The average person consumes 11.4 pieces of content before making a purchasing decision, according to Forrester. Clearly, content matters for the sales process. Content marketing can help give context, or it can show thought leadership. It can be the difference between choosing one vendor and a...
The road to success in account-based marketing (ABM) can be fraught with challenges and obstacles that each agency has to overcome. While some of these issues may be specific to the agency and its method of operating, some recurring problems have a tendency to take hold in any organization that...
Tips For Using Content in the Sales Process Successfully We feel that content is just as important in the sales process as it is in marketing. Content in the sales process is an excellent way to nurture prospects down the funnel to eventually become clients. Sales tactics have changed recently, as...
As your marketing efforts become more complex, they can also become more time-consuming. One of the reasons some organizations remain loyal to an ineffective sales approach is because making the leap to an inbound marketing, account-based marketing, and agile marketing methodologies takes...
The Many Unpredictable Factors That Influence Enterprise IT Spending in 2018 Predicting growth and the related costs in certain parts of an enterprise can be as simple as plugging numbers into a formula. If you’re adding more desks to your office environment to accommodate more employees as you...
What causes B2B digital marketing plans to fail? Sometimes, even a well-executed marketing plan fails. When this happens, teams should dissect what went wrong to prevent failure from happening again (or at least the same type of failure). Marketers who simply move on and do not adequately analyze...
In order to scale marketing and sales efforts quickly, companies often purchase or “scrape” lists of leads or work with "appointment setting" firms who do such activities. But even if these lists include high-priority companies and covetable job titles, they may not be OK to pursue and may...
Webinars can be a great tactic for generating qualified leads and demonstrating thought-leadership in a subject area, which helps to nurture sales opportunities. Over 60% of marketers use webinars as part of their content marketing programs (Content Marketing Institute). The primary goal of most...
As sales tactics shift from cold calls and "Always Be Closing" to newer methodologies such as "inbound" and consultative sales, salespeople might find themselves in the midst of an evolution in the marketplace. We see many salespeople wanting to make a shift in their careers, and marketing may be...
A sales funnel is unsuccessful without quality leads to fill it. And as many sales organizations know, in order to drive conversions into opportunities, deals, and new business, you must practice marketing strategies that bring in high-quality, relevant leads with a buying interest. “Bad leads” is...