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Why Your Buyer Personas Are Obsolete

SBI Growth

We have seen a tremendous rise in the interest and use of buyer personas since 2002. The year I first introduced the methodology for creating buyer personas specifically for marketing and sales. Buyer personas can be a big help in aligning marketing and sales around a launch. You Have Entered New Markets.

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Bulls, Bears, Bernanke and BtoB Lead Generation

Pointclear

So, companies can use GDP to anticipate changes in lead rates which could affect quotas and revenue projections. Overall lead rates trended down in 2002 and from 2008 – Q3 2009—yep, just as the economy did. Understanding this can help you pinpoint your marketing investments and generate better than average results.

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How I Achieved Alignment With My VP of Sales

Jeff Davis

I've talked to many leaders about the need to align B2B Sales and Marketing. Now that a significant amount of attention has been directed at alignment, we are starting to see more research that helps us better understand its impact on revenue. The most effective way to do that is to ensure that both teams focus on the pipeline revenue.

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Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999?

The ROI Guy

Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999? A Q&A with me on latest IT sales and marketing metrics, trends and best practices Is 2006 shaping up to be a good year for IT spending growth? Compared to 2002 where growth was a dismal -31% for system vendors and -18% for service providers, these are happy days.