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5 Ways Marketing and Sales Leaders Can Embrace GenAI

Harvard Business

Generative AI holds the promise of transforming marketing in all sorts of remarkable ways, but marketing leaders have been reluctant to embrace it and lag behind their peers in other fields. This and other findings emerged in a survey that the authors recently conducted with 600 business leaders from large U.S.-based

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Marketing for Consultants Study (2019)

Consulting Success

If you’re a consultant, you’re in the business of marketing. Marketing is how you generate these conversations. Without marketing, you don’t have a consulting business. At Consulting Success, helpings consultants master their marketing to get more clients is our forté. We study and help.

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Best Practices in Client Relationship Management

Effective Managers

Seek Feedback and Act on It Regularly seeking feedback shows clients that you value their opinion and are committed to improvement: Surveys and Reviews: Conduct client satisfaction surveys and request reviews to gather insights. Recognize them in newsletters, social media, or at events.

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Marketing When Budgets Are Down

Harvard Business

The general rule of enterprise finance is that marketing budgets drop like a stone at the first sign of trouble and rise like a feather once the environment is more settled. It’s tough to see a significant increase in marketing budgets in the near term.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. Marketing and sales teams are feeling pressured to deliver authentic messaging to buyers at every point of their customer journey. New tactics to acquire data to reach marketing goals.

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Marketing Strategies for Consultants Study: 2018

Consulting Success

I’m excited to share the results of our 2018 Marketing Strategies for Consultants Study. Marketing is always a hot topic for consultants. In this study, we polled our list of 33,000 consultants and asked them about their marketing — and you’ll learn how you compare to other consultants when it comes to your own marketing.

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How the Pandemic Changed Marketing Channels

Harvard Business

The pandemic undoubtedly changed how marketers approach channel strategy, and there is no single route to success. With more channels than ever, marketers need to map which channels add clear value and forget the rest. It can be tempting to enter a channel because your competitors are there.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities. But is it delivering real results?

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?