The effectiveness of your sales and marketing teams is increased if they work together—marketers can better line up leads for the sales team, and salespeople can better dial in target markets. But what if you’re having trouble getting your marketing and sales teams to collaborate? These are themes explored in several of the enVisioning Success […]
How do you tell if your marketing is working? While tracking conversions and sales leads can take you so far, it’s important to hear from customers directly about what is and isn’t working when it comes to marketing. In the enVisioning Success podcast episode, Feedback is Gold: Using Sales Insights to Refine Marketing, co-hosts Laura […]
Your sales team has only so much time in the day—especially if your only sales team is you as a business owner. Having your marketing team pre-qualify leads for the sales team is a win-win, making the sales funnel smoother and increasing the effectiveness of your marketing while generating more valuable leads for sales. It’s […]
Marketing and sales were made for each other—literally. Marketing aims to make it easier for your sales team to sell, with everything from lead generation to producing sales themselves. But sometimes, your marketing and sales teams aren’t on the same page. In the enVisioning Success podcast episode, From Messaging to Engagement: Bridging Marketing with Sales, […]
Want the short sell? Writing blogs for your business is great marketing by building a library of expertise in your field. In the enVisioning Success podcast episode, Trust Builder: Using Your Messages to Become the Go-To Expert, co-hosts Julia and Laura talk about how showing this expertise builds the trust needed by customers to buy […]
Timing is everything. One of the best times for a customer to become aware of your brand is before they need your product and service. From seeing your business on social media to showing up in their first Google research, being on your customers’ minds before they start comparing options is a huge advantage and […]
There’s a saying: “People buy from people, not from companies.” It’s a saying that goes some length to understanding not only the relationship between marketing and sales (and often said by salespeople who are good at their jobs), but also human nature. Your business—especially if it’s B2C—can improve its marketing and sales by letting customers […]
Marketing without clear options for further steps (ideally into a sales funnel) is “brand recognition” at best and wasted time at worst. But, if that next step is straight to a “buy now” button, you’ll see some customers bounce off, not ready to take that big of a jump yet. Visualizing your ideal client, you […]
For those not deep in marketing lingo, the term “customer journey” sounds like a pretty soft concept. While most business owners are familiar with the idea of a sales funnel, the customer map takes it a few steps further on either end, creating a map of how customers find and stay with your brand, not […]
Data-driven marketing and advertising is vital to ensure your time, effort, and money spent has the biggest impact. But is your data wrong? Are your marketing strategies based on false assumptions and bias? In our last episode of the enVisioning Success podcast, Objective Over Personal: The Science of Avatar Creation, co-hosts Julia and Laura touch […]