Category: sales
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How can you validate a segment without a CRM or a marketer?
How can you validate a segment without a CRM or a marketer? It’s common to overhear conversations like this inside companies. The Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) says, “We need to test a hypothesis about entering the financial sector.” The response is: “Great idea, but first, we need to implement a CRM, set up end-to-end…
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Entering a new segment is not a one-time launch, but rather a series of tests. A Framework for Action.
Entering a new segment is not a one-time launch, but rather a series of tests. A Framework for Action. Imagine two scenarios of your company entering a new industry. Scenario A: “The Big Bang.” This scenario involves six months of intense preparation, hiring a new team, and allocating a multimillion-dollar marketing budget. On day “X,”…
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Test campaign: One Segment, One Product, Three Weeks
Test campaign: One Segment, One Product, Three Weeks You’ve identified a new and highly promising market niche. Your hypothesis is rock-solid. What’s next? The traditional approach is to launch a full-scale marketing campaign lasting six to nine months with the appropriate budget. But what if the hypothesis turns out to be wrong? That would mean…
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How Does Systematic Nurturing Help Reduce the Presales Workload?
How Does Systematic Nurturing Help Reduce the Presales Workload? Let’s start with a simple question: How much does one hour of your most experienced salesperson or presales engineer cost? Now, estimate how many hours last month were spent giving the same basic presentation to clients who ultimately said, “We just wanted to take a look.”…