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The high cost of undervaluing experienced marketing leadership

Martech

As companies move from startup mode and scale into growth-stage execution, many are choosing to underinvest in marketing leadership, mistaking it as a cost center rather than the strategic engine behind revenue generation and go-to-market (GTM) execution. Marketing is the strategic force multiplier behind every deal closed.

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Do This Before Every Meeting

Engage Selling

Pros don’t gamble, they strategize—and yet so many sales calls fail because there’s no real prep. Here’s exactly how to prep, so you can walk into every call with confidence, … The post Do This Before Every Meeting first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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6 Experts Share Their Unconventional Negotiation Tactics

Hubspot

Rather than positioning myself as someone trying to sell an idea, I present it as something that has already been validated by others. This eliminates doubt and makes the decision feel like a logical choice rather than a risky gamble. Use strategic silence and mirroring.

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Data lessons from a successful Taylor Swift exhibit

Martech

In fact, this decision, like many other strategic choices made by MAD (as the museum is known) was data-driven; driven, in fact, by data aggregated and interpreted by visitor analytics platform Dexibit. It was a gamble. Now they know us and also got to see our core types of artists and art works that we present.

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10 New Findings Reveal How Sales Teams Are Finding Success Now

Salesforce

Challenges like inflation, lingering health scares, and supply chain breakdowns are ever-present. Instead of gambling on higher-risk strategies and tactics, sales leaders are pulling back and focusing on what they know works. Download the report. 70% of sales leaders say their company takes fewer risks now than before the pandemic.

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6 Seemingly Harmless Ways You're Sabotaging Your Proposals

Hubspot

As if to prove the point, Procter & Gamble announced in January they will review all ad agency contracts in 2017. Be a ruthless editor and discard anything that distracts from presenting your best argument. 4) You "save" your best material for the presentation. 6 Seemingly Harmless Proposal Mistakes.

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Hear What 3 Top Sales Development Leaders are Saying at Rainmaker 2016

SalesLoft

This new-thing-yet-old-thing, called the account-based method, is now the most strategic and forward thinking way to run your business. From marketing to sales development to sales, it’s all about account personalization and an agile, strategic process. They want a story, not a presentation.