The single most popular post of all time on this blog is 7 Strategies for B2B Marketing in a Recession: The Definitive Guide, written almost three years ago in June, 2008. In this post, I asked a few basic questions:
recession B2B marketing Jon Miller revenueRecently, I’ve been traveling the country, meeting with over 70 marketing executives to discuss best practices in marketing analytics and measuring and improving marketing ROI. Helping me lead these discussions is Jim Lenskold, president of the Lenskold Group and someone I’ve long admired as a thought leader in the space.
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Jon Miller B2B marketing lead managementI’m pleased to share some smart advice from Kathryn Roy, Managing Partner at Precision Thinking, a consulting company that addresses three key areas for B2B sales & marketing teams — primary research, strategy, and sales enablement. She’s worked with some of the most successful B2B companies including IBM, Avid, CA, Constant Contact, and Lotus, and has published in HBS Working Knowledge, MarketingProfs, and Mass High Technology.
B2B marketing Jon Miller lead scoring revenue performance salesLast week, I introduced the idea of marketing forecasting and introduced six steps for marketing forecasting done right. This week, I will explore more detailed elements of the six step marketing forecasting methodology, beginning by discussing why it is so important to develop a rigorous model of the various stages of your company’s revenue cycle.
customer lifecycle Jon Miller lead management marketing forecasting revenue cycleAny revenue-focused executive who can’t reliably deliver on his or her revenue commitments will soon be out of a job. Yet according to CSO Insight’s 2010 Sales Performance Optimization study, only 52% of sales reps met quota in 2009, and companies achieved only 78% of their revenue plans. As a result, CEOs and their executive teams at public and private companies faced tough questions from their boards about their ability to deliver consistent, predictable revenue – and more than a few lost their jobs.
Jon Miller revenue salesThe next interview in the B2B Marketing thought leader interview series is with Christine Crandell, one of the most innovative thinkers I've met on the topics of sales and marketing alignment and marketing accountability. Christine sits on several advisory boards including Coupa and SDForum, and has held senior marketing positions at Egenera, Ariba, and many others. Her thoughts on organization and how marketing can earn credibility and "go toe-to-toe" with sales leadership are definitely worth reading.
marketing and sales alignment Jon Miller B2B marketingB2B marketing is constantly evolving as organizations discover ways to perfect current strategies, new marketing channels emerge, and advanced marketing automation tools are introduced. Here are 16 must-read B2B marketing strategy ebooks to help you stay current on best practices, techniques and tools. Enjoy!
Jon Miller B2B marketing e-booksYesterday, I described the important role that strong, risk-mitigating brands plays in inbound lead generation. This is where B2B social media marketing comes in, since it provides a way for any company, not just large multi-national corporations, to build strong brands that in turn generate quality inbound leads.
Here are four key ways that social media builds brands.
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