Women in Consulting

APRIL 10, 2014

There would be a lot less bad marketing in the world if executives were forced to read all the ineffective, sometimes downright awful, content their organizations produce. Marketing is supposed to put human needs first by sounding like it was created for humans by humans. Marketers know this. Fun and Humor.

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B2B Marketing Examples Sports 127

Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 21, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, effective marketing plays a pivotal role in driving success. However, many entrepreneurs and companies find themselves grappling with poor marketing results and a lack of return on investment (ROI). The impact of marketing consulting services on ROI are hard to ignore.

ROI 52

ROI Marketing Consulting B2B 52

1 to 1

AUGUST 30, 2021

The sales world is forever altered, thanks to pandemic-fueled digital transformation across entire enterprises. In the B2B space, where relationships reign supreme, sales organizations found effective and efficient ways to conduct business with a digital-first approach that’s efficient, effective, and won’t go away any time soon.

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B2B Sales ROI B2C 29

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Outbound B2B sales are becoming less and less effective. In fact, a recent survey found that connecting with a prospect now takes 18 or more phone calls, callback rates are below 1%, and only 24% of outbound sales emails are ever opened. Why are more and more buyers avoiding salespeople during the buying process?

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B2B Sales Media Guidelines 66

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

How one company created a “universal commercial engine” to replace both divisions.

B2B 71

B2B Sales Marketing Engineering 71

Clarity Consultants

MAY 26, 2023

The B2B sales world has completely changed over the last few years, and businesses all over the world are struggling to keep up. This makes a sales enablement program a vital tool when running a business. What is the Purpose and Goal of a Sales Enablement Program? That’s why a sales enablement program is essential.

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Sales B2B Training Training 62

LSA Global

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Sales Manager Training Workshop results were: 98% job relevance 98.4% net promoter score This global and growing Integrated Technology Company wanted a customized sales management training program to meet the unique needs of their marketplace. The Sales Manager Training Workshop results were: 98% job relevance 98.4%

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Sales Training Training Company 36

LSA Global

MAY 8, 2023

The cross-selling strategy was part of a strategic sales initiative to grow globally while achieving economies of scale across markets, regions, products, services, and suppliers.

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Sales Industry Leadership Company 36

The Fearless Marketer

APRIL 19, 2021

Someone in my current Marketing Action Group shared this: “I believe that bringing all my marketing into alignment is critical at this point. Marketing alignment would be having a marketing message, marketing materials, website, presentation, etc. Would this be correct?”. How important is this? Cheers, Robert.

Marketing 71

Marketing B2B Tools Sales 71

LSA Global

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Product-Oriented versus Customer-Oriented Experienced sales managers know that their team’s sales presentations should orient their messages toward the customer rather than the product. Yet research shows that salespeople regularly stumble headlong into a product-oriented approach when making sales presentations.

Sales 36

Sales B2B Research Productivity 36

Harvard Business

JANUARY 24, 2022

Buyers expect the same level of service and flexibility as when they shop in their personal lives.

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B2B Sales Marketing Management 66

Jerry Fletcher

JUNE 27, 2020

Suddenly marketing gals and guys are debating whether to listen or lead and how the pandemic reaction will affect that going forward. Consultant Marketing is different…or is it? We know from 17 years of research that Consultant Marketing is not like traditional product marketing. Can we layer other sales on top of it?

Marketing 64

Marketing Consulting B2C B2B 64

The Fearless Marketer

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Marketing your professional services is a lot like a jigsaw puzzle. Well, for many, many years I’ve worked at deciphering the marketing jigsaw puzzle. Below are the five key pieces to the marketing jigsaw puzzle. Learn how to make an Irresistible Offer and close the sale. It would obviously go a whole lot faster.

Marketing 62

Marketing B2B System Groups 62

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2018

A Fortune 250 B2B company spent a quarter of a million dollars trying to solve the wrong problem. A new product line had failed, and the company believed the problem was either poor product delivery times or lack of effort by the sales force. Over 150 B2B salespeople were involved in the research. This company isn’t alone.

Sales 28

Sales Marketing B2B Case Interview 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2023

You can’t deliver a modern customer experience with a dated approach.

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B2B Tools Sales Culture 64

Comatch

APRIL 3, 2023

1) Identify an appropriate platform Social media has revolutionized the way B2B buyers navigate their purchasing journey. In the past, sales representatives played a central role in providing information and building relationships with buyers. LinkedIn is the number one dark social channel for professionals and B2B purchases today.

Media 52

Media B2B Development Sales 52

BCG

APRIL 5, 2016

A quiet revolution has been happening in sales over the past several years. While many companies have continued to adhere to sales models developed a decade ago, “digital attackers” have been busy reinventing selling. They are compressing the sales cycle to hours and weeks from months and years, closing multiple deals per day.

