It’s one thing to understand who to target. It’s another to know what to offer them. Putting relevant offers in front of your prospects and customers is one of the holy grails of effective marketing. Done correctly, marketers can expect to see a sizable increase in campaign conversion rates, not to mention an increase in […]
The explosion of interest in predictive analytics in B2B sales and marketing is long overdue. Making up for lost time, the topic is quickly evolving from a narrow focus on targeting – exemplified by the profusion of companies specializing in lead scoring – to a more expansive view of analytics that includes content personalization. Simply […]
Over the last few years there has been a significant rise in the number of B2B sales and marketing organizations moving from traditional MAP and point-based lead scoring to predictive lead scoring. Many of these early adopters are now two or more years into using predictive lead scoring, and a number of common challenges and […]
Customer buying or “intent” signals have been around for a long time. With an abundance of online information available to potential buyers, it has become seemingly harder for sellers to know when a buyer is interested in their product – and often they find out too late. Fortunately potential buyers leave behind a number of […]
At the end of October our team attended the CEB Sales & Marketing Summit in Las Vegas. Over 1,200 sales and marketing leaders convened for, what we believe to be, the most valuable B2B sales and marketing event of the year. (If you are in this space, you need to get to this conference.) The […]
Predictive customer analytics are becoming a must-have for every enterprise sales and marketing organization. Using “big data” to target the right prospects, with the right message, at the right time and place is critical for success. But too often companies settle for a convenient “point solution,” such as lead scoring, that fails to extend predictive […]
If you are a sales or marketing leader, you likely have two feelings right now… First, you probably feel pretty confident in the opportunity and revenues that are visible to you. Whether it is expected yield from existing campaigns or current forecasted pipelines, there have never been more tools, processes, or information on the opportunities […]
In the final post of our digitally enabled sales rep series, we address a newer phenomenon in sales, the rise of consensus buying and how reps can effectively navigate these buyer groups. Not so long ago, selling was straight-forward (not easy, but straight-forward). The process went something like this: map the organization, find the guy […]
In part 5 of the Digitally Enabled Sales Rep series, we’re discussing what has become the new currency in sales: content. Buyers are using content to support their decision making and to understand their options. In fact, 67% of the buying journey is complete before engaging with sales. Sales reps who can get ahead of […]
Marketers are reaping the benefits of scaling marketing automation to their businesses. What’s not to love about a class of technology that can automate and measure your program’s success for you in real-time? For those rookies who have not tapped into the benefits of marketing automation, you could be striking out of increasing your organization’s […]
