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What if CRM had not been invented?

ViewPoint

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Last month we discussed Counterfactual Reflection (CR) as it pertains to marketing automation. Without CRM, where, oh where, would we be?

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Avoiding Cascading Zipper Failures between Marketing and Sales

ViewPoint

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Such a failure may happen in many types of systems, including power transmission, computer networking, finance, bridges, sales and marketing, (the last two are our words).

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30 Great Tweets from MarketingProfs B2B Marketing Forum #mpb2b

KoMarketing Associates

To win with content marketing: "Be the Wikipedia for your industry & the best teacher" @thesaleslion #mpb2b. An average of 2% of leads close into customers. The average marketer spends $56,000/year to maintain their database @Peter_Gracey #mpb2b. 57% B2B buyers process before contacting a salesperson.

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Macro Trends Transforming the Buyer Experience

Tony Zambito

Image via Wikipedia. Recently, I had an engaging conversation with Lauren Carlson, a CRM Analyst with   Software Advice , as well as read her article Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software posted on The Software Advice Blog. 

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Buyer Interaction Shapes Buyer Experience Design

Tony Zambito

Image via Wikipedia.   Paul Greenberg , a prolific speaker and leading thinker on Social CRM and author of CRM at the Speed of Light has written and spoken often on the notion that customers and buyers are not expecting just a product but are expecting experiences. 

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New developments in B2B marketing list acquisition

Biznology

Photo credit: Wikipedia. To reach cold prospects among business audiences, sales and marketing teams often begin by developing a list of prospective targets. Marketers can find just about every target company, title and job function they need from traditional list suppliers. A new direction in B2B lists.

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The Four Elements of Buyer Experience Ecosystem Thinking

Tony Zambito

Image via Wikipedia. B2B market CEO’s must feel a little like the great explorer’s of our time.    An important attribute that B2B CEO’s will need to possess to lead organizations in Buyer Experience Innovation is ecosystem thinking.    There are no definitive maps to get you there per se’.