Archive for June, 2009

What is the Cost of Misalignment in Sales and Marketing?

Posted on June 14, 2009. Filed under: Revenue funnel, Sales funnel, aligning marketing and sales, interim management | Tags: , , , |

You’ll be shocked at the annual cost of misalignment (sales and marketing) in your company. Here is a start on how to calculate the toll this under-performance is having on your company.

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Think Your Market is Too Small? Try Recycling.

Posted on June 13, 2009. Filed under: Funnel, Lead funnel, lead generation | Tags: , , , |

I was speaking with an executive the other day who repeated the concerns of her management team that their existing market was too small to sustain their growth.
Expanding into new markets may look enticing, but there are large risks and costs associated with this strategy.  As it turned out in this case I was able [...]

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Are You Investing Too Much in Branding?

Posted on June 3, 2009. Filed under: Marketing budget | Tags: , , , |

If your B2B company is investing less than 42% on lead generation because it is spending too much on branding programs this could spell trouble for revenue growth.

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    A Discussion of Interim Management for Marketing and Sales Functions by Charles Besondy

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    This blog is devoted to the topic of interim management for marketing functions within large and small corporations. Interim management as a staffing concept is well-understood and widely utilized in Europe. However, here in the colonies we are just beginning to open our eyes to the business benefits of being flexible and nimble when it comes to staffing senior-level marketers. (c) 2006 - 2007 Charles Besondy
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