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Bridging The Sales and Marketing Gap

PathFactory

Top industry analysts like Forrester have been following this disconnect for years, and found that highly aligned companies grow 19% faster and are 15% more profitable. It’s time to start taking a unified approach to the marketing and sales orgs at your company. The obstacles that keep sales and marketing misaligned aren’t intentional.

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On the right path?

PathFactory

Well, that’s what I get in spades at Forrester Summit – for me personally and for PathFactory in general. I love Forrester Summit – always have done, always will. So, what validation did I get from Forrester Summit? Marketing & Sales has evolved well beyond their historic MQL obsession.

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How to Qualify a Lead: The Battle-Tested B2B Framework

SnapApp

No matter which way you skin it, an efficient sales process is what fuels the high-growth B2B companies. Product planning, marketing funnels and sales enablement will only get you so far — after that, it’s all about scaling the sales machine. To visualize this dynamic, we say that buyers are on a journey.

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The New B2B Demand Waterfall

Directive Agency

The original demand waterfall was published by SiriusDecisions (now part of Forrester) back in the early to mid-2000s. It introduced a number of novel concepts such as MQLs, SALs, and SQLs to the world and has been adopted by the vast majority of B2B brands. Now, there’s another version… released last year under the Forrester brand.

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Driving Value Through Video Content Marketing

Strategic-IC

How can you drive value at every stage of the buyer's journey, with video content? Our Head of Sales, Fes Askari details how marketing and sales teams can use a variety of video formats at different stages to drive value and help both prospects and customers. Driving Value With Video Across the Buyer's Journey.

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The Next-Generation SiriusDecisions Demand Waterfall: A Framework to Prioritize In-Market Buyers

6sense

The Waterfall has become famous for improving visibility into the health of the lead funnel and driving increased revenue from marketing and sales investments. Instead of waiting until a potential buyer “raises their hand” to opt into becoming a lead, marketing and sales must start working on a prospect long before that.

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3 Steps Towards Becoming a Data-Driven B2B Marketer [Ebook]

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Clean and accurate data is always top-of-mind for B2B marketers because without it, your demand generation team can’t send relevant content to leads and your sales team can’t tailor their conversations with leads during each step of the buyer’s journey. How should sales handle leads that are not ready to buy?