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A Marketing and Sales Blind Spot?

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Tim Riesterer, Chief Strategy and Research Officer, Corporate Visions Are marketers and salespeople so focused on early stage demand generation that they’re missing other big opportunities to drive revenue? When marketers and salespeople align on something —  anything! — our Not so fast. Blind spots: Detected.

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CMO’s ProForma – The Silver Bullet for Marketing Return on Investment

SBI Growth

The ability to demonstrate marketing's return on investment is at the top of every CMO's plan for 2013. The ROI picture has been elusive as marketers struggle to capture the full impact of marketing’s contribution. It could have been that an acquisition marketing activity started the entire process that ended in a closed sale.

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How Much Leads Cost

Pointclear

see marketing charts analysis of HubSpot’s “2017 Demand Generation Benchmarks Report” ). The EVP of Sales at this client, a big division of one of the world’s largest software companies, said that he received zero qualified leads from marketing—except for the PointClear outbound leads. per gross lead).

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The Traps of ‘optimizing’ by Lead Source

SBI Growth

Marketing teams work to drive inquiries into the top of the funnel. However, this is an area that many marketing teams lack sound processes. H ow their teams should analyze Lead Sources is a major concern for marketing leaders. H ow their teams should analyze Lead Sources is a major concern for marketing leaders.

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The Difference Between a VP of Sales and a CRO

Sales Hacker

From B2C consumer-focused tech to the next B2B enterprise cloud giants, B2B, and B2C technology companies are springing up left and right and sprinting toward multi-billion dollar valuations (whether on the private or public markets) faster than ever. What’s the difference between a VP of Sales and a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)? Their peers.

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3 Steps to Avoid Death by RFP

SBI Growth

Winning more deals at higher margins requires getting in early. The output is a clear understanding of market potential. Demand Generation efforts are focused on the best prospects and customers. Ultimately you will lose market share because the white space continues to shrink.

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The 6 Worst Decisions Sales Leaders Make

SBI Growth

You have to charge more to achieve the desired profit margin. Ignoring Content Marketing. Take the simple example of Marketing Automation technology. It can be wonderful for helping you stimulate and manage latent sales demand. The process defines your demand generation and lead management workflow.

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