Sat.Jul 15, 2017

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Stop the CFO from Pillaging Your Marketing Budget

SBI Growth

The days of Don Draper and Mad Men are gone. A profession that once revolved around big ideas, attractive models, and generating a buzz has transformed. It’s now about big data, predictive models, and generating a buck. Marketing departments no.

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How to Handle: “We’re happy with who we’re using…”

Mr. Inside Sales

First of all, I’d like to thank all of you for making my new book release a HUGE success on Amazon! Power Phone Scripts is the #1 New Release in the Retail Industry! If you haven’t had a chance to get your copy, then simply click on the book link at the bottom of this email. Today’s article contains some scripts right from Power Phone Scripts that teach you how to deal with an objection you probably get often: “We’ve already got a supplier for that.

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Are You Forgetting Sales Leadership Is Situational?

Increase Sales

How many times have we read or heard about leadership being situational? If any type of leadership is truly situational, it is sales leadership. Leadership is first about leading yourself or self-leadership. From your own leadership efforts you secure your desired results. Peter Drucker said “Leadership is all about results.” In sales, results do matter.

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Marketing vs. Sales: Their Major Difference and How They Work Together

Tenfold

Business guru and well-known provocateur Tom Peters once addressed a crowd of over 400 sales and marketing executives saying : “I hate sports analogies. They’re just a bunch of male macho…” Yet, in the world of sales and marketing, sports analogies are de rigueur and tossed around like a basketball during March Madness. To properly understand the difference between sales and marketing, however, another analogy seems more suitable: that of musical theater.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Take Action on Loss Triggers

Engage Selling

In my last article, I talked about the importance of being able to anticipate lost customers as part of having a healthy growth strategy for your business. That included a case study that identified several loss triggers.