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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.

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The 6 Worst Decisions Sales Leaders Make

SBI Growth

As we conduct research across 19 different industries, patterns emerge. They do research online and are less inclined to agree to a F2F appointment. Without researching how customers make a purchase decision, your sales force could be misaligned. You have to charge more to achieve the desired profit margin.

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3 Steps to Avoid Death by RFP

SBI Growth

Winning more deals at higher margins requires getting in early. Sign up for our annual research tour. 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 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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Elevate Your Product Roadmap Governance for Sustainable Revenue Performance ROI

Mereo

A 2019 research study found that identifying data-driven firms were on the decline: from 37.1% The major offenders have not been in sales and marketing either, where metrics, pipeline and demand generation reviews abound and are, anecdotally, probably more tuned-in to the data and related analytics. in 2017 to 32.4%

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The Pipeline ? Win The Sale Without Compromising on Price

The Pipeline

In these times of shrinking margins and diminishing returns, Mark’s insights will change the way you think about discounting, price, negotiating, and, above all, the all-important concept of value. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. B2B Lead Generation Blog. CNi Rapid Research. Book Notice.

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Sales and Marketing Alignment in 2013? Not so Fast!

The ROI Guy

Executives continually point to the need for Sales and Marketing to align, with 90% of Senior Marketers indicating to Forrester that indeed alignment is a high or very high priority. However, the story is quite different when Marketing is asked about their own priorities. It’s not on Enablement.