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Top Five B2B Lead Generation Challenges & How to Solve Them

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 B2B, Business Growth, Lead Generation, ROI, SaaS, Sales & Marketing Alignment, SMB, Strategyby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

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 […]

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Onboarding HubSpot –How to Get the Most Out of Your Investment

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 B2B, Business Growth, HubSpot, Inbound Marketing, Machine Learning, Marketing Automation, ROI, Sales & Marketing Alignment, Strategyby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

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 […]

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Lead Scoring- How to identify good-fit leads

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 AI, B2B, Blog, HubSpot, Inbound Marketing, Lead Generation, Marketing Automation, Sales & Marketing Alignmentby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

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 […]

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3 Steps to Improve Employee Engagement and Productivity

November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 Blog, Employee Engagement, Employee Productivity, Employee Wellness, Sales & Marketing Alignmentby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to improving employee engagement and productivity. If your company wants to move the needle, you must consider a broad range of employee engagement solutions. However, it doesn’t end there; you’ll need to adjust them to meet your specific needs to achieve the most benefits for your company and your employees. […]

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5 Tips to Take Your Small and Midsize Business (SMB) to the Next Level

November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 B2B, Blog, Business Growth, Content Marketing, HubSpot, Inbound Marketing, Lead Generation, Marketing Automation, Marketing Trends, Sales & Marketing Alignment, SEO, SMB, Strategyby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

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, […]

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Relationship Selling – 6 Tips to Provide Value and Increase Sales

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 B2B, Blog, Content Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Lead Generation, Sales & Marketing Alignmentby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

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 […]

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Improve Your Sales Plan – 3 Steps to Success

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Sales & Marketing Alignment, Strategyby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

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 […]

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How to Use Technology to Supercharge Your Sales Enablement Strategy

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Sales & Marketing Alignmentby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

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 […]

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How Account-Based Marketing (ABM) Can Significantly Grow Your Business Revenue

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 B2B, Blog, Marketing Trends, Sales & Marketing Alignment, Strategyby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

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 […]

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Marketing and Sales Teams at Odds? Bring Them Together by Following These 5 Steps

March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 Blog, Sales & Marketing Alignmentby Kristy McNett, Managing Owner

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 […]

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