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B2B Sales and Marketing Integration

Digital B2B Marketing

Danny lined up a great set of provocative questions for the group on aligning B2B sales and marketing. As always, the #B2Bchat participants shared a range of perspectives from both sales and marketing experiences.

B2B Sales 100
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Three Reasons to Give Me a Solution, Not a Sales Pitch

Digital B2B Marketing

When we expect a sales pitch, we put our defenses up, or just turn away. Like many buyers, I often will not take the time to talk to sales until I know you have an appropriate solution for me. So skip the sales pitch and materials, make it easy for me to understand your solution for my business. You just might get a quick sale.

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Is Your Business Ready for Marketing?

Digital B2B Marketing

Your Sales Organization. If your sales organization is not ready to sell your new offerings, your marketing will not solve the problem. Sales Readiness If marketing is driving demand for a new offering but sales is not ready to close on opportunities, the immediate impact of your effort will be lost. Educated Buyers.

Business 100
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The Hidden Message from SiriusDecisions: Serve Your Audience

Digital B2B Marketing

SiriusDecisions’ B2B Sales and Marketing: Forging a New Alliance was an impressive event last week, and I was glad to have the opportunity to attend. Underlying the content I saw a common thread: sales and marketing needs to serve prospective customers. Aligning Sales and Marketing.

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No, Content Will Not Kill Advertising

Digital B2B Marketing

Here are a few of the impressions made across the advertising, marketing and sales spectrum. The Sales Experience. What happens when content has made a great impression but the experience with sales makes your prospect question if you can actually deliver? Neither is content, sales or a great customer experience.

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4 Metrics You Need To Track In B2B Lead Generation Programs

Digital B2B Marketing

However, sales cycles are long. Here we will look at how to measure and optimize your program effectively in the face of long sales cycles. Pipeline and Sales. Depending on your sales cycle and process, that may be the number of sales qualified leads or value of pipeline opportunities.

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The New Sirius Decisions Waterfall (and New B2B Marketing Acronyms)

Digital B2B Marketing

If you measure or benchmark B2B demand generation activity across sales and marketing, one of the best benchmark resources just received a major facelift and a number of improvements. By incorporating Sales Generated Leads, the Sirius Decisions funnel now aligns with an organization’s full direct sales pipeline.