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Salesforce CRM + HubSpot CRM: Two Great CRMs That (Could) Go Great Together

If you’re at all like me the mere thought of running two CRMs simultaneously makes about as much sense as running Windows on a Mac. I have to admit that there’s a part of me that’s a bit shocked at myself for writing this post. The central reason against running two CRMs is that it requires maintaining (and synchronizing) two different databases, which inherently increases the complexity and friction associated with managing your operations. Yet today, if you’re running Salesforce, the...

7 Key Takeaways From Inbound 2018

Another year…another Inbound--the largest marketing conference in the world. As the conference was...

What Is Lead Activation

After a decade of dominance, people are beginning to doubt—seriously doubt—the validity of demand...

5 Tips for Making a Strong First Connection with a Lead/Prospect

More money than ever is spent on the technology, people and process to enable organizations to...

The Critical Role of Intent in Demand Generation, Sales and Marketing

We've been doing a lot of research over the last year into a critical part of the buying process...

What it Means to be Data-Driven, How It’s Different from Metrics & How to Apply it

My daughter is entering her senior year in high school. I have to admit that there are times where...

New Research from SiriusDecisions is Bad News for Sales Teams - Here’s What to Do About it

A new research report from SiriusDecisions presents a pretty damning view on the state of sales...

Modern Lead Generation is Failing. 5 Critical Factors to Drive High-Velocity Customer Acquisition

A couple of weeks ago, I introduced a chronic problem plaguing the growth efforts of companies,...

Lead Activation Syndrome (LAS): The Ailment that is Costing You Millions $$$

Last week, I was going through some older files when I came across a standard presentation deck...

Conversations Don’t Happen by Accident: The 6 Strategies to Creating a Strong Chat Experience

Yesterday, Drift announced the latest enhancement to their conversational marketing platform,...