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Six Clues Your QBRs are Box-Checking Exercises … and How to Fix Them

Emissary

Start with decision-makers who have influence over the next phase of your relationship. Be sure your QBRs include discussions of effectiveness (including product development, customer experience, demand generation , branding, and bookings) and/or efficiencies (cost reduction, risk reduction, elimination of rework, and more).

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Redeploy Your Budget for 2H 2020 Revenue Rebound

Mereo

Sales Enablement: Dedicate cycles and budget to enhancing the skills of sellers through training role-play exercises necessary to excel in the new dynamic. Or worse yet, missing the opportunities to serve customers because the stakeholders and decision makers are the ones we know but are not prioritizing.

Revenue 56
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Persona Ecosystem – High Impact Exercise to Dial-in your 2013 Marketing Plan

SBI Growth

Marketing leaders can gain a competitive advantage by executing a high value exercise Develop a Persona Ecosystem. For marketing leaders tasked with acquiring new customers this is the most valuable exercise you will perform all year. Perform this exercise and then test the Ecosystem for accuracy to the mid-market, and so on.

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PowerOpinions: Making Lead Scoring a Success Part 1 [Expert Advice]

Pointclear

I have no decision making authority, but I get a high lead score because I am on your website a lot and interact with your content, sometimes I even engage in conversation with your sales team. VS. I am Abe Lincoln at ACME, and I am the ultimate decision maker. It’s not a get it, set it and forget it exercise.

Lead Rank 100
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10 Tips for Sales and Marketing Content Alignment

Seismic - Sales Effectiveness

When organizations think of sales and marketing alignment, they often focus on demand generation. Marketing must agree to move beyond demand generation content and build content designed to be used in the sales process. Like demand generation, content won’t be successful without alignment. Sound familiar?

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Deploy the Marketing Team: How ABM Can Take Sales to the Next Level

Sales Hacker

Most sales and marketing strategies focus on casting a wide net to attract new customers, but ABM starts by identifying key accounts and then tailoring your communications to directly address that specific account or decision-maker. Here’s a look at some of the best channels for account-based marketing: Cold calling. Email marketing.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

Setting up meetings with corporate decision makers has never been harder. Here, he shows you how to use content to keep your brand front and center in the minds of decision makers who matter. It’s a guide that remains relevant, by many standards, and is a must-read for anyone in demand generation and sales development.