Sales Engine

JUNE 13, 2016

If your aim is to produce really good, informative, and nurturing content (and that should be your aim, because what’s the point otherwise?), You’re not Coca-Cola; no one expects you to hire the world’s best creative minds or to spend billions on marketing. What is the best, most digestible format for each piece of content?

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 20, 2015

When we’re providing information in a business environment such as spreadsheets, a series of bullet points in a presentation or a list of facts, the two parts of our brain that are activated are for language processing, but that’s about it. The best storytellers and best journalists touch us emotionally.

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Sales Engine

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Figure out what your competition is not publishing, and provide the best thought leadership in that niche. It’s a lot of stuff, and I can’t possibly consume that much information. Overall, however, we don’t shop that way anymore. I get emails from my competitors and others in the marketing space daily.

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Sales Engine

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Figure out what your competition is not publishing, and provide the best thought leadership in that niche. It’s a lot of stuff, and I can’t possibly consume that much information. Overall, however, we don’t shop that way anymore. I get emails from my competitors and others in the marketing space daily.

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Sales Engine

JANUARY 25, 2016

It's not that buyers ever wanted to talk to sales reps, but it was the only way they could learn about best practices and solutions available in the market. You have to be seen as the go-to source for valuable information in your marketplace. I think Sree said it best. “If Let’s do some simple math and see why this is true.

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Sales Engine

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

We asked Jennifer Gluckow, owner of SalesInANewYorkMinute.com about how she trains salespeople to prospect for and acquire new business by blending the best of the old techniques we know and love, and how they can be incorporated into current tools, technologies and strategies. Delivering the best product or service is now a given.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 22, 2016

Content Marketing to the Rescue Knowing that the best course of action was to implement a content marketing strategy focusing on thought leadership, First Rate sought help from Sales Engine Media , a content marketing firm headquartered in Austin, TX. “We

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 22, 2016

Content Marketing to the Rescue Knowing that the best course of action was to implement a content marketing strategy focusing on thought leadership, First Rate sought help from Sales Engine Media , a content marketing firm headquartered in Austin, TX. “We

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 4, 2017

In the pre-Internet universe, salespeople held all the information prospects needed to make purchase decisions, from pricing to detailed product information. The net result is that your prospects don’t need your salespeople to get the information necessary to make an informed purchase decision. Marketing to the Rescue?

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Sales Engine

APRIL 20, 2016

That was what we used to do before the emergence of a content-heavy internet, and it worked because sales people were the gatekeepers of information about products and services within a company. We may not have wanted to talk to sales reps, but that’s how we got the information we needed. The B2B sales process has changed.

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Sales Engine

JULY 20, 2016

In the pre-Internet universe, salespeople held all the information prospects needed to make purchase decisions, from pricing to detailed product information. The net result is that your prospects don’t need your salespeople to get the information necessary to make an informed purchase decision. Marketing to the Rescue?

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Sales Engine

JULY 20, 2016

In the pre-Internet universe, salespeople held all the information prospects needed to make purchase decisions, from pricing to detailed product information. The net result is that your prospects don’t need your salespeople to get the information necessary to make an informed purchase decision. Marketing to the Rescue?

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Sales Engine

APRIL 24, 2018

Because the major players in your market (the ones with big budgets) are in a bidding war for the best keywords that convert into leads which means the best keywords are also very expensive. For more information or to speak with someone about our pay-per-lead program , Click below.

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Sales Engine

JULY 5, 2016

Whether or not buyers wanted to talk to a rep, contact with reps was the only way to learn about best practices and solutions in the market. Prospects were more likely to answer calls, meet with sales reps, and listen to presentations because that was the only way they could get the information. It’s that they had to.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 15, 2016

Therefore, sales prospecting with content requires a more complex process than it did even five years ago, largely because the buyer has a lot more control and salespeople are no longer the sole gatekeepers to the information they need. Record keeping and CRM knowledge.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 16, 2016

Unfortunately, it rarely looks like that, but that's always the goal when we establish demand generation systems--keeping sales people busy doing what they do best--consulting and closing. As buyers, we don’t need to talk to sales people to get the information we need—therefore, we don’t take phone calls (and get upset when we feel tricked).

