Why do sales fail to hit their quota even though marketing is reaching their lead generation goals?

January 29, 2018

Establishing a collaborative environment between marketing and sales teams is imperative, as companies with aligned departments enjoyed 38% higher sales win rates. Additional research reveals when marketing and sales are coordinated, companies become 67% better at closing deals

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In our two-way, always-on consumer world, success is defined by the experience someone has with a brand. Not the promise that its advertising offers. After all, brands can no longer rely on messaging their way into people’s lives. That’s where we come in.

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Deliver a Modern Digital CX: A Guide for Marketing Innovators

whitePaper | December 1, 2021

No one fully understands the long-term effect COVID-19 will have on societies or regional economies. But the impact it’s having on brands is becoming clearer by the day. Customer loyalty to brands is low – and the cost of acquiring new customers is high. Marketers need to focus on creating and sustaining engagement with each and every customer. For their new e-book, “Deliver a Modern Digital CX: A Guide for Marketing Innovators,” Acquia worked with Vanson Bourne to collect the views of 8,000 consumers and 800 marketers across Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. Customer behaviors have shifted during the crisis and may not revert to pre-pandemic norms. The survey explores shifts in marketing and consumer expectations about CX and privacy. Download this Research Report to learn how marketers can transform their CX in fundamental, business-impacting ways.

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Partnerships as a growth channel: what the fastest growing SaaS companies have already figured out

whitePaper | January 4, 2022

In 2021, the number of interactions during the typical buyer’s journey jumped from 17 to 27. Coupled with the ever-increasing number of solutions available, companies are struggling to stay top of mind of their prospects. But what have some of the fastest-growing SaaS companies have figured out? Building far-reaching ecosystems of business partners — affiliates, ambassadors, referrers, and resellers — allows them to close more deals, generate more leads, and drive more web traffic.

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Buckle Your Seatbelt — Survey Results Suggest a Channel Sales Surge is Coming

whitePaper | September 9, 2021

Implementing robust channel management solutions will be critical to scaling operations that drive revenue through expanded ecosystems. That’s a key take-away from a recent survey of channel leaders. With 75% planning to implement partner relationship management solutions this year, channel generated revenue is expected to rise.

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Reimagining marketing in the next normal

whitePaper | July 27, 2020

As governments gradually remove pandemic induced restrictions and businesses begin to reopen, there’s a sense that we might be on the verge of returning to “normal.” That is unlikely. During the months of lockdown and self-isolation, we have been, in fact, writing a new future.

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Tableau Finds Faster Iteration Leads to Faster Innovation on Pantheon

whitePaper | May 20, 2020

Tableau’s engineering team needed to find a better way to support the company’s marketing efforts. “At a fast-growing company like ours, marketing needs to iterate rapidly to deliver leads at scale,” says Eric Peterson of Tableau’s Marketing Engineering group. “Pantheon is the only way we can do that.” After moving to Pantheon’s WebOps workflow, Tableau was able to move from monthly to weekly deployments in support of marketing.

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Building and Scaling Partner Ecosystems that Drive Revenue

whitePaper | October 25, 2022

Building trust, sharing data securely, and getting insights from partners are critical for scaling partnerships. This 13-page whitepaper frames the universal enterprise challenges around scaling an effective partner ecosystem that drives revenue.

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In our two-way, always-on consumer world, success is defined by the experience someone has with a brand. Not the promise that its advertising offers. After all, brands can no longer rely on messaging their way into people’s lives. That’s where we come in.

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