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B2B Boston Consulting Group Sales Study 40

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Here are 7 e-commerce marketing techniques to boost your online sales. Email is by no means a new marketing technique, but it is often misused or underutilized. Although 82% of B2C and B2B companies use email marketing strategies, only 28% of consumers actually wish to receive promotional emails more often.

Sales 60

Sales Media Advertising B2C 60

LSA Global

APRIL 10, 2020

We define B2B social selling as the ongoing process of leveraging digital channels to find, engage, and connect with ideal target clients. High performing B2B social sellers build relationships on digital platforms and turn online connections into offline sales conversations and long-term customer relationships.

Sales 36

Sales B2B Metrics Case Study 36

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

But B2B companies often are disappointed with their results. Early user programs are critical to the success of products. The problem is the way they are designed and implemented. This article provides a process that can make a big difference in helping companies do a better job of choosing early users and harvesting valuable information.

B2B 76

B2B Productivity Company Sales 76

Tsavo Neal

JULY 3, 2020

Every week, I write about web design, copywriting, and digital marketing for independent consultants and small firms. What is the role of SEO in B2B marketing? The role of SEO in B2B marketing is to drive traffic to your website. How do you “optimize” your B2B content? Your marketing doesn’t end with SEO.

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B2B Engineering Advertising Sales 78

1 to 1

MAY 1, 2024

Market Presence and Brand Reputation Established Market Presence: Having been in the market for decades, these companies have established a strong reputation and reliability. Often many stake holders and decision makers are involved specially in B2B. What If I Have a Small or Medium Business?

Enterprise 26

Enterprise Software B2B ROI 26

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Decision making at big B2B companies is often skewed by anecdote and myth: A worried report from the most vocal salesperson about a competitor’s latest move; a customer complaint that happened to be fielded by a senior executive. That’s complicated at any B2B business. Vincent Tsui for HBR.

B2B 28

B2B Sales Data Automotive 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2018

The cartoon of business-to-business (B2B) buyers depicts gray-haired executives and purchasing agents in meetings, on the phone and lunching with their vendors. But along with fax machines and long golf games, these features of B2B life have all but disappeared due to the astonishing change in technology over the past two decades.

B2B 28

B2B Bain Research Study 28

Prudent Pedal

OCTOBER 8, 2019

I’m releasing a new Professional Services Marketing Assessment. Leaders who seek me out are frustrated with their marketing results. Firm leaders almost always think their “marketing problem” is a “Marketing function” problem. Lacks understanding of the complex B2B buying cycle.

Marketing 45

Marketing B2B Film Sales 45

Consulting Success

OCTOBER 20, 2019

In this episode, host Michael Zipursky interviews Nigel Green, a sales strategy advisor for B2B companies about how he got into the world of sales and strategy. Balancing Client Delivery And Marketing And Sales With Nigel Green: Podcast #111 is a post from: Consulting Success. Nigel started out as a.

Sales 24

Sales B2B Marketing Interviews 24

Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

E-commerce, mobile commerce, and social media platforms have enabled businesses to better sculpt marketing and customer support initiatives and customer services. By helping B2B companies gather better data on their customers, AI will help them catch up with their B2C peers. Insight Center. The Risks and Rewards of AI. Insight Center.

B2B 28

B2B B2C Sales Data 28

Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Kyle is a former CIO turned consultant, and one of the big things that held him back from launching his business and marketing was not having a straightforward way to express what he does. Leading with a sales pitch. Check out our marketing agency services, mentoring programs and courses at [link]. are: Leading with a title.

B2C 156

B2C Methodologies How To B2B 156

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015. A similar sequence has happened with B2B buying. See More Videos > See More Videos > Surely B2B purchasing hasn’t become that bad. Fast forward to today. Related Video. The 8 Types of Salespeople.

B2B 34

B2B Travel Benchmarking Sales 34

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

I’ve been using the sales funnel for 28 years, my whole career. For one thing, in an era when trust in traditional sources has eroded — in government, media, and in companies and the marketing they employ — word-of-mouth from trusted peers wields greater clout than ever. .” It was the right thing to do.

Sales 49

Sales B2C Energy Efficiency 49

Consulting Success

OCTOBER 20, 2019

In this episode, host Michael Zipursky interviews Nigel Green, a sales strategy advisor for B2B companies and the CEO of StoryBrand, about how he got into the world of sales and strategy. Balancing Client Delivery And Marketing And Sales With Nigel Green: Podcast #111 is a post from: Consulting Success.

Sales 21

Sales B2B Marketing Interviews 21