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Sales Engine

JANUARY 22, 2016

They may not actually generate content themselves, but they must be certain which content best generates necessary action at every stage of the sales cycle. A good lead nurturer knows how to find much of this information in their research and, by asking intelligent questions, they can create curiosity with the buyer.

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Sales Engine

JULY 21, 2016

From engagement to conversion Now that you have them engaged (they are reading these articles and consuming your content), you need to have some way of converting them, which means that they’re going to fill out a form and give you some information about them in exchange for something valuable.

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Sales Engine

JULY 21, 2016

From engagement to conversion Now that you have them engaged (they are reading these articles and consuming your content), you need to have some way of converting them, which means that they’re going to fill out a form and give you some information about them in exchange for something valuable.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 17, 2016

All of these questions will help you determine the topics and mediums that will best resonate with your audience. To build an engaged audience, you must understand who your buyers are, what their issues are, and where they get information from. Moz has an excellent, step-by-step content audit process outlined here.

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Sales Engine

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

For instance, a piece on the best Chrome extensions for everyday users could become one on the best Chrome extensions for photographers. It's best to approach this option with caution, however, to avoid search penalties such as getting less referral traffic.

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Sales Engine

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

For instance, a piece on the best Chrome extensions for everyday users could become one on the best Chrome extensions for photographers. It's best to approach this option with caution, however, to avoid search penalties such as getting less referral traffic.

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Sales Engine

DECEMBER 11, 2015

All of these questions will help you determine the topics and mediums that will best resonate with your audience. To build an engaged audience, you must understand who your buyers are, what their issues are, and where they get information from. Moz has an excellent, step-by-step content audit process outlined here.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 23, 2016

Not that there’s anything wrong with projects and project managers —they’re still a necessary function and the best marketers are always the ones who can get stuff done. Prior to 2005, B2B sales people were the gate keepers of information about the companies’ products and services. The buyer has WAY more control than they used to.

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Not that there’s anything wrong with projects and project managers —they’re still a necessary function and the best marketers are always the ones who can get stuff done. Prior to 2005, B2B sales people were the gate keepers of information about the companies’ products and services. The buyer has WAY more control than they used to.

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Sales Engine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

(Gated content is defined as a content asset that lives behind a landing page—someone has to enter their information into a form to get to the page.) It’s usually some sort of in-depth educational piece or some type of information that demonstrates more advanced information about the product solution or service that's being offered.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 22, 2016

It's not that buyers ever wanted to talk to sales reps, but it was the only way they could learn about best practices and solutions available in the market. When marketing provided “air cover”, sales reps used to be able to generate their own leads.

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Blogging is the best way to get your content found on the internet because Google and other search engines love blogs. We want to be educated so we can make an informed decision. When you can combine all of these mediums into one place, you’ve now created killer content that people want to consume. Nobody wants to be “sold.”

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Sales Engine

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

It's not that buyers ever wanted to talk to sales reps, but it was the only way they could learn about best practices and solutions available in the market. When marketing provided “air cover”, sales reps used to be able to generate their own leads.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 4, 2016

It used to be that darkening the skies with sales reps, albeit expensive, was the best way to grow a B2B company—more feet on the street equaled more opportunities. Remember that at this stage, you don’t have enough information on the prospect and it’s not likely that they’ll be ready for a demonstration or to talk to a sales rep.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 4, 2016

It used to be that darkening the skies with sales reps, albeit expensive, was the best way to grow a B2B company—more feet on the street equaled more opportunities. Remember that at this stage, you don’t have enough information on the prospect and it’s not likely that they’ll be ready for a demonstration or to talk to a sales rep.

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