Sales Engine

MARCH 3, 2016

Coming from a creative agency and media production background that includes Tribeca Enterprises (owners of Tribeca Films and the Tribeca Film Festival), Matt Spangler was looking for an opportunity to apply his skills to disrupt a larger industry.

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Sales Engine

MARCH 3, 2016

Coming from a creative agency and media production background that includes Tribeca Enterprises (owners of Tribeca Films and the Tribeca Film Festival), Matt Spangler was looking for an opportunity to apply his skills to disrupt a larger industry.

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Content Marketing Storytelling Advertising Agencies 120

Sales Engine

APRIL 14, 2016

Whether a company is B2B or B2C, Quinn instructs that it first begins with knowing your brand story and then telling it over and over, while always maintaining high quality, and then pushing it out to the target audience in a variety of ways. We didn’t call it [content] in those days, we just called it being creative.

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Sales Engine

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Most companies realize that their best opportunity for growth is to commit to content marketing. To clarify, let’s assume that buyers in your industry replace their current vendor every five years. There is a really good reason why very few companies (not even big ones) assemble a fully staffed content development team.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 13, 2015

The series, which is hosted by TechnologyAdvice’s Josh Bland, explores a variety of business and technology landscapes through conversations with industry leaders. It really changes the mix of what companies want to stand on sales and what they want to spend on marketing. That’s a big, big burden on marketing.

Lead Ranking 120

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Sales Engine

MAY 24, 2016

Imagine how much hard work would be squandered, then, if a sales-ready prospect received a call from a sales rep who knew nothing about her, her company, her role, her industry, or the business problem(s) she was trying to solve by engaging with all that content.

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Sales Engine

JANUARY 25, 2016

For most companies, it likely started with marketing automation software, a website makeover, Search Engine Optimization, Pay-per-click advertising, and Customer Relationship Management software. Today, I think so many companies are trying to muscle their way to more productivity with content rather than reimagining how they use it.

Enterprise Management 120

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Sales Engine

MARCH 28, 2016

Many companies have focused on increasing their inbound traffic for new leads to combat tighter spam regulations and more concentrated email filters. From your viewpoint, where are companies getting stuck with this process? How can you figure that out—especially in industries where there is a lot of competition for content?

Marketing & Strategy 120

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 20, 2015

KOGLER: As you know, we live in an increasingly disruptive business and economic environment, and the one constant I see repeatedly, regardless of industry or company size, is that they are going through some sort of change. The CEO may need to explain the company's new strategy to the board.

Storytelling 120

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JUNE 13, 2016

If you plan to join your competitors and the leaders of your industry in the move toward content marketing , there is something you should know. Like any product or service a company offers, content must be the result of deliberate organizational focus, infrastructure, research, and planning. it’s not going to be cheap.

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Sales Engine

JULY 13, 2016

Keep in mind that these prospects are better informed than ever, and have probably already done some research about your industry, product, or solution before they ever reached out to you in the first place. Which is distressing when we see so many companies making these investments before establishing a solid content marketing strategy.

Top of Funnel 120

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Sales Engine

JULY 13, 2016

Keep in mind that these prospects are better informed than ever, and have probably already done some research about your industry, product, or solution before they ever reached out to you in the first place. Which is distressing when we see so many companies making these investments before establishing a solid content marketing strategy.

Top of Funnel 120

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Sales Engine

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Companies still need to sell to generate more revenue, right? For most industries, those sales will continue to produce referrals and more business if you focus on bringing and conveying messages of value and not just selling with a formula. That means cold calls. That means deleting email pitches. So what is a sales rep to do?

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Sales Engine

MARCH 10, 2016

Lemas: When I first started in the industry eight years ago, it was all about building links and creating content. Lemas: Everyone who wants to establish their company or brand online needs to have a blog—it’s fundamental. Q: How has search engine optimization changed since you started working in the space?

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 4, 2017

economy and an ever-expanding arsenal of technologies to help both salespeople and marketers reach more prospects, many companies continue to struggle to grow sales. Control Over the Sales Process Has Shifted The sales game has changed, and many companies have failed to adapt. Despite a vibrant U.S. And what can you do about it?

