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A Content Framework for Sales Enablement

The Effective Marketer

Although not as glamorous, internal content like sales enablement materials are an important component of making sure all that nurturing given to your leads actually convert into deals. Sales Enablement Content. More importantly, how to make sure the sales team is aligned with marketing’s priorities for content creation?

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A Content Framework for Sales Enablement

The Effective Marketer

Although not as glamorous, internal content like sales enablement materials are an important component of making sure all that nurturing given to your leads actually convert into deals. Sales Enablement Content. More importantly, how to make sure the sales team is aligned with marketing’s priorities for content creation?

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Your Content Focus: Narrow vs Wide

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Others don’t want to “abandon” leads they have already generated and argue for more nurturing campaigns with content that will guide those leads down to eventually close a sale. I believe it is a matter of understanding a few important things before making a decision, such as: How long is your sales cycle?

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Marketing Automation is More Than Technology

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The magic relies on the higher conversion rates throughout the sales cycle. And when the process includes both sales and marketing working together on definitions, on content strategy, and qualification criteria companies see higher response rates overall. It’s About Content and Processes.

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Getting Started Guide for Marketing Automation

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Step 1: Sales and Marketing Alignment and Documentation. If you did your marketing automation purchase following best practices, the sales team (or at least sales management) was involved to help make the selection. If not, stop what you are doing and meet with the sales leadership. Step 2: Buyer Personas.

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When Inbound Marketing Goes Wrong

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Shorten sales cycle. Lets sale show when their prospects are engaging online. Marketing automation helps you deliver relevant information over time to keep leads interested, engaged, and educated until they’ve made that decision” Besides, marketing automation also helps to: Raise open and click rates.

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The State of Demand Generation

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There are over 20 presentations available, ranging from Social CRM and Lead Generation, to Case Studies and Sales Enablement. SiriusDecisions says that to drive best-in-class performance, sales and marketing must align around five waterfall-based jobs: Seed (use of traditional and social media to set the stage for demand creation).