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Top 10 Priorities for the Newly Hired CMO

SBI Growth

You were probably hired because the last person failed. Maybe the internal marketing structure failed to evolve with the customer demands. Whatever the situation, you were hired to solve the problems quickly. Like many marketing organizations, the sales organization doesn’t give you the time of day. Sign up here.

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Sales Talk for CEOs: Innovating from the Top: How a Former CMO Revitalized a Company as CEO (Ep107)

Alice Heiman

One of the most striking revelations from Harris was the absence of a demand generation and marketing strategy within Challenger. Leveraging her background as a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Harris embarked on building a robust demand generation engine.

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How to Bridge the Content Chasm Between Sales and Marketing

Sales Hacker

Bridging the Content Chasm Sales is increasingly using strategic content creation and distribution as part of the sales process – from outbound, to advancing pipeline along, to awareness and education on social platforms. Sellers are responsible for educating their buyers digitally through multiple channels.

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The Lead Generation Strategy Guide

Zoominfo

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What is Lead Generation? Lead generation is by and large a more focused effort toward familiarizing potential customers with a company’s value proposition with the end goal being conversion. B2B Lead Generation Sources.

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PODCAST 100: Succeeding as the First Marketing Hire w/ Nicole Wojno Smith

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Nicole Wojno Smith , the VP of Marketing at Tackle.io. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Nicole is the VP of Marketing at Tackle.io, a company that helps ISVs sell their software through the cloud marketplaces. We’re on iTunes.

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The Difference Between a VP of Sales and a CRO

Sales Hacker

What’s the difference between a VP of Sales and a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)? The VP of Sales. Great VPs of sales have gravitas and tact, command the room and hold their end of the table regardless of who is on the other side. And this is exactly why you hired them! Singular focus on sales.

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Sales Talk for CEOs: A Founder-Led Sales Organization with Usman Sheikh (S3:E11)

Alice Heiman

So many founders make it their goal to get out of the sales role as they scale. “I I can hardly wait until we can afford a VP sales to take over” is a common founder refrain. While his role has evolved, getting out of sales entirely is the last thing that Usman Sheikh plans to do. It all starts with redefining the sales mindset.

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