Sales and Marketing Alignment Can Enhance the Sales Process and Close More Deals It’s no longer the case that sales have full responsibility for the sales pipeline. That’s because according to recent research by SiriusDecisions, buyers can be more than two-thirds of the way through their initial research process when they decide to seek the ...
As we’ve been covering in earlier articles, computing ROI for a CRM systems is an involved affair. But another way of figuring ROI for CRM would be to put it under the heading of efficiency: how would efficiency be improved for the key areas of the company? For in the end, that’s what CRM is ...
At very first glance, it wouldn’t seem that buying or selling a home or commercial property would be all that complex. One party wants to sell. One party wants to buy. They come to an agreement. Money changes hands. That’s really all there is to it, isn’t it? Do you really need a CRM application ...
A key part of aligning sales and marketing is to ensure your business gains a foothold during the early stages of your customer’s buyers’ cycle. That’s because if you do, the likelihood of attracting more leads and closing more sales increases significantly. Let’s explore the reasons why… In simple terms, the buyers’ journey describes the ...
Depending on your company, trialware offerings, sales presentations, and product demos are often the domain of separate departments. Trialware is often the responsibility of programmers. Depending on the product, a demo can be in the hands of Sales or Development. Presentations are nearly always considered the territory of Sales or Marketing—but rarely both. These are ...
In recent articles we have been discussing the depth to which the ROI of any potential CRM solution purchase must be explored. We have emphasized the importance of surveying everyone in the company who will be interacting with it, with special attention being given to measuring the impact on and empowerment of your sales force. ...
In many companies, a more or less permanent state of opposition exists between Sales and Marketing. Marketing is doing everything they can in the area of lead generation and forwarding those leads onto the sales force. Sales is picking through the leads and taking the ones that look the most promising, and rejecting many claiming they’re ...
In recent articles, we’ve devoted much discussion to ROI (return on investment) with regard to CRM solutions ROI. CRM has a very intimate relationship with the success of not only a sales force but a whole company—hence it is well worth a considerable investment of time to figure out what a CRM application needs to ...
