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Balancing generalists and specialists: An essential strategy for marketing success

Martech

Taylor Bryant, CMO at agency Mythic, concurs that these factors have “accelerated” the movement, not initiated it. He underscores the inherent fragmentation in the marketing field and the consistent demand for the “tactic du jour,” which further amplifies the need for specialists. ” What a great analogy.

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Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

Marketing Insider Group

These days, we really have the feeling that B2B marketers are all about following trends: we should have a blog, we should do lead nurturing, we should have a group on linkedIn. This is what your CMO was getting at by requesting a business plan from everyone and I love that example. OK, but WHY.

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Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

Marketing Insider Group

These days, we really have the feeling that B2B marketers are all about following trends: we should have a blog, we should do lead nurturing, we should have a group on linkedIn. This is what your CMO was getting at by requesting a business plan from everyone and I love that example. OK, but WHY.

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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

Marketing Insider Group

I wrote about this subject in my book titled How to Create an Unstoppable Marketing and Sales Machine. When a CMO asks a CSO what he wants from the lead program, he often hears something like the following: I want a lot of leads and I want them to be highly qualified.

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5 Steps to achieve Lead Generation ROI

Marketing Insider Group

ROI” and “Sales” are the 4 th and 5 th most important metric according to Chief Marketer April 1, 2010 study. Because it is an easy metric to obtain.

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How To Align Marketing With Sales

Marketing Insider Group

Bannan wrote “ Creating a true partnership between marketing and sales ”. In the article, she offered this call to action for marketing and sales: “Partner or Perish”. The marketing team could move into more of an inside sales role which is what a lot of the marketing content fits anyway.