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B2B SaaS sales or marketing leader?
#1 challenge for revenue leaders today is how to move deals forward with limited marketing support
Source: The State of HubSpot 2023, HubSpot
Not all leads marketing teams create are equal. The "at bat" you set up for your sales team might be a dud. Imagine a pipeline full of them. That's why sellers feel marketers don't get them. Sellers want fast deals yielding max revenue, while marketing wants faster leads filling up pipeline.
Joe Cardillo
Love this. One of the things that I think is interesting about product marketing & sales enablement is that, when done well, you really don't have to convince a customer or user of anything at all.
Cebien Alty
Zach, this article is exactly why I approached you to be the featured professional in my newsletter.
Samanta Alderton
Zach, you are a dynamite storyteller!
80% of content created for sales forever goes unused
Source: HighSpot (2022)
It's frustrating when sellers don't do what you tell them. Revenue impact does not stop at creating leads. If sellers drive revenue in your organization and they don't use what you create, then how else do you show your impact to executive leadership?
You're making a difference 1 of every 5 workdays you show up.
97% of revenue leaders believe better alignment across sales and marketing can bring tangible benefits
Source: The State of HubSpot 2023, HubSpot
More revenue and happier customers? Every team can get behind that. But like what was said before, sales and marketing have goals they're not aligned on. Marketing sounds like a broken record on enablement calls, and sales feels neglected when they ask for marketing's help.
Wanna close the gap?
How we work, together
#1 Intake Meeting
A goal without a plan is simply wishful thinking. Get a chance to sit with you and your team to kickoff our project.
Let's identify our end-goal, find our scope, lay out how we want to measure progress, and build an easy step-by-step plan to get going.
#2 Exploratory Research
Like any puzzle, you gotta find the right pieces to put together. Use what we find in our research to build a masterpiece.
This work may come in form of talking with internal teams: sales, customer marketing; and external customer themselves.
#3 Iterate & Launch
Test what's built with both internal teams and customers. You want to see what resonates and what falls face first.
From there, use that feedback to deliver the finishing touches and clink a glass in the air for a job well done.
I've played both sides of the (GTM) field
👋🏾 Hi! I'm Zach.
I was "smiling 'n dialing" prospects in B2B sales for five years before my break to product marketing in 2020. Sales taught me to listen more than I spoke.
You can't solve problems if you don't understand them. And, what you say about your product (aka messaging!) positions whether it's the right fit or not.
That's what motivated my pivot to product marketing today -- help sellers and organizations win more deals by building more trust with their customers.
I use this career journey to share what I learn: course I've built and content I've share on LinkedIn.
Today, I am grateful to continue this work by helping B2B sales and marketing leaders win more deals faster, together.
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