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What lies ahead

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan A new year means a new calendar, and new trends to incorporate into your go-to-market strategy. Forecasting, it is said, is the art of saying what will happen, and then explaining why it didn’t. The following ideas about important marketing trends conjure up a Tom Peters quote: “Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.”.

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Pick The Right Plays: Using the Go-To-Market Framework

Zoominfo

Go-to-market plays : Cross-sell campaigns, account-based marketing campaigns, and demand generation campaigns. The 33-year average tenure of companies on the S&P 500 in 1964 narrowed to 24 years by 2016 and is forecast to shrink to just 12 years by 2027,” according to research from Innosight, a business strategy consultant.

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Sales Hacker’s Top Sales Trends & Predictions You MUST Be Aware Of In 2018

Sales Hacker

The race to the 2017 finish line is in full throttle – While last minute closed deals are still trickling in, B2B organizations are researching how to shape next year’s sales strategy to align with the top sales trends that are expected to emerge in 2018. Top 2018 Sales Trends & Predictions – Strategic Headlines.

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10 Ways to Generate More Quality Leads for Your Logistics Pipeline

Pipeline

Assess customer data and market trends to lay down the attributes of your ideal customer. To scale your lead generation, you need efficient and agile campaigning methods — which you can enable with automation. Research shows 68% effectiveness in B2B demand generation.

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Building an Effective Lead Management Process for High-Growth Sales

Velocify

Demand generation marketers are focused on supporting sales teams, and a large part of their role is ensuring that carefully curated leads are moving through the funnel effectively. Using closed-loop reporting, we are able to create comprehensive reporting and forecasting models in partnership with sales and operations.

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The Pipeline ? Have You Read The Sales Book About? ? Sales.

The Pipeline

Recently I have seen a trend that has warmed my heart a wee bit, companies who are actually creating sales libraries for their sales teams. The trend I am seeing at a number of companies goes beyond that. Demand Generation. Some companies are buying multiple copies of multiple books, and creating in house libraries.

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The Pipeline ? Talking Long-Term ? Acting Short-Term ? Sales.

The Pipeline

Last week I wrote about the follies of having a shorter sales cycle , beyond the points highlighted, I think it raises another trend in sales these days. Demand Generation. One that permeates many aspects of sales, starting at planning and territory alignment, right down to day-to-day tactical aspects of sales. Cold calling.

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