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Posted by James Obermayer on May 20, 2014 8:29:54 AM

Tags: B2B Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Guest Blogs

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True Marketing Operations: It’s time.

My best right hand man in a large sales organization was the sales operations manager. I had 110 salespeople working for me worldwide, a company president who was hyper (to say the least), and board of directors who..

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Posted by Brad Childress on May 6, 2014 8:30:00 AM

Tags: Sales Process, B2B Sales

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CRM: 20 Years Later—Still Hated

The main reason that the results from CRM initiatives are suboptimal in most organizations with a field sales force is that the main stakeholder, the sales rep, doesn’t get the “WIIFM” (“What’s in it for me?”). CRM may..

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Posted by James Obermayer on Apr 29, 2014 10:42:00 AM

Tags: B2B Marketing, Marketing & Sales Alignment, Announcements

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Keeping Poor Performers Beyond Their Expiration Date?

It's a Problem for Sales and Marketing!

“Weed the garden,” I said to the company president. “You have people who haven’t made quota in over a year and you’ve kept them employed, listened to their excuses, and accepted..

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Posted by Ginger Conlon on Apr 23, 2014 8:00:00 AM

Tags: B2B Marketing, Marketing & Sales Alignment, B2B Sales

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Sales and Marketing, Stop Blaming, Start Partnering

Sales and marketing do get along—in organizations that foster collaboration.

By Ginger Conlon, editor-in-chief, Direct Marketing News

Is it really marketing’s fault that sales can’t close deals? Is it the sales team’s..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Apr 17, 2014 8:12:00 AM

Tags: Marketing Strategy, Inbound Marketing

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5 Sales & Marketing Thought Leaders Weigh In on Inbound Marketing

In January I wrote the blog: How to Diagnose if Inbounditis is Killing Your Sales Pipeline, which was published by DemandGen Report. In the article I assert:

"A healthy, driven inbound marketing department is great,..

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