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Improve Close Rates with a More Personal, Differentiated Sales Conversation That Stops Sales Drops

Marketing Insider Group

I recently had a conversation with an Account Director responsible for new market and existing customer growth for an Oracle Supply Chain and ERP partner that has offices throughout the US, Asia, and UK. That’s an incredible win rate, and it’s a testament to the importance that marketing helps to shape a sale from the earliest stages.

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Your experience and qualifications are not differentiators!

Biznology

I recently started a discussion within different LinkedIn groups where I asked consultants , sales, and marketing leaders how they were differentiating themselves from others in their industry. But experience (no matter how extensive it may be) is not a differentiator. Here are some examples to show you what I mean….

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Putting Differentiated Value in B2B Value Calculators

Mereo

Recently, an emerging ERP software company realized this potential — and Mereo value engineering experts helped fulfill it in a uniquely rewarding way. Each competitor had created a marketing tool that might attract mid-level influencers online — but would never influence real action in a sales cycle. Emphasize Differentiated Value.

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Enabling with technology, differentiating through humanity

Martech

Implementing new tech can mean operational and financial benefits for your brand, but it’s vital to also focus on helping the customer fulfill their mission. Yet Apple’s recent marketing was focused not on productivity but on the brand’s ability to facilitate human connections, emotions, and memories.

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Marketing Trends: 3 Things to Know for 2024

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

We surveyed thousands of marketing leaders about today’s marketing trends. Marketers ranked artificial intelligence (AI) implementation as both their number one priority and number one headache — highlighting its pivotal role as both a beacon of promise and a daunting challenge. What’s top of mind for marketers?

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In a World Run by AI, The Best Data Wins

Customer Experience Matrix

Like everyone else in martech land, I’ve been pondering the future of marketing in a world populated with AI. Most research I’ve seen agrees with this Hubspot report that marketers’ top application for generative AI has been content creation (48%), followed closely by data analysis (45%) and learning how to things (45%).

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Seven Ways to Use Your UVP and Brand Messaging

Webbiquity

Your unique value proposition (UVP) may be the most important collection of words you ever write as a marketing professional. Describe the most important need your product fulfills. Explain your key differentiator. Supporting your UVP should be a set of (most commonly three) differentiating claims.