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How to Shorten Your Sales Cycle and Avoid Wasting Time

Both Sides of the Table

If you don’t have a good sales methodology already in place in your organization you might try reading that last link. You need to align your selling cycle with a buyers purchasing cycle otherwise you’re wasting your time and theirs. If they’re not buying you need to be marketing to them not selling to them.

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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

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From long sales cycles to trying to stand out from the sea of sameness, B2B companies face an uphill battle from the start. I recently surveyed and interviewed over 200+ B2B executives, marketing & sales leaders to find out exactly what challenges they currently face and what they are doing to overcome them.

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A Quick Primer on B2B Conversion Optimization

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Some of the same underlying principles apply, but because of the inherent differences in buying decisions and sales cycles, pulling B2C optimization practices straight from the book might be a bad idea. There are a few things that make optimizing for B2B a different beast: The sales cycle is usually longer.

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The Modern Approach To Account Based Marketing

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Account-based marketing plays a critical role in the growth of many businesses across a variety of industries. However, many marketers often rely on ABM when it may not be the best fit. In addition, what worked for account-based marketing even just a few months ago, may not be the most optimal strategy for marketing today.

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Account-Based Marketing Software & Tools

ConversionXL

Choosing the right account-based marketing software can be a messy process. Deliver tailored marketing and sales messaging to those people. As Steve Watt details in his course on account-based marketing , a pilot program is an essential starting point for account-based marketing. Forrester’s market leaders.

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A Complete Guide to Account-Based Marketing: Win Over Your Ideal Customer

ConversionXL

Ask 10 people what account-based marketing (ABM) is and you’ll get 10 different answers. Some see it as a sales tactic, while others view it as a content marketing strategy. What is account-based marketing? In his account-based marketing course , Watt goes on to unpack each of the adjectives in his definition: Sustained.

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Effective Ways To Differentiate And Scale Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Effective Ways To Differentiate And Scale Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Debbie Howard. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Debbie Howard. Take The Marketing Assessment: Like this show? Duct Tape Transcript.