Paid Search Agency 120

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Sales Engine

JULY 20, 2016

economy and an ever-expanding arsenal of technologies to help both salespeople and marketers reach more prospects, many companies continue to struggle to grow sales. Control Over the Sales Process Has Shifted The sales game has changed, and many companies have failed to adapt. Despite a vibrant U.S. And what can you do about it?

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Trade Show Content Urgency Marketing 120

Sales Engine

JULY 20, 2016

economy and an ever-expanding arsenal of technologies to help both salespeople and marketers reach more prospects, many companies continue to struggle to grow sales. Control Over the Sales Process Has Shifted The sales game has changed, and many companies have failed to adapt. Despite a vibrant U.S. And what can you do about it?

Paid Search Agency 120

Paid Search Agency Trade Show Content Urgency Marketing 120

Sales Engine

DECEMBER 22, 2015

If you’re a smaller company living hand-to-mouth, it’s probably appropriate to choose a couple of tactics that work for you already and figure out how to optimize them for even better results. You have to think like a media company. Media companies are all about growing and retaining audience.

Top of Funnel 120

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Sales Engine

JANUARY 12, 2016

Sreenivasan leads their content marketing arm like it’s a full-blown media company, running a 70-person “newsroom” that focuses on topics he loves: digital, web, social, mobile, video, apps, data, geolocation, email, and more. “I I would also say that the lessons that I have learned here apply to any industry: What are you doing about mobile?

B2B Marketing 120

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency B2B Storytelling 120

Sales Engine

JANUARY 12, 2016

Sreenivasan leads their content marketing arm like it’s a full-blown media company, running a 70-person “newsroom” that focuses on topics he loves: digital, web, social, mobile, video, apps, data, geolocation, email, and more. “I I would also say that the lessons that I have learned here apply to any industry: What are you doing about mobile?

B2B Marketing 120

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency B2B Storytelling 120

Sales Engine

JULY 5, 2016

For companies struggling to reach sales goals, doing more of the same (more cold-calls, adding more salespeople) won’t break through growth plateaus. Sales representatives used to be a prospect’s only source of product and industry knowledge, but now prospects largely research things online while ignoring reps’ calls.

Work Management 149

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Measuring content marketing’s return on investment in B2B companies can be a complex calculation, especially if your solution is expensive, requires committee-based decisions, and has long and unpredictable sales cycles.

Top of Funnel 120

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Sales Engine

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

A company with strong branding could distinguish itself from competitors in the mind of a buyer long before the sales pitch. For Sales, better branding meant better odds a buyer returned your call, opened your mail, and visited your booth at an industry conference. It bred credibility. This relationship was not always about the sale.

Brand Identity 149

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Sales Engine

JANUARY 28, 2016

I like the content from these companies, but there’s just no way that I can read that much stuff. It’s a large investment, and because of that, the companies in your space tend to stay with their current vendor for at least five years before making a major change. To say that we’re operating in a noisy environment is an understatement.

Webinar Metrics 120

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Sales Engine

MARCH 13, 2017

A company with strong branding could distinguish itself from competitors in the mind of a buyer long before the sales pitch. For Sales, better branding meant better odds a buyer returned your call, opened your mail, and visited your booth at an industry conference. It bred credibility. This relationship was not always about the sale.

Brand Identity 120

Brand Identity Branding Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services 120

Sales Engine

MAY 12, 2016

A company with strong branding could distinguish itself from competitors in the mind of a buyer long before the sales pitch. For sales, better branding meant better odds a buyer returned your call, opened your email, and visited your booth at an industry conference. It bred credibility. Did it translate into a lead?

Top of Funnel 120

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 16, 2016

Companies are doubling down on their content marketing expenditures, but it’s not enough to publish a blog and optimize it for search engines and expect people to find it. In fact, Red Bull’s CEO Dietrich Mateschitz comments in a Fast Company article about brands becoming full-blown media companies.

Sales Management 120

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Sales Engine

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Companies are doubling down on their content marketing expenditures, but it’s not enough to publish a blog and optimize it for search engines and expect people to find it. In fact, Red Bull’s CEO Dietrich Mateschitz comments in a Fast Company article about brands becoming full-blown media companies. And it’s getting worse.

Sales Management 120

Sales Management Top of Funnel Cold Calling Content 120