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How to Shorten Your Sales Cycle and Avoid Wasting Time

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve also written extensively on sales and on which sales execs to hire and how to think about the different kinds of sales leaders. One of the questions I used to ask in any recruiting meeting for a senior hire or even a junior sales rep is as follows: “When you run sales campaigns do you prefer to .

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Confronting A Radically New B2B Marketplace: The Storytelling Secret That Will Rock Your Result

YoungUpstarts

A recent survey by CEB reported that 57 percent of the typical business-to-business sales cycle is complete before the buyer’s first contact with vendors. By delivering a new story centered on the concept of “modern malware risk,” the company re-launched with an integrated campaign themed around “Modern Malware Exposed.”

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Why Hire a Fractional CMO in the Early Days of Your B2B Startup

The Startup Magazine

A fractional CMO can identify the most effective marketing channels, optimize campaigns for maximum ROI, and implement best practices that drive results. link] Cost-Effective Solution for High-Level Leadership Startups must be judicious with their spending, particularly in the early stages. Why do B2B companies struggle with marketing?

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A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes

Startup Lessons Learned

From Lean Startup Machine , Lean LA and San Diego Tech Founders , to countless speeches and workshops, I have seen the impact that their leadership has had first hand. Or will you need to staff and finance a whaling ship to be out at sea for months at a time to catch two or three whales (enterprise sales model)?

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Account-Based Marketing vs. Lead Generation: Which is Right for You?

ConversionXL

To pull this off, they wouldn’t run a hit-and-hope campaign to target a ton of brands like T-Mobile and pray they’d notice. The aim is to answer questions and establish trust and thought leadership to progress potential customers down the funnel towards conversion. They specifically targeted the T-Mobile account.

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Demand Generation: Turn Ideal Buyers Into Superheroes

ConversionXL

It aims to fuel your sales pipeline , shorten the sales cycle, and generate revenue. They then launched a series of personalized ad campaigns according to the specific buying stage, company, and persona. Focus on thought leadership over hard selling. Trust is earned through thought leadership.

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Marketing Your Startup: A Billion-Dollar Company’s First Marketer Reflects Back

View from Seed

For awhile, that channel was a share option on all our blog posts, and we tried paying for stumbles for some campaigns. It’s so important to line up the type of marketer and leadership that fits the business model, the product, or even the founder’s philosophy or early attempts at marketing. Should you do that at all?

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