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Surviving Tough Times….

Partners in Excellence

Businesses, industries and markets are being restructured, profoundly. As I work to advise them, I stumbled on something I wrote in early 2001, another period of economic challenges. Since 2001 we’ve been through slowdowns a couple of times. For marketers: What are we offering? We see a lot of uncertainty.

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How to use the marketing flywheel method to supercharge your business

Nutshell

Sales and marketing professionals are constantly slinging around new buzzwords, complex terms, and confusing abbreviations. Well, here’s another important term for you to memorize: the marketing flywheel. Well, here’s another important term for you to memorize: the marketing flywheel. What Is a Marketing Flywheel?

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Not the “R” Word Again…

No More Cold Calling

What a roller coaster—this up and down economy—2001, 2002, then the Recession of 2008-09. The same “8 Killer Steps” that I talked about in 2001, 2002, and again in 2008 and 2009 still apply! Broaden Your Perspective/Narrow Your Focus: Is your sales and marketing focus working? How do we sell in this volatile economy?

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6 Ways To Make Sure Your Customers Get The Message

SBI Growth

Pinpointing exactly how to communicate your brand message to a target audience can be one of the most perplexing challenges in marketing. Pre-Internet, marketing communications is where messaging mattered most. What we talked about was how new competitive entrants have entered their market space. Guessing at this is nonsense.

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This Is What Has Made B2B Sales More Challenging

Anthony Iannarino

Not too long ago, people believed the most significant changes in business-to-business sales were the internet and the social channels. One of the results of globalization, cheap money, the glamorization of entrepreneurship , and low barriers of entry into markets is the increasing number of choices available to businesses and consumers.

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SMS sales: How B2B sellers can close more deals with text messages

Nutshell

Learn to leverage this underrated communication channel, and SMS sales just might become the secret weapon in your selling arsenal. Because of this, texting is viewed differently than other text-based communication channels like email. Both of these sales channels still have their place! Use an SMS Sales Tool.

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Lead Management: Let’s Formalize this Relationship

Pointclear

As a sales and marketing thought leader with nearly 20 years experience, Tony has led the overall research function at SiriusDecisions since the company's founding in 2001. Getting b-to-b sales and marketing to align more closely has driven even the most capable business leaders crazy for years.