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Struggling with B2B Industrial Marketing? Your Essential Guide to Proven Strategies & Tactics

Tiecas

Probably the most common complaint that I hear from Sales is that “Marketing just doesn’t understand engineering problems, and they generate ‘crappy’ leads that are not ready to buy.” Gartner’s prediction that 80% of B2B sales interactions will occur digitally by 2025 underscores this shift. Need proof?

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The Ultimate Sales Playbooks: How to Create Your Own with Examples for Success

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Lead qualification plays Provide a detailed guide for evaluating whether a lead is likely to convert. Include a set of qualifying questions and criteria that sales reps can use to assess a lead’s potential. Asking “What values should drive our sales interactions?”

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Traditional + Social: The new media mix

Wondering Out Loud

But the world has changed and buyers most buyers ignore claims of “world-class&# , “industry leading&# , “best of breed&# , and all the other marketing speak associated with high-priced products and services. When all products are the same, buyers start differentiating on a different level.

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Business Development Team Structure

Hinge Marketing

There is a mad scramble to get qualified leads and close new engagements, only to have the cycle repeat itself. As commonly used in the professional services context, BD includes major elements of traditional marketing and sales functions, such as lead generation, nurturing, opportunity qualification, proposal preparation and closing.

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Power up your content marketing strategy with white papers

Integrated B2B

Your white paper should represent a well-balanced view by people who are qualified, experienced experts in the field. They, after all, likely to be highly qualified and experienced. That’s why it’s important to use the right tone of voice and type of message – something that Marketing needs to take the lead in.

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Value of Assessment ROI & TCO Tools for Demand-Gen and Sales Enablement Campaigns

The ROI Guy

Today’s buyers are more conservative than ever, demanding that any investment they make drive tangible savings and business value – a fundamental change called Frugalnomics. Leading B2B solution providers recognize that old sales and marketing techniques need to evolve to meet these new buyer demands.

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Hiring a SEO Agency? 45+ Experts Tell You What to Look For & Avoid!

Directive Agency

Which of course leads us directly into what you should avoid, which is that there are plenty of agencies out there that will promise the world and never deliver the goods. How have the non-branded SEO efforts improved leads and sales? We provide leading internet marketing solutions to businesses on a global level.