Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2018

With online technologies and targeted lists, this should be a cost-effective tool for separating the suspects from the prospects, accelerating customer conversion through the sales funnel, and, equally important, optimizing “data-driven marketing” by tying each piece of content to metrics like opens, reads, downloads, and so on.

Marketing 15

Marketing Sales Sales Sales Funnel 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Despite taking the faux-curmudgeonly attitude of an anthropologist exploring the strange world of business dudes — is a sales funnel really that much of a novelty? Dan Lyons’s book Disrupted is an often-delightful tour through startup culture, based on the author’s experience working at online marketing firm HubSpot.

Marketing 14

Marketing Sales Funnel Media Advertising 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The benefits of shifting from purchase to usage are reinforced by our research. They recognize that some of the most meaningful activity happens outside the sales funnel. Although our survey emphasized B2C brands, we believe the Purchase and Usage mindsets are equally, or even more, relevant for B2B brands.

Sales Funnel 8

Sales Funnel Advertising B2B B2C 8

Help Scout Leadership

JUNE 22, 2021

Customer service, when done well, has just as much impact as a strong sales funnel or excellent marketing efforts. It’s easier to make a sale when your customers feel supported, and word-of-mouth marketing after an extraordinary experience is one of the best pitches on the market. Salesforce ). Salesforce ). Salesforce ).

Media 325

Media Sales Sales Sales Funnel 325