12 Min.
Remedies For Misaligned Marketing & Sales Teams (Spoiler Alert: It Starts With Relationship Building) B2B Marketing Exchange
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- Marketing
The challenges of sales and marketing alignment are a tale as old as time. While research shows the gap is closing, many organizations have yet to master the art of cross-organizational alignment and collaboration. But what if we told you there are a few simple things you can do to work in better harmony with your fellow customer-focused marketers, sales reps and everyone in between?
During an interview on the show floor of the 2023 B2B Sales & Marketing Exchange in Boston, Mass., host Kelly Lindenau sat down with Courtney Beasley, a long-time B2B marketer and Founder of cobe marketing, a Fractional CMO provider for B2B companies and startups, to pick her brain on sales and marketing alignment, as well as ABM and the intersection of the two.
Beasley is a longtime member of the Demand Gen Report and B2BMX community with a solid resume of VP and C-level marketing roles under her belt at companies such as Walker Sands, United Way of Greenville County and FUEL for brands. She brings 15 years of experience helping companies develop a brand that resonates and fuels customer interest. During the interview, Beasley shares:
How there is often a break in trust and communication patterns, resulting in poor alignment across organizations; Why the first thing to fix is the "relationship building" aspect of alignment; Why there is no better way to align items than through ABM; The key characteristics of successful ABM programs; How to identify and define the right ABM strategy for your organization; andMuch more.Tune into this candid and fun interview to get quick and easy tips toward true alignment.
RELATED LINKS:
Learn more about Courtney Beasley and cobe marketing here. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.Register for the B2B Marketing Exchange in Scottsdale, Ariz. (It's not too late!)
The challenges of sales and marketing alignment are a tale as old as time. While research shows the gap is closing, many organizations have yet to master the art of cross-organizational alignment and collaboration. But what if we told you there are a few simple things you can do to work in better harmony with your fellow customer-focused marketers, sales reps and everyone in between?
During an interview on the show floor of the 2023 B2B Sales & Marketing Exchange in Boston, Mass., host Kelly Lindenau sat down with Courtney Beasley, a long-time B2B marketer and Founder of cobe marketing, a Fractional CMO provider for B2B companies and startups, to pick her brain on sales and marketing alignment, as well as ABM and the intersection of the two.
Beasley is a longtime member of the Demand Gen Report and B2BMX community with a solid resume of VP and C-level marketing roles under her belt at companies such as Walker Sands, United Way of Greenville County and FUEL for brands. She brings 15 years of experience helping companies develop a brand that resonates and fuels customer interest. During the interview, Beasley shares:
How there is often a break in trust and communication patterns, resulting in poor alignment across organizations; Why the first thing to fix is the "relationship building" aspect of alignment; Why there is no better way to align items than through ABM; The key characteristics of successful ABM programs; How to identify and define the right ABM strategy for your organization; andMuch more.Tune into this candid and fun interview to get quick and easy tips toward true alignment.
RELATED LINKS:
Learn more about Courtney Beasley and cobe marketing here. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.Register for the B2B Marketing Exchange in Scottsdale, Ariz. (It's not too late!)
12 Min.