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Find the Right Metrics for Your Sales Team

Harvard Business

But today’s sales technologies enable companies to measure almost anything, which leads many managers to try to measure everything. As a consequence, managers don’t have a clear sense of what is really driving sales in their business, while salespeople, who are inundated with dozens of metrics, get lost in the day-to-day noise.

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Is Execution Where Good Strategies Go to Die?

Harvard Business

The lack of narrative is particularly a problem in the relationship between sales and marketing. This behavior is a result of the underlying mental models of sales and marketing. To a marketer, sales is a channel for reaching their audience. Inevitably, the sales leaders make vital contributions to the conversation.

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Podcast Advertising: Ultimate Guide to Podcast Ads [2024]

Buzzsprout

And this new wave of advertising isn't going anywhere; podcast ads are set to climb exceeding $4 billion in revenue by 2025. In this blog, we'll break down everything you need to know about podcast advertising and show you how to leverage different types of podcast ads for optimal results. Why is podcast advertising effective?

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Marketing Mix Modeling MMM (Part 1 of 3)

Tom Spencer

It’s a great challenge to accurately measure the effects of advertising, packaging, distribution channels, media expenditures, social media Likes and Tweets, and sales organizational structure on brand share or sales revenue. What’s the optimal level and timing of media advertising? sales, profits, or both).

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Why Marketing Analytics Hasn’t Lived Up to Its Promise

Harvard Business

For example, while it is true that search advertising can be correlated with purchase because customers are in a motivated state to buy, it does not follow that ads caused sales. Even if the firm did not advertise, consumers are motivated to buy, so how does one know whether the ads were effective? purchase funnel metrics).

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How Blockchain Can Help Marketers Build Better Relationships with Their Customers

Harvard Business

Blockchain has important implications for marketing and advertising. Vendors using eBay and Shopify pay listing and sales fees, and consumers pay transaction fees on payment portals like PayPal. There are implications for marketers and advertisers as well. Ending the Google-Facebook Advertising Duopoly.

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4 Roles Every Marketing Organization Needs Now

Harvard Business

Today’s marketer needs to go well beyond reporting and metrics, and be more proficient in a full range of analytical skills –including knowledge of data management principles and analytical strategies, and an understanding of the role of data quality, the importance of data governance, and the value of data in marketing disciplines.

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