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PODCAST 151: Leads Don’t Matter: Moving From a Sales-led to a Product-growth Orientation with Stephanie Cox

Sales Hacker

And I knew him because he started Aprimo and was the CEO of there. But now, our product lead is our funnel. But we’re also starting to feed them this funnel of ideal customer profile accounts that are coming in through product lead that can either convert in the product directly or can be assisted by a member of our sales team.

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Sales and Marketing Alignment: 3 T’s for a Clear Path to Success

Sales Hacker

Having been on both sides of the equation, I’ve seen how lack of alignment gets in the way of everyone’s best intentions. B2B buyers are now in control of the information flow during the buying process, leaving sales and marketing teams to operate in the dark for most of the journey or the “Dark Funnel.” Transparency. Timing . …