Finding quality business leads can be a chore, even for the most seasoned professionals. For many, constantly tackling B2B lead generation challenges can make you feel like a hamster running round and round in its wheel. Not only do you need to generate leads, but finding those that are a good fit for your business […]
A robust marketing and sales platform is essential for any business looking to stay ahead of the competition, meet growth goals, and provide scalable, repeatable processes year after year. If you’re considering onboarding HubSpot to revolutionize your marketing and sales efforts, you may ask yourself, “How can I ensure implementation success if I’m unfamiliar with […]
Marketing teams whose primary focus is on the number of new leads generated for their website are often met with disgruntled sales reps that challenge the quality of those produced leads. Without a clear definition of what qualifies as a “good fit lead,” marketing and sales teams will continue to be at odds, causing hot […]
Once you launched your business, you realized that being an entrepreneur takes considerable time and effort. From the start, you wore many hats – from sales and marketing to finance and customer support. You were virtually a one-person show focused on survival. The time has come to take the next steps and grow your business, […]
The most successful B2B companies use relationship selling to increase sales — focusing on client relationships and providing value. Relationship selling is a “customer-centric” sales mentality, where the sales rep develops a relationship with the prospect providing value and assistance throughout each stage of their buying journey. Unlike the traditional transactional sale, where the product […]
Many businesses continue to concentrate their efforts on emerging from the fallout of the pandemic amidst major distractions like social distancing, converting to a remote workforce, data security and privacy concerns, and unknown demand. But for some progressive companies, the ability to shift and adapt has helped them improve operational efficiency and develop a solid sales […]
It’s no secret that sales funnels and content marketing strategies are becoming more automated than ever. As they do, the potential for misalignment between sales and marketing grows as well, potentially costing your company time, morale, and most importantly revenue. But using sales enablement solutions with the support of smart technology puts the power back […]
Customization is trending right now in marketing, and it’s not just for B2C. B2B marketers, too, are tossing out “one-size-fits-all” marketing approaches in favor of something a little more personal. One approach that takes the target into consideration, rather than applying the same strategies for every lead, is account-based marketing (ABM). Let’s look at what it is […]
Peanut butter and jelly. Shoes and socks. Rum and Coke. Marketing and…sales? While it seems like marketing and sales would naturally go together like everything else in the list above, the fact is: they often work at odds from each other. This is a struggle I’ve seen in million dollar companies up to billion dollar companies. Marketing […]
Even the most well-oiled corporation can suffer from one major issue: the gap between executives and employees, especially when it comes to their perceptions and approaches to marketing. Given that leaders may not be involved in the day-to-day tasks and decision-making, they may have a vastly different opinion of the direction that a company’s marketing […]
