Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Then viable territories and targets, the right levels of support, training and enablement tools, demand generation leadership, and remove internal roadblocks. The first boss I fired was good person and we remain friends today but he could not provide me with a viable territory. What more could you possibly ask for?

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SugarCRM

MAY 18, 2023

Although, traditionally, lead management is associated with lead generation, this blog post will mainly focus on how lead management features inside a CRM can break down siloes and create marketing and sales alignment within an organization. Still, usually, these are included in dedicated Marketing Automation software.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. Although buyer personas are typically considered marketing territory, they’re also critical to the prospecting process. What is Sales Prospecting? What is cold calling in sales?

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

How Marketing Can Help Sales After the Handoff. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Guest Post , Lead Management , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , execution. Marketing and Sales become unified around one process, instead of each focusing only on their respective ends of the revenue pipeline. March 2008. February 2008.

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Highspot

AUGUST 31, 2021

The latter, on the other hand, may require a deeper investment in content marketing and SEO. Think about sales models and sales processes as two sides of the same coin: your sales model determines how you’re going to generate leads for your business and your sales process puts that approach into action. Types of Sales Models.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I posted the first in a series of conversations with Michael Bird, Chief Revenue Officer with NetProspex. The primary focus of the conversation is on various aspects of and best practices in B2B selling. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

23 Marketing Tips For Avoiding Small Business Failure. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Communication Strategy , Compete , Guest Post , Marketing , execution. Unfortunately there are also many sales and marketing reasons. Implementing the program is the key to marketing success. Avoid Ad Hoc Marketing.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Prospecting strategies uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline , and provides important context to future sales conversations. Although buyer personas are typically considered marketing territory, they’re also critical to the prospecting process. Consider setting daily prospecting goals.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

The conversation quickly got around to compelling opening statements in an initial call. There are still too many reps I speak to who can’t articulate specifics, and rely too much on general elements, or pre-fab facts provided by their managers, the “old timers” or marketing. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

Download Our Free Sales Conversion Rate Calculator and Guide. As you'll read below, sales operations includes everything from lead management, sales strategy, and territory structuring and alignment to process optimization, compensation plans, sales automation, training, and data analytics and reporting. Territory Definition.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

Towards the end of that conversation, I was asked how I felt about voice mail, I said I love voice mail, always leave a message, in fact went on to say that if you don’t leave voice mail messages, you should leave the business. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Some of the “propositions” developed by someone in marketing who base the “value” on “primary” and “secondary” research sources, rather than being based on conversation with live clients. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 23, 2012

Most in sales are comfortable with planning on an annual level, territory level and account level. One can argue that not all of these type planning are necessary for all sales, there is one that applies to all, and is generally practiced by the least number of reps. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

One of the points raised in the clip, is the need to quantify things by using your goal and conversion rates as a means of pinpointing the amount of prospecting one needs to do. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth.

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The Pipeline

MAY 7, 2011

2011 Sales & Marketing Success Conference. Now you have an opportunity to get direct input from 35 of the world’s best know sales experts, all part of the 2011 Sales & Marketing Success Conference , presented by Top Sales World. 3:45 PM EDT – John Doerr: Keys to Mastering Successful Rainmaking Conversations.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

What he used to do as part of his pipeline reviews, and in conversations with reps in general, that is, ask an uncommon question, one that complemented the obvious question all reviews have. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Book Review.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 31, 2011

Classes teach how to accelerate the sales cycle by leveraging recent business events, social conversations and social relationships (aka “social intelligence”). Demand Generation. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2011

Jonathan and Top Sales World have organized the biggest ever online conference, 2011 Sales & Marketing Success Conference. Five days, May 9 to May 13, 36 of the world’s top sales and marketing practitioner and thought leaders, presenting all about succeeding, winning and exceeding expectations. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

What you should do: Nothing new here — keep your crew well-trained in professionalism, product, and market. Buyers want to have an intelligent two-way conversation, and this won’t happen with some over-cologned “closer.” However, I have some other recommendations: Have you read all the marketing blogosphere stuff on buyer personas?

