LeanData

OCTOBER 26, 2022

SaaS technology is generally purchased with a buying committee: finance, IT, sales, marketing and other C-level executives. . If the proposed new platform is really techy, break it down and explain the impact on the business. . You’re ready to scale your tech stack and lean into digital transformation. So where should you start?

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Circle Studio

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As we enter the New Year, A/E/C firms have made (and are still making) plans for where and how to spend their marketing time and budgets in 2019. Just as people everywhere are making resolutions to improve their lives—both personally and professionally—in 2019, why not do the same for your firm’s marketing efforts?

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seo.co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Marketing agencies provide critically in-demand SEO services to the millions of business owners who need them—and profit from their efforts. Others attempt to offer not just SEO services, but other online marketing services as well, like PPC advertising campaigns or social media management. It’s a good time to be an SEO agency.

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The identifying and building of this imaginary reciprocal profile is crucial to optimizing marketing campaigns and promotional strategies. A well-developed ICP can be an invaluable bedrock to a successful marketing strategy. It’s easy for a business – especially startups – to idealize expectations. That’s a grim statistic.

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The ROI Guy

JUNE 27, 2018

Back in the day, as a product line manager, I was responsible for launching several new computer storage management products, and always leveraged the 4Ps of Marketing as my guide. As buyers have evolved to be more in-control, cautious and economic-focused, as Cold as ICE, the 4Ps of Marketing have evolved too.

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Mereo

APRIL 7, 2022

In a recent survey of 330 sales and marketing leaders , in fact, 70% said their salespeople tended to stray off-message during buyer conversations. CSO Insights found that 93% of world-class selling organizations indicated they clearly understand their buyer’s issues before proposing a solution — compared to just 48% of all organizations.

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Hinge Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Now in its third year, the study involved over 1,000 firms with a combined annual revenue of more than $176 billion and marketing budgets totalling more than $20 billion. The results from the 2018 High Growth Study are out, and there’s a great deal for professional services firms to learn. They have more than one million full-time employees.

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Hubspot

JUNE 28, 2022

For one, it provides your employees with flexibility and autonomy to work where they'd prefer. It also has major economic benefits from a cost of sales perspective — for instance, rather than paying for each sales rep to travel to meet in-person with buyers, plenty of selling can now be done virtually. Let's dive in.

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Circle Studio

DECEMBER 19, 2017

As we enter the New Year, A/E/C firms have made (and are still making) plans for where and how to spend their marketing time and budgets in 2018. Just as people everywhere are making resolutions to improve their lives—both personally and professionally—in 2018, why not do the same for your firm’s marketing efforts?

Planning 68

Planning Marketing Proposals Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 68

seo.co

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Yet many marketers and webmasters end up with CTAs that don’t stand out in any meaningful way. Now that we’ve covered most of the basics, we can move on to focus specifically on getting higher conversion rates. I’ll be covering a number of different sections here, each with examples of their effective use. Coloration.

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ConvertKit

DECEMBER 19, 2018

For many, they were forced to learn sales because their livelihood depended on it. For some, like me, they were just born to sell. Or perhaps they were creators, probably much like you, who hated the idea of selling, but in order to make their craft a career they needed to learn all the sales tips they could. Learning sales. Let’s dig in.

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ClearVoice

MARCH 19, 2024

Whether you’ve been freelancing for years or your first project proposal just landed in your email inbox, learning how to become a successful, profitable freelancer comes down to knowing how to set freelance rates and raise them over time, all while meeting your income needs and valuing your skills. There’s no more 9-to-5.

Pricing 105

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Hinge Marketing

APRIL 29, 2016

Interestingly, price was listed by only 4.2% Have they been referred by respected peers? A great reputation creates more opportunities—buyers want a market leader in the proposal mix—but reputation can also tip the scales during the decision-making process. We think so. of respondents. Are they always top of mind?

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ClearVoice

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

They come from all over the world, and they propose intense competition if you aren’t staying on top of trends. “It When you give attention to goal-setting and business planning, you set yourself apart from the congestion, and find ways to market yourself more profoundly. Or the next five. ’’’ Dermer continues.

Business 65

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Frugalnomics makes it harder to connect, engage and sell without the right content and tools Alinean, the leading creator of interactive content marketing and diagnostic sales tools for business to business (B2B) solutions, today announced its annual sales and marketing predictions for 2012 with serious implications.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

If you’ve taken a marketing course over the past few decades you were likely schooled on the 4-Ps: Product, Place, Promotion and Price. Developed in the early 60s by the marketer E. Today, buyers want B2B solution providers to focus more on the derived business outcomes and value-add versus price and push promotions.

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Capstone Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2017

In demand marketing, that Eye of Providence is the marketing automation platform. Why haven’t marketing automation vendors created insight from the wealth of data they have access to? Product use: Provide insight on how other organizations are using marketing automation. same size, average sale price, and industry).

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, with buyers becoming even more cautious and economic focused. You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments. 2) Central IT is Irrelevant? 2) Central IT is Irrelevant?

