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Cold Calling Never Went Out Of Style

Partners in Excellence

Unfortunately, there has been too much noise, there have been too many claims by those who want to sell an alternative to cold calling, too much wishful thinking on the part of mediocre sales people. Sales people who don’t want to do the hard work. Marketing must look for new ways of generating awareness and interest.

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Holistic revenue performance series I: Demand progression

Mereo

At Mereo, we have developed a unique approach to revenue performance that leverages the inherently interdependent operational disciplines of demand progression, solution marketing, solution management, sales operations and sales enablement. Common Demand Progression Pitfalls. Demand issues often appear cut and dry.

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Is Account-Based Marketing the Holy Grail for Lead Generation Nirvana? [PowerOpinions Part 5]

Pointclear

I consider SiriusDecisions to be the gold standard when it comes to best practices in B2B marketing and sales processes. Is ABM the Holy Grail for lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

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Key Take-aways from 3 Compelling Sessions at #DemandCon

SBI

DemandCon’s purpose is to offer education and insight into the art of aligning and accelerating the sales and marketing funnel. This is exactly what they aim to help their clients do with their Sales Intelligence and Customer intelligence products. I just returned from attending DemandCon in San Francisco. That’s telling.

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Gartner: The Technology Sales Rep Has Lost Their Mojo!

The ROI Guy

Gartner research showed that Sales came in last place after Technical and Industry Expert, Service and Support and Senior Executives as ‘the most influential personal interactions across the entire buying cycle’. The Gartner research is outlined in this blog article by Tiffani Bova at: [link].

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Who is teaching the CMO how to sell?

Pointclear

Debbie Qaqish is Principal Partner and Chief Revenue Marketing Officer for demand generation agency, The Pedowitz Group. A nationally recognized thought leader and innovator in revenue generation, Qaqish has over 30 years of experience helping organizations connect marketing to revenue.

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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. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential.