Sales Enablement

We all know it’s important for marketing and sales teams to go to market with an aligned strategy. Many organizations have shared revenue goals between sales and marketing. According to Forrester, 82% of CMOs report that their goals are aligned to revenue targets. Gartner reports that CMOs now spend more on technology than CIOs and most CMOs own or share profit responsibility. Marketing as […]

Innovative B2B marketers are fluent in newer digital and content marketing practices. We’re constantly adding a new spin to classic tactics. And, we’re grooving on the opportunity to entertain and engage customers as we find the great story in our B2B solutions and people. This makes it fun and keeps the craft interesting. But what’s new can be hard. And noise levels are increasing […]

Sirius Decisions’ Megan Heuer wrote about five myths in account based marketing, including the myth that the sales team already knows everything about their accounts. We assume our sales team has a full understanding of their accounts, yet we often overlook the amount of knowledge owned by our post-sale customer success teams. I’m encouraging you to take a full funnel approach to ABM. Consider aligning your […]

It’s 2017, most professionals know about social selling and sales enablement best practices. Why then do we continue to make the mistakes of yesteryear? I need to get this off my chest: Your emails Drive. Me. Crazy. Want to know why I don’t respond? I’m calling for marketers to unite. Actually, I think I’m begging you, pleading with you, please let’s help ourselves and preserve […]

No one can afford to guess what marketing programs work. Customers self-educate via digital channels, content marketing, industry events, and consultation with peers. They form opinions long before they become a “lead” in your demand creation funnel.  So, what’s the best way to measure what’s working?   1. Measure Funnel Health You should be able to see the health of your funnel in 5-10 charts. You need enough data to see results […]

Where is the Promised Land of Permission Marketing? As a B2B marketer, I’m on the receiving many sales and marketing tactics. And I watch with utter dismay as others make the rest of us look bad with scurrilous tactics.    3 Terrible Tactics That Make Me Crazy   1. My #1 pet peeve is bad outbound sales and marketing which forces me to unsubscribe or block you. It goes […]

I’ve had the good fortune to work with many great salespeople in my career. I’ve observed them using social selling techniques to finesse the art of a sale with a scientific method to move prospects through the sales cycle. Rather than another blog post telling you how to up your social selling game, I’ve asked a couple of all-star sellers to share their proven […]