Why Inbound marketing is already essential for sales

by Mike Coombs on June 24,2014

Inbound marketing is about sales results and online lead generation, not vanity metrics.

Who knows what works in their marketing budget?

by Mike Coombs on June 13,2014

 

What works well in marketing?

"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
Winston Churchill

Fast answer:

Inbound marketing and methodology works.

And it tells you if the rest of your marketing and advertising strategy works.

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What's the cost of your sales & marketing teams misalignment?

by Mary Coombs on June 10,2014

The mistrust and miscommunication that’s so often found between the two teams can act like an anchor on your company’s growth rate. 

Organizations with good alignment between sales and marketing teams achieved 20% annual revenue growth. Companies with poor alignment saw revenues decline by 4%.*

That’s why many companies work hard to generate better communication between sales and marketing – only to see cracks between the two groups re-open over time. The bottom line is that achieving sales and marketing alignment can be tough, but maintaining alignment is even tougher. 

Creating a solid, lasting partnership between sales and marketing requires a strategic approach that treats the two teams as a single, revenue-generating organization. 

The key to this approach is implementing a framework of data-driven tools and practices that help sales and marketing ...

Why sales managers should buy inbound marketing and social selling.

by Mike Coombs on June 5,2014

Inbound marketing is systematic online lead generation and revenue generating follow up.  If you are in sales you should be taking a very close look at getting leads with inbound marketing.  Why?

“If it doesn’t make dollars, it doesn’t make sense” 

That's already a cliché amongst inbound marketing professionals because inbound marketing is about measured lead generation. And sales.

Inbound Marketing directly supports sales.

Traditional marketing has it's measures. But how well do they connect to the bottom line? Inbound Marketing focuses on online lead generation and nurture.  It's sophisticated web leads marketing and it's more integral to “sales” than traditional marketing.

Why is it taking off?  You already know.  This generation of customer "lives" in web search, email, and online social. They are always connected and they expect to conduct trusted ...

Why Sales Isn't Selling Inbound Leads

by Mike Coombs on June 3,2014

Your sales and marketing teams work perfectly together, right?

Creating a more profitable sales and marketing team requires a strategic approach that treats the two “flavors” as a single, cost efficient, revenue-generating organization.

That’s what inbound marketing lead generation does best.

The keys are data-driven agreements and tools that define what marketing tactics clearly produce leads and sales.