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A Primer on Sales Competitive Battle Cards

The Effective Marketer

This is a lengthier document that analyses the competitor’s company, value proposition, marketing communications, technical aspects of the product, etc. Example <competitor name> filetype:pdf (as in ‘acmesoft filetype:pdf’) will show only PDF files with the competitor name.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Collaboration Huddles and 35 Other Ways to Improve Sales and Marketing Teamwork

markempa

Marketing and sales can work together on standardizing and documenting their lead generation and sales process so that what is happening can be easily tracked and measured. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Develop a marketing program that helps the sales team sell at a personal level.

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The Ultimate Guide to Business Development and How It Can Help Your Company Grow

Hubspot

You can do this by meeting with them in person at conferences, trade shows, or events related to your industry. Additionally, you can help your team determine which elevator pitches used by both BDRs and reps are most successful in converting leads and then document it in your greater strategy so everyone has access to it.

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Marketing Planning Process for Professional Services

Hinge Marketing

Having well-documented plans makes it easier to change them. Often these key business insights are organized within a SWOT analysis. While that may seem obvious, many firms spend little time on their SWOT analysis, relying instead on personal beliefs and anecdotal experience. Associations/Trade Shows. Direct Mail.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Lead generation for the complex sale (book update)

markempa

« SWOT Team: Adding webinars to the marketing pool | Main | The Revenue Roundtable launched! Unlike other books that utilize mostly traditional direct marketing tactics, I will offer the proven approach that has produced documented returns of 2000% to 5000% ROI.

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Strategic Marketing for Professional Services

Hinge Marketing

The strategy and its associated tactics are often documented in a marketing plan. If you haven’t yet identified your business objectives you can use techniques such as SWOT analysis and various types of market research to uncover the opportunities available to you. Associations/Trade Shows. Click To Tweet. Direct Mail.