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Survey Finds Growth in Pipelines and Sales Cycles for B2B Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

The top findings I got out of the release were: 47% of the sales professionals reported a slight increase in the size of their B2B pipelines this year as compared to last year. However, the sales cycles have also become longer, making it much harder to close deals. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

That however is only part of the solution because if your content doesn’t engage the visitor s/he won’t take a desired action to move forward in the sales cycle. Depending on the length of your sales cycle, conditions at your prospect’s end may change resulting in projects being put on hold.

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How to use social media and Linkedin to drive sales

Seismic

There are countless studies that demonstrate the potential to increase sales through social selling. In a recent study, HubSpot found that 51% of marketers who leverage social media plan to increase their investment this year. Trim down the sales cycle.

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Marketing mix modeling: A marketer’s guide

Martech

Imagine a product or service with a six-month sales cycle. Sales are driven by a healthy marketing budget with investments across the marketing funnel to drive awareness, consideration and, finally, sales. Everyone we spoke to could answer, “What is next for your marketing mix efforts?”

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How to Support Sales as a Marketer in a Changing Environment

Pam Didner

Social Media. Media Planning. Sales Enablement. Supporting Sales Based On Management Scope: As an individual contributor: The best way to start is to clearly understand your own roles and responsibilities. Content plays a big role in enabling your sales team, especially in B2B and complex sales cycles.

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Bob Ward Homes Has Retained Stevens & Tate Marketing As Its Agency Of Record

Stevens & Tate

With this position, the firm will handle media planning and buying services for the Maryland home builder. The lead nurturing program often reaches out to past on-site and online visitors to keep Bob Ward Homes top of mind during a long sales cycle. Lombard, Ill.– About The Home Builder.

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If I had a dollar.

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Don’t think this next podcast is going to drive awareness through the roof – it might – but the goal should be to feed those that are already in your long sales cycle with more good quality content on what your company can deliver. Bottom line - this team pushed me by asking "ok but if you only had a dollar, where would you put it?"