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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. Spending too Much on the Wrong Things.

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2 Ways to Dominate 2014 on Your Current Budget

SBI Growth

You see visions of making your 2013 and 2014 sales number. If you’re like most VP-Sales, this is money you most likely don’t have. If you’re like most VP-Sales, this is money you most likely don’t have. If you want to survive as VP-Sales, these projects must get off the ground. 2) Rethink Sales Team Head Count.

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How to Drive Sales in 2014 with Content Marketing

SBI Growth

It utilizes personnel from Sales, Marketing, Product Development and other parts of the organization. When trained and armed with the battle-tested tools, an Internal Content Marketing team can produce high quality demand generation content consistently. You will be working with Sales to conduct buyer research.

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The CMO’s Achilles' Heel

SBI Growth

B2B CMO''s largely do not have direct reports with expertise in demand generation. This is a major weakness heading into 2014. The specialist roles involved in executing world class B2B marketing in 2014 is complex. Every CMO must have a ‘right-hand’ report with substantial demand generation experience to be successful.

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How to Assess and Sequence Your Sales Initiatives

SBI Growth

A few weeks ago, I was talking to an SVP of sales. He had been given an aggressive goal for 2014. I completely lost the battle on the 2014 revenue number” he said. “My The SBI Sales Initiative Assessment Tool has answers. For example, you may recognize that you have a massive demand generation problem.

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Top 10 Priorities for the Newly Hired CMO

SBI Growth

Great CMO’s set a strategy to make the number in 2014 and beyond. Maybe the internal marketing structure failed to evolve with the customer demands. Like many marketing organizations, the sales organization doesn’t give you the time of day. Sales Qualified Lead (SQL) numbers were so low, they didn’t bother measuring it.

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The Rise of the Agile Performance Review

SBI Growth

Most HR and Sales leaders who just completed this mid-year chore would agree. It does not answer the question that is top of mind with Sales and HR leaders, “How can we improve the performance of our sales team?” A more Agile way of assessing sales talent has emerged. Sales contests and bonuses.