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How to Build your 2014 Marketing Strategy

SBI Growth

At a high level, your marketing strategy must be driven by the stated corporate goals. Once the corporate vision has been established, your marketing plan must align itself completely. Additionally, there must be 100% synergy between the sales and marketing strategies. Too often, the sales and marketing leaders work in siloes.

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Lead Management: Let’s Formalize this Relationship

Pointclear

As a sales and marketing thought leader with nearly 20 years experience, Tony has led the overall research function at SiriusDecisions since the company's founding in 2001. Getting b-to-b sales and marketing to align more closely has driven even the most capable business leaders crazy for years. Finally, establish other relevant rules.

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What is the State of Marketing in 2013

Score More Sales

The annual “State of Marketing” Global Survey of Marketers has again been completed, and results were announced at the Smarter Commerce Global Summit last week. You can download the complete results from the IBM State of Marketing 2013 Global Survey. Top marketers act on insights and create a system of engagement.

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How to Train Your Lead Development Team for Today's New Buyer

SBI Growth

Sign up for our Q3 Make The Number Tour to get access to the LDR Skills and Exercise Checklist to give them the training they need. Unfortunately, most Sales Organizations fail to grasp the growing importance of Lead Development. Lead Management is typically an afterthought. Lead Management Process Knowledge.

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What if Marketing Automation had not been invented?

Pointclear

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. I have chosen Marketing Automation for this month and next month I would like to undertake the same exercise for CRM.

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Is Your Team Ready for 2014?

SBI Growth

The best-in-class marketing leaders have already started planning for next year. They follow an annual planning process that starts in July with a Marketing Productivity Benchmark. A productivity benchmark assesses the marketing organization’s capabilities – its strengths and weaknesses. The best marketers assess both.

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The Pipeline ? Who's Expectations? ? Sales eXchange ? 119

The Pipeline

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , HR Management , Hiring Sales Talent , Proactive , Sales eXchange , execution. We often do an exercise with teams centered on expectations of roles, the frontline reps and their managers. Sales eXchange – 119 – We often do an exercise with teams centered on expec… [link].

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