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The Real Buyer's Journey, Part 2: Manufacturing Revenue

Welcome to part two of our series on understanding the real buyer’s journey. In the first session, I shared the findings of our in-depth analysis of how buyers progress through their journey and take actions that lead to buying. In this session I'm focused on the other side of the equation, how sellers can align with buyers to increase the likelihood of generating engagement, entering conversations, and yes, successfully making sales. The approach I share today is based on decades of direct...

What Is Lead Activation

After a decade of dominance, people are beginning to doubt—seriously doubt—the validity of demand...

The Critical Role of Intent in Demand Generation, Sales and Marketing

We've been doing a lot of research over the last year into a critical part of the buying process...

What it Means to be Data-Driven, How It’s Different from Metrics & How to Apply it

My daughter is entering her senior year in high school. I have to admit that there are times where...

New Research from SiriusDecisions is Bad News for Sales Teams - Here’s What to Do About it

A new research report from SiriusDecisions presents a pretty damning view on the state of sales...

Modern Lead Generation is Failing. 5 Critical Factors to Drive High-Velocity Customer Acquisition

A couple of weeks ago, I introduced a chronic problem plaguing the growth efforts of companies,...

5 Steps to Design Your Pipeline to Shorten the Sales Cycle and Align Sales & Marketing

If any of these objectives are a high priority for you, read this post (if not, feel free to skip...

Has the Time Come to Ungate Your Best Content?

As the the great marketing strategist, William Shakespeare, said, “To gate or ungate your best...

What Aviation Can Teach Any Growth Executive About Acquiring Customers

Growing revenue is difficult, complex work. Fraught with uncertainties, lack of information and...

5 Ways Salespeople Can Put People into the Top of the Marketing Funnel

I share a lot on the topic of sales and marketing alignment, but I’m convinced that the successful...