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10 Simple Tricks to Accelerate Your Sales Pipeline

PureB2B

The sales cycle is composed of phases required to sell a product or service. A long sales cycle typically requires several touch points and spans several weeks to months. Harvard University found that at least 25% of B2B sales cycles take a minimum of 7 months to close. Nurture Your Leads.

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Moving Upmarket: SMB to Enterprise—What Does Your Marketing Plan Need?

SmartBug Media

If your team is heading upmarket and looking to reach more enterprise customers, there are a few key considerations you should make when assessing and reconstructing your marketing plan. Three Considerations to Inform Your Marketing Action Plan. Longer sales process. Remap Your Sales Process.

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10 Simple Tricks to Accelerate Your Sales Pipeline

PureB2B

The sales cycle is composed of phases required to sell a product or service. A long sales cycle typically requires several touch points and spans several weeks to months. Harvard University found that at least 25% of B2B sales cycles take a minimum of 7 months to close. Nurture Your Leads.

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How to Create Perfect Alignment Between Sales and Marketing

Rev

A study from Marketingprofs found that sales and marketing teams with high alignment saw a 36 percent increase in win rates compared to less aligned organizations. Readers will undoubtedly realize the importance of having strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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What the hell does “marketing” even mean??

EMagine B2B Blog

I never underestimated the importance of studying the marketing experiences of authentic thought leaders. . So I decided to embark on my own version of a marketing degree – finding and reading a ton of books written by the real experts. Clear definitions of our target markets, decision makers/personas.

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What the hell does “marketing” even mean??

EMagine B2B Blog

I never underestimated the importance of studying the marketing experiences of authentic thought leaders. . So I decided to embark on my own version of a marketing degree – finding and reading a ton of books written by the real experts. Clear definitions of our target markets, decision makers/personas.

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PowerViews with Brian Carroll: The State of B2B Lead Gen & 2012 Recommendations

ViewPoint

To illustrate, Brian notes that in his book published six years ago, he said 90% of marketers didn’t have agreement between marketing and sales on basic things such as the meaning of the word, “lead.” The Right Marketing Mix: Blended… and Grounded in Buyer Understanding.

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