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The Pipeline

MARCH 18, 2011

We’ve become a generation of retarded under-performing sales semi-professionals. Instead of being thought-leaders we’ve become frenetic, selfish territory managers. Instead of caring about others, we decide to keep the conversations about the weather, kids, and our lines of product. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

It comes down to two things, first knowing the length of you cycle, and your specific key conversion rates at critical junctions of your cycle. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Book Notice. Book Review.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Conversely, HR may see amiability or sociability as an important attribute, while a sales manager may see that attribute a distant fourth behind trustworthiness, inquisitiveness or other attributes that will help a sales person in formulating a solution. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing.

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InsightSquared

APRIL 14, 2021

They work tirelessly to assess the funnel quality, sales process adherence, and the overall go-to-market strategy. Funnel Conversion Rate. Conversion rates have long been considered the holy grail of sales metrics. Is the quality of my data resulting in my low funnel conversion rate? Average Annual Contract Value.

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Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 62

The Pipeline

MARCH 26, 2011

7 Must-Have Lead Nurturing Recipes for B2B Marketers. Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Lead Management , Marketing , Proactivity , Productivity , Sales 2.0 , e-book , execution. You are spot on in stating that sales and marketing collaboration is critical in building effective lead nurturing processes.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

I had a conversation with an interesting individual today. It was a fascinating conversation–different from so many that I have with sales people. He got the most difficult territory. ” Our conversation went on for a few more minutes. They were concerned about their territories, quotas, commission plans.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 12, 2011

The experience had left her drained, and she needed to update me, in case Darren decided to take the conversation up a notch and call me. But she couldn’t get Darren past generic grievances. There are times when we would like to move a conversation out of complaint mode and straight into resolution. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 11, 2011

Say the speed with which an athlete run 100 metres, the batting average of a ball player, the length of time from hand shake to close, or the rate of conversion of prospects to proposals, etc. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

Let’s begin by stating clearly that cold calling is alive, doing well as part of an overarching client acquisition process that includes other elements such as referrals and inbound marketing; in fact the only time it does not work is when you don’t do it, which is why it doesn’t work for many who choose not to do it.

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The Pipeline

MAY 16, 2011

One example is prospecting, more specifically for many lead gen and lead conversion to appointments and then prospects. Adopt a methodology that makes sense for your product and market, measure key elements, and implement a program to continuously improve your game. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment.

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Factor 8

AUGUST 8, 2019

Also called the business development rep, lead generation, sales development rep, appointment setter, marketing development rep, entry-level selling, cold caller, data cleanser, and sadly, the empty seat. Some AE positions will generate their own leads to supplement the BDR / Marketing Leads.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

then it goes to follow that you have a good chance of engaging with the next shipping manager if you lead the conversation based on the list you created. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Book Notice. Book Review.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 267

The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

Too many sellers make it hard on themselves by trying excessively hard to put on their marketing caps, rather than simply writing to the prospect as a person. You don’t want your email to be sloppy, of course, but you don’t want it to look like a strict marketing message, either. Demand Generation. Guest Post.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2018

Author: Joe Andrews What defines a mature go-to-market model in B2B companies? Is it having a growth strategy focused on new market segments? Does it include a focus on account-based marketing (ABM), a topic with a lot of buzz today? Does it include a focus on account-based marketing (ABM), a topic with a lot of buzz today?

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Ideal Customer Profile Account Based Marketing InsideView Lead Rank 204

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

It was about having successful conversations with people that could make a decision or refer me to someone who could. Demand Generation. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. September 24th, 2011. Book Notice. Book Review. Cold calling.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2023

From increasing competition to unpredictable markets, revenue operations leaders face new hurdles seemingly every day. Those rapidly evolving challenges are only exacerbated by a long-standing problem among sales and marketing teams: misalignment. Limited automation means many RevOps tasks are still done manually. What’s it take?

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Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Marketing (6398). Demand Generation (181). Conversion (2818). just had a conversation with a sales executive who asked me “what is the role of the sales manager?” Topics Major Topics. Sales (12918). Training (4995). Prospecting (4539). Tools (2872). Sales Management (2614). Software (1035). Customer Service (995).

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Zoominfo

MARCH 28, 2022

This data is fundamental to communicating well with prospects and supporting critical go-to-market functions, such as audience segmentation , territory planning , and lead routing. “Firmographic and demographic data are table stakes,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. Free Trial 2.

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