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5 Marketing Trends That will Impact 2013

SBI Growth

Assessing their impact on marketing strategies makes for tough annual planning on the right formula to connect with buyers. Download this Marketing Plan Assessment Tool to rank your planning ideas across Impact & Ease of Execution.). From my point of view, three big trends will affect marketing planning in 2013.

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Get Better Results From Your Leads – Through the Sales Rep Lens

SBI Growth

Today’s post gives the sales rep a recipe to get more from their marketing leads. Reps often hunt down new leads themselves, discounting many from marketing. Reps use their own definition of a “good” lead. But it’s marketing that has the tools and data to deliver. Marketing has to answer the call.

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Five Keys to Integrating Your Interactive Value Marketing Tools with Your Marketing Automation Platform

The ROI Guy

You’ve invested in interactive content and marketing tools for your website, helping prospects and customers assess their needs, size and price the right solution, and understand the business value and differentiating cost advantages of recommended solutions.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

Pointclear

While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Sales and marketing headcounts have increased to generate new customers.

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Revenue Performance Management: Doing For Revenue What ERP Does For Ops?

Pointclear

In a recent article on Revenue Performance Management in Marketing Automation Software Guide, Lauren Carlson does a nice job of providing a context for the RPM discussion by differentiating it from marketing automation, reviewing the factors motivating its advancement, and raising good questions.

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Trick or Treat? Dreamforce Goodies for B2B Marketers

SBI

Analyst for Smart Selling Tools and advises executives in SaaS MarTech companies and interactive marketing agencies who seek a competitive advantage in meeting the needs of marketers. -. I’ll separate the Snickers from the Candy Corn, or in this case, the really yummy tools that will energize your 2015 Marketing Journey!

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What Can You Accomplish Integrating MAP and CRM solutions with Alinean Value Selling & Marketing Tools?

The ROI Guy

I am often asked what key workflow or functionality you can enable if you integrate Alinean tools with Marketing Automation (MAP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions. As you may also be aware, Alinean Value Selling & Marketing Tools do support robust integration with sales and marketing automation solutions and processes.