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How to develop a winning B2B ideal customer profile

Martech

ICP is more of a big-picture strategic direction or target market and high-potential accounts, while buyer persona is more of the people behind it and closing deals with specific individuals. Sectors like software development and IT services, fintech, ads and marketing, hardware manufacturing, construction and health care.

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Complete Guide to Sales and Operations Planning

Highspot

Operations planning process: Ensure resources, such as raw materials and manufacturing capacity, are available to meet projected customer demand. A manufacturer might streamline its assembly line to meet increased demand and ensure on-time delivery every holiday season. Ultimately, strategic businesses plan and respond with agility.

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Highspot’s Customer Growth Surges as Companies Turn to Enablement to Drive Sales Productivity

Highspot

“In a challenging sales environment, strategic enablement is the way forward,” said Sheevaun Thatcher, VP of Global Sales and Success Enablement, Slack. Customer growth within the Manufacturing (41 percent increase), Media (45 percent increase) and Professional Services (44 percent increase) industries.

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Artificial intelligence + human intelligence = success

Martech

“Machines talking to machines” started rolling out in early to mid-2010, making their way into manufacturing, precision agriculture, complex information networks and for consumers in a new wave of wearables. The same thing is repeating itself in marketing today.

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The Complete Guide to Channel Sales

Salesforce

Whether you’re launching a channel to scale more efficiently, tap into new markets, or meet customer needs, this guide can help. They may have customers who prefer buying through a channel (for example, a third-party retail store), while other customers might prefer buying from the manufacturer. Channel sales types Affiliates.

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In a Supply Chain Crisis, Selling Parts Online May Be Your Next Move

Salesforce

That’s where OEM (original equipment manufacturer) and aftermarket parts come in — and sales of these crucial components are big business now. Any disruption to an assembly line or a delivery fleet can bring operations to a standstill, putting pressure on manufacturers to fix the issue as soon as possible. What are aftermarket parts?

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3 Tips for Adding AI — and Subtracting the Headache  

Salesforce

At launch, Autodesk’s AI implementation was well received, yet engagement fell over time as the excitement cooled. CIO Alvina Antar emphasized the importance of strategic planning, especially around AI implementation. I don’t think we could have jumped directly into gen AI, as a 64-year-old manufacturing company,” he said.

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