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Rethinking Metrics: The Shift from MQL to Pipeline in Marketing

Sales Hacker

Part of this re-evaluation has led many to believe it’s time to bid farewell to the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) as a primary metric and embrace the concept of pipeline as the new kingpin of success in marketing efforts. Kevin White (Head of Marketing) of Common Room explains why replacing MQL with pipeline is the way to go.

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The 4 People in Your Sales Pipeline You Must Know

Score More Sales

In order to be most productive with the sales opportunities in your pipeline there are a number of people you need to know well. Is there urgency, or will this deal clog your pipeline for months? note: clean up your pipeline by removing long stalled deals. Do they have any incentives to work hard? Know thy prospect.

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5 Tips to Prevent Channel Conflict

Allbound

Even for the most channel-centric companies, partner conflict is inevitable. To increase channel sales, it’s vital to keep your product top of mind with your partners. Channel managers are often the “face” of their organization within channel relationships. There are two sides to preventing channel conflict.

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Where to Allocate Marketing Budgets in 2023/2024

Sales Hacker

Not only has the economy provided an added challenge, but there has been a general drop in the effectiveness of most traditional marketing channels. This week we are peeling back the layers and digging into which marketing channels have been driving the strongest ROI. So, what is ACTUALLY working?

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A Guide to Building a Referral Network for Your SMB

Act!

A strong referral network helps fill your sales pipeline with high-quality leads in your target market who are interested in purchasing from you. That makes word-of-mouth recommendations the most trusted advertising channel, even above social media ads and TV commercials. That’s precisely what referral networks help you achieve.

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Video: Combating Chaos in Channel Sales with CPQ

Cincom Smart Selling

As a channel manager, you know that your indirect sales channel can be an excellent source of revenue. Unfortunately, it can also introduce new elements of chaos into your organization that extend beyond the channel management team. Channel Challenges. Is there a lot of business in the pipeline? Take Action!

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How to Maximize CRM Return on Investment

Pipeline

Therefore, to ensure an objective analysis in an isolated environment (controlled variables of industries and the CRM software), we’ll take a look at some of Pipeline CRM’s case studies. We’ll put their before and after performance under the loop to see if implementing a customizable Pipeline CRM software is worth the investment.