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Capstone Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2017

In demand marketing, that Eye of Providence is the marketing automation platform. Why haven’t marketing automation vendors created insight from the wealth of data they have access to? Product use: Provide insight on how other organizations are using marketing automation. same size, average sale price, and industry).

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RebelMouse

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The pandemic is far from over, but publishers and marketers are beginning to sift through the aftershocks of what COVID-19 has done to the web. The pandemic is far from over, but publishers and marketers are beginning to sift through the aftershocks of what COVID-19 has done to the web. unparalleled importance of building trust.

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RebelMouse

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The pandemic is far from over, but publishers and marketers are beginning to sift through the aftershocks of what COVID-19 has done to the web. The pandemic is far from over, but publishers and marketers are beginning to sift through the aftershocks of what COVID-19 has done to the web.

Paid Search Agency 52

Paid Search Agency Planning Advertising Agencies Custom Publishing 52

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Did you know that according to CEB, 53% of surveyed buyers indicated that customer loyalty goes to those firms not with superior brand perception, product and service delivery, or even the value-to-price ratio, but overwhelmingly to those firms that provide the Best Buying Experience?

ROI 40

ROI Peer-to-peer Marketing Proposals Case Studies 40

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2015

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, stiffer competition, and even more headwinds to meeting your ambitious revenue growth goals. Gartner recently published their latest worldwide IT spending forecasts with a sharp downward revision, now projecting a 5.5% YoY decline from 2014 levels.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 30, 2011

If you are in sales and marketing, there is another forecast that is just as promising, especially if you recognize the pending fertile business opportunity and prepare accordingly. Marketing luminary Seth Godin indicates that "No business buys a solution for a problem they don't have."

Enterprise Management 40

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

What your marketing and sales enablement teams might not fully realize is that: Product / service differentiators are fleeting, especially today where new product launches are faster than ever before and solutions are quickly commoditized. More discounting , because your conversations are all about the solution, features and price.

Lead Scoring 40

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Marketers are scrambling to address the power shift and overcome lead generation and conversion issues by delivering more content and tools over more channels to actively engage ever more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyers. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential.

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Martech

JUNE 27, 2023

A company’s website is the single most important media channel in the marketing communications toolkit. In this fast-moving world, I propose a rethink for your website, from the strategic to the tactical. As with any marketing investment, start with the end in mind. Pricing details. How long since it was refreshed?

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Marketing Websites Marketing Management Peer-to-peer netFactor 98

Televerde

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Every conversation should start with the customer in mind, especially conversations about sales and marketing. Also look at competitors selling to your market to see the types of companies they are targeting and determine if those companies may also be a good fit for your org. You’re here because you want to build your sales pipeline.

Ideal Customer Profiles 40

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Marketing Qualified Leads 40

The ROI Guy

APRIL 15, 2010

1) Value Proposition - early in the lifecycle you can guess at customer needs and propose how the solution mught derive value 2) Value Hypothesis - during engagement with the customer you can investigate pain points and how the solution can help customer save, streamline or overcome the issues.

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Budget Programs Software Peer-to-peer Urgency Marketing 40

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 12, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Better Time Management with Smart Calendars Use your calendar to your advantage Using calendar the smart way I’ve noticed throughout the years that if something is not on my task list it won’t get done.

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ClearVoice

MARCH 19, 2024

Whether you’ve been freelancing for years or your first project proposal just landed in your email inbox, learning how to become a successful, profitable freelancer comes down to knowing how to set freelance rates and raise them over time, all while meeting your income needs and valuing your skills. There’s no more 9-to-5.

Pricing 52

Pricing Price Work Management Peer-to-peer 52

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

SiriusDecisions says the #1 issue preventing Sales quota achievement is not the lack of marketing leads, lack of good solutions, or a lack of product knowledge, but the inability for Sales teams to effectively communicate value messaging. Do you believe that this Value Deficit is the top issue? The customer conversation needs to change.

Training 40

Training Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Frugalnomics is in full effect, leaving few resources to evaluate opportunities and the organization risk adverse to change, giving more control to finance and requiring more economic justification on each proposal. However, continued economic uncertainty will make this desire hard to fulfill.

Marketing Management 40

Marketing Management Process Peer-to-peer Case Studies 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

This includes more CFO involvement in key decision making, including helping to set business strategy, deciding where to invest capital and even looking at product mix and go-to-market strategies. now finds herself at marketing meetings. now finds herself at marketing meetings.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management Peer-to-peer Effectiveness 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets.

Work Management 40

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The ROI Guy

JULY 5, 2011

in 2011, this despite headwinds from the Japan disaster, Greece debt crisis, high oil / gas prices, and doubts over US spending / debt. Changes to IT sales and marketing strategies have been made to help fight frugalnomics, but are still not provocative / outcome -focused enough to meet changing buyer demands. IT Services 793 3.1

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Spending Allocation 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 6, 2012

More control is in the hands of finance, requiring more economic justification on each proposal. The New Year’s cheer didn’t last long for IT, as Gartner was quick to lower its global technology spending forecast, barely a week into 2012. growth forecasts. predictions. So how can IT solution providers succeed in the face of Frugalnomics?

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