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Case Study: How a Company Hurt its Business with a Change in the Comp Plan

SBI Growth

In 2011, P&O Cruise lines cut is commission rate from 12% to 5%. And Advantage leisure director Julia Lo-Bue Said accused the cruise lines'' new head of sales Chris Truscott of failing to understand his market. This is a story of how a bad comp plan can ruin a sales force. So he cut the commission rate in half.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Consolidating Your Marketing Tech Stack

Zoominfo

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. The original displayed the logos of 140 prominent marketing tech brands. What is a Marketing Technology Stack? Get a Demo 2.

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SaaS eSignature Market: From $1 Million in 2006 to $1 Billion in 2018

SaaStr - Sales Strategy

Is it better to create a new market, or enter a large existing one? But creating a new market might be the vector where it is hardest to conceptualize the actual, true market size of. It’s easy to say if every marketer used your brand new type of product, you’d be doing $100m a year. 10% penetration).

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The Top 8 Takeaways from Social Media Guru Paul Gillin’s FIR B2B

Pointclear

Co-hosts Paul and Allan tee up the show by discussing several hot news items relevant to the B2B market - Here’s what they noshed on, on Episode #5: According to the latest CMO Survey, 85% of CMOs either have not shown any impact from social media spending or have only a qualitative sense of its effectiveness. Voicemails work.

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How BMW Would Have Benefited from Social Selling

SBI Growth

Marketing worries about the brand’s consistency. It is a risk mitigator, branding engine and market research mechanism. As the following BMW case study illustrates, Social Selling impacts the entire organization. Angry customers and prospects identify themselves as in the market. BMW Electric Uproar.

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The Pipeline ? Mine the Gap!

The Pipeline

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. ME: And if we were to look at your plan going into 2011, what were the numbers you based your plan on? When Sales Met Marketing. February 2012.

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CMOs: Wield Powers of Influence to Gain a Seat at the Executive Table

Pointclear

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. She has produced hundreds of white papers, case studies and eBooks for a range of organizations, including some of the world's leading technology companies.