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What I learned About the Future of Sales Enablement at #Transform18 hosted by Showpad

Jeff Davis

The theme was “Reimagining Sales Enablement”. As a keynote speaker and business coach focused on strategically aligning Sales and Marketing, I attended because I wanted to see what the future of Sales Enablement looks like. See you next year at Transform19! create togetherness.

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Demand Gen vs. Lead Gen: Which is ‘Best’ for Startups?

Zoominfo

Lead generation has matured immensely as a marketing discipline over the past decade, with more tools and data available than ever before. There are essentially two competing schools of thought among B2B marketers. Sales enablement Includes playbooks, ROI tools, and battle cards 4. The good news?

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Sales Enablement Effectiveness?

The ROI Guy

IDC research shows that because of frugal buyer sentiment, 62% of B2B vendors need more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, and 72% indicate an increase in sales cycle time over the past 6 months. Sales Enablement Ineffectiveness? So why are the sales enablement investments not paying off?

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Accelerate Slow Sales Cycles with More Sales Enablement Investments?

The ROI Guy

According to Andrew Gaffney in his article Marketers Shifting Focus To Sales Enablement To Accelerate Slow Pipelines , “Deals expected to close in the current quarter are often getting clogged and pushed out later in the year. So how is the sales enablement role evolving within b2b vendors?

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Highspot Raises $60M Series D Round Led by ICONIQ Capital

Highspot

Technology Leader in Burgeoning Sales Enablement Category Is More Than Doubling Across Key Business Metrics. SEATTLE, June 4, 2019 – Highspot , the highest customer-rated sales enablement platform , today announced it has secured $60 million in Series D funding. Defining Modern Sales Enablement.

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Forrester and IDC think Sales Enablement is a Big Deal. and We Agree!

The ROI Guy

A new role has emerged at many leading B2B companies, Sales Enablement, and recent research from Forrester and IDC proves this new sales enablement practice as the key linchpin required to help a B2B company bridge the gap between their business strategies and how they execute in the field. April 2009).

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SMB a New Year Bright Spot for IT Sales and Marketing?

The ROI Guy

IT solution providers are quickly reacting to the pessimistic forecasts with a sales and marketing strategy rethink – trying to appeal to today’s more stressed and frugal buyer. There is more pressure than ever to improving customer relationships and competitive advantage via social, marketing, sales and service technology.