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4 Powerful Forces That Drive B2B Purchasing Behavior

Sales and Marketing Management

The first two forces – dissatisfaction with the current solution and the pull of an alternative – are standard demand generation catalysts. In his 2016 book “When Coffee and Kale Compete,” Alan Klement referred to these as “anxiety-in-use” and “anxiety-in-choice.” Anxiety of a new solution. How Customers Choose.

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The Why, What & How of a Lead-to-Revenue Assessment, Part 1 - The Why & What

Pointclear

When they start falling short on conversions or missing revenue, they simply treat the symptoms of a misaligned or broken lead-to-revenue process—more leads, more sales people, more technology. Invested in content generation. Did you improve conversions? Hired a social media marketer. Added an SDR team. Data quality.

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The Why, What & How of a Lead-to-Revenue Assessment, Part 2 - The How

Pointclear

I challenged marketing and sales leadership involved in 2016 planning to pause and consider conducting the assessment before making any decisions for next year. These include: Lead and demand generation: How are we attracting and engaging the target audience in building a consistent flow of prospective buyers?

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Kyle Porter Shares How SalesLoft Does Sales Development

SalesLoft

Welcome to Day 2 Rainmaker 2016! In our organization, the Outbound SDR team reports to the Director of Sales Development, and the Inbound SDR team reports to the VP of Marketing and Demand Generation. 15% conversion (150 OB Accounts) and 13% conversion (75MM Accounts). 39% Inbound. 12% AE Sourced.

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25 Must-Read Sales Blogs

Zoominfo

His company is a B2B marketing and sales acceleration firm that specializes in demand generation, pipeline management, sales enablement, and more. The professionals at ExecVision have made it their mission to provide executives with sales conversation insights and tools to help drive their team’s performance. Bridge Group Inc.

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25 Must-Read Sales Blogs

Zoominfo

His company is a B2B marketing and sales acceleration firm that specializes in demand generation, pipeline management, sales enablement, and more. The professionals at ExecVision have made it their mission to provide executives with sales conversation insights and tools to help drive their team’s performance. Bridge Group Inc.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world. Alyssa is passionate about promoting personal and leadership development, fostering candid conversations, and creating a unique culture of vulnerability and inclusiveness.

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