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Crossing the Divide: The Art of Closing the Sale

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We see it again and again: professional services sellers misread the real desires and priorities of their buyers, and consequently stumble in the art of closing the sale. Educate me with new ideas or perspectives Producing educational content for your audiences pulls a lot of marketing weight -- and it contributes to sales, too.

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The Top-10 B2B Marketing Trends for 2011

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It was difficult to tell lead quality and impact on sales pipeline, so in the absence of real quality indicators, more was considered better. This flood of leads overwhelmed sales and distracted from the selling part of their jobs. And marketing received the blame for creating poor leads and wasting valuable selling time.

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5 Steps to B2B Marketing Success

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In the “old days”, the mainstream marketing approach was to interrupt and engage prospects, educate them on the vendors offering and move them through the sale cycle towards a transaction – a very vendor and product centric approach. This has profound implications on marketing and the way companies engage with prospects.

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New Report: Alliance Marketing Trends 2014

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Here are the Top-5 Trends in Alliance Marketing (for more details download the report ): Revenue generation (87 percent), demand generation (72 percent) and joint sales engagement (66 percent) top the list of alliance marketing program goals.

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Put an End to Flying Blind: A Ten-Step Process for Creating a Go-to-Market Tactical Plan

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Second, it helps allocate resources toward the most profitable opportunities and fosters focus. Enabling the sales team for success 9. The ecosystem map will help you make a go/no decision and pinpoint the cluster of ecosystem participants and associated relationships that represent the most favorable environment for market entry.

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A Simple B2B Marketing Framework

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Buyer Centric Tools & Content Layer The next layer "Buyer Centric Tools & Content" aims at creating deeper insight into the buyer to create the tools that inform message creation, marketing content, education of sales and marketing teams, creation of campaigns, etc. Let me know your thoughts about this framework.

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Fixing the Crisis in Marketing

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This approach helps marketing not only remain relevant in today’s organizations but provide visibility into the value it provides to the company, aligning with the needs of the sales organization, and reducing the cost of marketing while increasing performance ( [link] ). How are you managing marketing in your organization?

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