Sales aligned with Marketing to Increase Revenue

The days when sales people sold and marketers marketed have come to an end, at least in forward thinking organization. In the past there was a clear line that separated the responsibilities of the two departments. Over time this line has blurred to the point of being almost invisible. Instead of having two departments with two missions, you now have two departments working in unison towards a shared mission, to profitably grow revenue.

In today’s complex selling environments marketing needs to take a much more active role, not only in generating top of the funnel leads, but throughout the entire buying cycle. Marketing is now responsible for enabling sales through the lead to money process. There is no longer room for a marketing first, nor a sales first world. If sales and marketing are not working in alignment throughout the lead to money process, then both teams and the organizations as a whole, lose out.

• Knowing your Pipeline Generation Split

• Defining your lead criteria

• Sales Enablement through Marketing Technology

• Sales is Marketing’s customer, and Vice-Versa