting to understand the science of increasing interest and demand. How can you sell more new logos right now?

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Hiring Demand Generation Agencies LinkedIn Sales Qualified Lead 276

The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. Diving home it struck me that this fellow an unnecessary but real barrier to successfully selling, going to an expo with thousands of attendees, and completely limit the means of buyers to buy does not seem savvy. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Demand Generation. EDGE Selling.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Value , Video , execution. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Demand Generation. EDGE Selling.

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SBI Growth

JULY 1, 2013

1) Sales / Marketing Budget Spend Shifts. Examine the overall sales/marketing budget spend left for 2013. If this year is like every other year, your sales target will go up. Here are a few examples of these types of projects: Building demand generation campaigns. Can you reallocate any of these funds?

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Salary Epiphany Top of Funnel Revelation 267

The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. Stored in CRM , Communication , Guest Post , Review , Sales 2.0 , Sales Success , Sales Tool , Sell Better , execution. It allows you to make contact notes, set reminders to follow up, and track phone calls and meetings. Lauren Carlson is a write and market analyst out of Austin, Texas.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 26, 2013

Sales leaders recognize that marketing has a role. The purpose of this article is for Marketing leaders to; 1. Marketing dollars spent with agencies are multitudes greater than what a sales leader typically spends with 3 rd parties. The sales leader has difficulty seeing the marketing spend as prudent.

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Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Advertising Top of Funnel 306

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Demand Generation. EDGE Selling. Gap Selling. Interactive Selling. Sell Better. Selling to Executives. Social Selling. When Sales Met Marketing. Zone Based Selling. Zone Selling. Free Resources.

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