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Archives for April 2016

The Six Worst SDR Emails I’ve Seen This Year

April 25, 2016 By Tim Matthews

As a head of marketing, I get a lot of unsolicited emails. Because of the exploding marketing stack, and Gartner’s now well known prediction that CMOs will soon have more IT budget than CIOs, I sit in the crosshairs of thousands of eager software sellers. Many of the emails I get are really bad, and have about a zero percent chance of converting. Every day, I get more and more of them, the best of which are punchless, and the worst of which are downright annoying. I'm not here to shame the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: marketing Tagged With: conversion, email, sdr

Working Forwards and Backwards: The Two Important Mindsets for Marketers

April 11, 2016 By Tim Matthews

Really effective marketers have mastered two modes of thinking – forwards and backwards. Following in the footsteps of your buyer is thinking forwards. Deriving your overall marketing goals from your revenue targets is thinking backwards. I’ve found that most marketers are not especially good at either because they spend their days spinning their wheels slogging through piles of marketing tasks. Decent marketers may have a forwards or backwards mindset. Great marketers do both. As I sat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: marketing, Uncategorized Tagged With: buyer journey, buyer persona, funnel

A Step by Step Guide to Building an LDR or SDR Team – Part 2 – Managing and Measuring

April 4, 2016 By Tim Matthews

If you followed the checklist from part one of this post, you now have a clear strategy for your sales and lead development efforts. You have decided on either SDRs or LDRs, or both; and you know what the objective of each is. You should have a clear understanding and agreement on who does what, and have determined what kind of people you are seeking to fill the roles. That’s a good start, but don’t let your efforts stall due to inattention. A common mistake is not actively managing these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: marketing, saas Tagged With: ldr, sales development, sdr

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