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11 Sales Books All Marketers Should Read

Last summer, I wrote a post about how to close the divide that exists between sales and marketing. In it, I gave four things marketers can do to move closer to alignment with sales. One was to treat sales like you would a customer. That means getting to know them, how they work and what makes them tick as well as you know your marketing self. One way to do that is to develop a better understanding of the sales process and the challenges associated with it. As it turns out, there are many books...

7 Easy Ways to Screw Up Your Demand Generation Strategy

Demand generation, like so many other things, takes intense strategy, focus and discipline to...

5 Inbound Marketing and Demand Generation Observations from HubSpot Partner Day

I think I’ve recovered from my latest visit to Boston for HubSpot’s annual get together for their...

6 Tips for Getting the Most from Your Marketing Automation Software

When I first learned about marketing automation software, I was instantly a fan…a huge fan. It was...

3 Strategies to Make Your Product Easy to Sell

Those who know me well know that there are five things that I absolutely love: sales, marketing,...

5 Reasons Your 10,000 Website Visitors Aren't Turning into Customers

So…you’ve reached the magic number…the visitor goal you set for your website. In fact, you’ve...

5 Lessons I Learned Building Imagine's Sales Development Team

A little more than two years ago, we set out on a mission to build a sales development team. We...

How to Create an Editorial Philosophy that Drives Sticky Content

Have you ever stopped to think about what makes a publication a publication? Unless you’re involved...

5 Keys to Starting an Effective Sales Development Team

One of the hottest trends in sales today is the utilization of sales development as a key tactic in...

Sales Operations: A Day in My Life

Imagine Business Development is a demand generation agency. We take an integrated approach to...