Justify sales and marketing integration Here are four powerful reasons to justify your investment in improving your demand generation, sales process and marketing integration. 1. Unproductive prospecting wastes 25% of total sales time According to IDC’s Technology Marketing and Sales Barometer study, demand generation offers the greatest potential for improving revenues by improving and … [Read more...]
Lead Nurturing (Steps 2-4 to Grow Your Business…)
Lead Nurturing require systems, processes and content This blog article continues the demand generation process and content strategy: Importing lead information into your CRM system Determining which leads go to a sales rep or require nurturing Nurturing and literature fulfillment (content based on buying cycle) 2. Import lead information directly into your CRM system for follow-up If … [Read more...]
Touch Points in the Buying Cycle to Enable Sales Reps
Where and when to provide content This blog article will show you the various touch points in the buying cycle to enable your sales reps and take advantage of today’s buyers’ behavior (digital and face-to-face). Use the table below to identify and include interactions that: Support or enable your sales and marketing process Should and can be tracked in your systems, and Become an integral … [Read more...]
Business Improvement Program Goals and Ideas from my CPA
Many young businesses lose sight of their goals, once they become bogged down with working in the business. Bill Morgan, my CPA at Morgan & Morgan, and I have collaborated to help clients to: Prosper and grow (develop long-term potential) Build the business as an asset (strengthen Balance Sheet) Morgan & Morgan CPA’s Seven Step Turnaround Process Organize accounting … [Read more...]
Seven Steps to Grow Your Business from Website to Sales Funnel (Introduction)
Uncertain economic times call for business executives to leverage their marketing and sales technology investments. IDC Research shows that the 'best-in-class tech marketing and sales organizations’ outperformed their competitors financially and highly recommends improving lead management and sales support processes. By aligning marketing and sales to coordinate the handoff and collaboration at … [Read more...]
