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7 Reasons Hiring Salespeople is the Wrong First Step for Faster Growth

I see it time and time again. A company, seeking to accelerate revenue growth and customer acquisition, makes the obvious decision to hire more salespeople. Every time (for purposes of accuracy, 95% of the time) I have the same reaction (as I bring my hands to my head in dismay): NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There’s a simple acid test that virtually any small or mid-market organization can use to determine if the time has come to hire salespeople. The acid test is “Do we have more high quality,...

5 Ways Salespeople Can Put People into the Top of the Marketing Funnel

I share a lot on the topic of sales and marketing alignment, but I’m convinced that the successful...

4 Resources to Get 2018 off to an Explosive Start

I simply cannot believe how fast 2017 has flown by. Here at Imagine, we’re in the final days of...

3 Ways Salespeople Kill Sales at the End of the Month

When I was a salesperson, I loved December. It was the perfect time to close business. While...

5 Reasons Your Annual Sales Plans Fail

It’s that time of year again. All across the land, sales and marketing executives, as well as...

Stop Closing & Start Selling

I honestly can’t believe I’m writing about this topic again. There was a period (probably about 3 -...

7 Ways Sales Managers Kill Sales

I have tremendous respect and empathy for sales managers. Frankly, I can’t think of a job that is...

Podcast: The Black Line Between Sales & Marketing

There are a lot of great things happening here at Imagine. Last week I shared the new approach...

[Video] Demand Creator Minute: Assess a Sales Opportunity

For me, one of the toughest judgments I have to make as a salesperson, manager or growth executive...

The Biggest (& Common) Mistakes Made with Account Based Marketing

As the chart below (where I compare interest in the term "account based marketing" with "demand...