Forbes Leadership

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In this article, I will address five common problems encountered within B2B sales funnels—and what features readers should seek to include in their revenue enablement solution.

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Chief Outsiders

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the realm of business-to-business (B2B) sales, blue lights, doorbusters, Black Friday sales, or penny pinchers don’t apply. Attention, bargain shoppers! That said, in our ever-evolving battleground, the age-old theory that "everyone buys a bargain" still holds.

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Andrew Chen

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Since HubSpot is a B2B SaaS product, CAC would equal the cost to acquire a new customer on one of their Basic, Pro, or Enterprise plans. CPA would be used for leading indicators to CAC, such as Cost Per Lead, Cost Per Sales Qualified Lead, Cost Per Trial or other points in the marketing and sales funnel.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

I’ve been using the sales funnel for 28 years, my whole career. This year, I retired the funnel — threw it a party, gave it a gold watch, and congratulated it on its move to a condo in Florida. When I started my career, the most profitable application of force was in sales. clu/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

So any effective sales model must adapt to changing buying protocols, not ignore or resist them. This is a big transition for firms whose marketing, sales-training and enablement tools, and wider organizational processes reflect outdated assumptions about purchasing in their markets. The sales force is more important than ever.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2018

Companies have hired writers and Chief Content Officers to run departments, create blogs and other materials, and, in the process, some have assured sales people that content marketing can mean the end of cold calling. Our data also indicate that much of marketing and sales collateral is read by prospects outside of the normal work week.

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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.

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