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Gartner: The Technology Sales Rep Has Lost Their Mojo!

The ROI Guy

As technology buyers have changed, now more knowledgeable, empowered and in control of the purchase decision process, technology sales reps have not evolved to keep pace, this according to a recent article by Gartner. The Gartner research is outlined in this blog article by Tiffani Bova at: [link].

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2019 Sales Kickoff Meeting Themes: Three Profitability “Moments of Truth”

Corporate Visions

Filling the funnel, driving pipeline, and acquiring net-new customers will always be the sexy, swashbuckling side of B2B sales—which is why so many sales meetings are overwhelmingly focused on preparing salespeople for success in exactly this stage of the buying cycle. What sales kickoff isn’t about maximizing profitability?

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Marketing Automation Vendors Are Not Delivering On Marketers’ Needs For Reporting And Analytics. Here’s Why.

InsightSquared

Marketers look to their marketing automation platforms (MAPs) not only to execute many of their demand generation activities, but also to understand the effectiveness of their marketing programs. However marketers are largely dissatisfied with the reporting their MAPs offer.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims.

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Playing Nice: Easing the Tension between Sales and Marketing Teams

InsightSquared

Organizations with strong communication enjoy increased sales, higher customer retention rates, shorter buying cycles, increased hot leads, and higher sales win rates among many other benefits. Marketing can answer questions like “What demand generated by marketing is sales following up on and ultimately being converted to revenue?”