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Unlocking Success: 8 Powerful Strategies to Drive Sales Through Others

Beyond Philosophy

Before we get into that, let’s remember a foundational element of success in marketing and sales tactics: before you plan and execute, think about what you want to get out of it. I avoided a couple of them, particularly the first one, affiliate marketing. Therefore, affiliated marketing can work for many things.

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How to Power up Your B2C Marketing Strategies with Surprising B2B Secrets

C3Centricity

As has been claimed for decades, there are differences between B2C marketing strategies and those of business-to-business (B2B). As companies strive to navigate the complexities of their respective markets, the learnings one can gain from examining the nuances of both B2B and B2C marketing become self-evident.

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The Link Between Sales and Customer Experience

ShepHyken

Customer service and customer experience (CX) are more than what happens after the sale. Then, there’s the experience during the sales process and what happens after the sale, which could include a typical customer support call and more. I’m often asked to be the keynote speaker at sales meetings.

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Guest Post: Why Customer Experience Should Be at the Forefront of Your Marketing Strategies

ShepHyken

She shares how customer experience is a valuable marketing strategy. If your business follows marketing best practices, you’re probably already implementing user research, collecting customer data, and targeting customers with personalized messaging. However, customer-centric marketing takes all of that a step further.

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16 Go-to-Market Plays for Your Entire Sales Funnel

Nurturing leads through your sales funnel is a daunting task for many business development teams, especially at the scale required to achieve lofty growth goals. At ZoomInfo, we’ve found that a rock-solid go-to-market playbook is key. These 16 plays are aligned to different stages of the sales funnel.

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Guest Post: How to Use the Customer Journey to Create an Engaging Affiliate Marketing Strategy

ShepHyken

Developing an affiliate marketing strategy comprises multiple aspects. An affiliate marketing strategy needs to be effective, target well and work well for brands and customers. Having an affiliate marketing strategy will drive traffic, improve leads, sales, and encourage customers to engage with your brand.

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Why the Marketing Budget Should Include Customer Service Training

ShepHyken

Traditionally, that is marketing and sales. This could have been a difficult hurdle to overcome until we shared that customer service training could come from the marketing budget. Typically, companies spend a lot of money training salespeople, which often falls under the sales budget, not the training budget.

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Marketing-Led Post-COVID-19 Growth Strategies

Any return to normalcy may seem far-off, but sales and marketing are on the front lines of restarting the economy. However, there’s no team better suited to lead that charge than the marketing department. However, there’s no team better suited to lead that charge than the marketing department.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. Marketing and sales teams are feeling pressured to deliver authentic messaging to buyers at every point of their customer journey. New tactics to acquire data to reach marketing goals.

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B2B Pocket Playbook: End-to-End Guide to Sales Enablement

Sales enablement is the strategic process of providing sales teams with the content, guidance, and mentorship needed to engage targeted buyers. It’s all about equipping sales professionals with the tools they need to put their best-selling foot forward. Get started today.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition.

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Executive Report: The Customer Data Too Often Overlooked by the C-Suite

A recent Calabrio research study of more than 1,000 C-Suite executives has revealed leaders are missing a key data stream – voice of the customer data. Download the report to learn how executives can find and use VoC data to make more informed business decisions.

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Marketing-Led COVID-19 Growth Strategies: 2022 and Beyond

Businesses are tasked with beating pre-pandemic numbers, making marketing more essential than ever before. This is your chance to create unprecedented brand awareness, bring in the best leads sales has ever seen, and play an instrumental role in generating new and existing business revenue. Level up your marketing automation.

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Ramping-up Your Digital CX Strategy: Adaptation of Omni Channel and Conversational Support

Speaker: Michael McMillan - Customer Experience Expert, TEDx Speaker, and Author

Are you looking to elevate your CX support strategy? Customers who have a seamless buying experience, from speaking with sales and purchasing the product to easily finding support, are more likely to return to your organization and recommend it to others.

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The Challenges of Omnichannel: Why so Many Contact Centers Struggle with Digital Self-Service

To find how contact centers are navigating the transition to omnichannel customer service, Calabrio surveyed more than 1,000 marketing and customer experience leaders in the U.S. about their digital customer communication strategies. Read the report to find out what was uncovered.