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Your 2014 Marketing Budget Roadmap

SBI Growth

As a marketing leader, the CEO is going to measure your 2014 success in three ways: Leads – Number of Sales Qualified Leads delivered to Sales. Opportunities – Percent contribution by Marketing to the Sales Funnel. Wins – Percent contribution by Marketing to Sales Revenue. Those that miss critical spend categories altogether.

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End Death by PowerPoint and a 1,000 White Paper Cuts

The ROI Guy

Most organizations spend a significant portion of their marketing budget on creating content to fuel demand generation programs, and to arm sales reps to have better conversations and engagements. SiriusDecisions reports that 55% of current content spending is squandered. But this is only addressing ½ of the waste.

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IBM SmartCloud Enterprise Plus TCO Interactive White Paper (powered by Alinean)

The ROI Guy

IBM wanted to generate more demand for it’s SmartCloud solution via thought leadership on their solutions significant TCO advantages. IBM turned to Alinean to create an Interactive White Paper, delivering a provocative, customized analysis report to prove the superior value of IBM’s Cloud environment.

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Poor 'Quality' Marketing Leads for the Dumpster?

SBI Growth

One of the top reported problems plaguing sales forces is the lack of quality leads. Without a comprehensive lead generation strategy, sales rejection of leads sticks around like a bad rash. This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. Grade Your Sales Qualified Leads.

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Why Sales Rejects Quality Leads?

SBI Growth

One of the top reported problems plaguing sales forces is the lack of quality leads. Without a comprehensive lead generation strategy, sales rejection of leads sticks around like a bad rash. This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. Grade Your Sales Qualified Leads.

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The Pipeline ? Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly.

The Pipeline

Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly Exaggerated. What you should do: Nothing new here — keep your crew well-trained in professionalism, product, and market. Create campaigns for the sales team that, rather than offering “once-in-a-lifetime” discounts or “check-in,” instead offer a report with valuable data.

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How to Find a Deal That Will Close This Month

SBI

For many sales and marketing teams, discovering an in-month deal requires a whole lot of luck. Traditional demand generation methods just aren’t cutting it anymore. A marketing team judges how qualified a lead is based on engagement alone; a sales team takes that lead and discovers it isn’t a fit at all.