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Overcoming the Challenges of Industrial Marketing for Manufacturers: Strategies for Lead Generation and Growing Sales

Tiecas

Industrial marketing for manufacturers is complicated, with many moving parts that must mesh together to produce measurable and sustainable results, i.e., generate better quality leads that turn into sales opportunities. Measuring ROI : Like any business investment, we need to measure our marketing efforts’ return on investment (ROI).

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20 B2B Marketing Strategies That Will Deliver Success In 2021

Marketing Insider Group

“Strategy without tactics is a daydream; tactics without strategy is a nightmare.”. Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. Align and Build Ongoing Partnerships with Sales.

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A Guide to ABM Funnel Metrics

SmartBug Media

Here’s what I see: Marketing is consistently exceeding their SMART goals; return on marketing efforts and progress towards key performance indicators (KPIs) are simple to track; and sales and marketing work side by side as a well-oiled machine. Lack of technology to align marketing and sales efforts. ABM Funnel Metrics that Matter.

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3 tips to level up the (virtual) sales process

Seismic

In the past year alone, the sales process has undergone significant changes. As more business takes place in digital environments, customers are changing the way they interact with sales teams. Champion training for new sales activities.

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Beyond the Basics: 5 Account Based Marketing Tactics From the Pros

Engagio

We’re finally reaching an era when Account Based Marketing has found its footing, and Sales and Marketing teams are more open to making the transition from traditional marketing methods to ABM. Social selling is so effective that 90% of top-performing salespeople are implementing social media into their sales strategy.

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How to Create and Align Your Content with the Buyer Journey

Marketing Insider Group

It is a top tactic. Having this thought process lets you transform. This process includes marketing and non-marketing touchpoints. We’ll use the four stages of the conversion funnel. Consideration Funnel is narrowing because you’re losing potential buyers. One sale does not make a buyer loyal.

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Bridging the gap: How marketing and sales can break down the technological walls between their departments

ClickZ

30 second summary: Sales and marketing functions can often feel like ‘frenemies’ – blaming each other when things don’t go to plan, and undervaluing the other’s contributions. Technology such as Sales Engagement Platforms (SEPs) can help to bridge operations and build alignment. Unqualified leads.