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Aligning Sales and Marketing Over Agreed-Upon Metrics

January 20, 2023

Agreed-Upon Metrics
Technology vendors are facing challenging economic conditions, reduced quarterly income due to longer sales cycles, and larger selection committees due to hesitancy in choosing new technology.

The average sales cycle has increased 22% over the past 5 years due to more decision makers being involved in the buying process. Soon customers will manage 85% of their relationships without talking to a human source.

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Shark Communications

Founded by award-winning creative director, Peter Jacobs, Shark Communications is a contemporary, brand-focused, communications agency that unites more than 25 years of successful, award-winning creative work with next-generation digital marketing solutions. As new media architects, we develop effective, online, client marketing programs using a broad range of strategies including search engine optimization, lead-generation pages, branded social networks, pay-per-click campaigns, flash banners, popular social media (such as Twitter and Facebook), SEO article syndication, and more.

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4 Common Intent Data Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them)

whitePaper | June 27, 2022

Everywhere marketers turn, people are talking about Intent data. After all, 94% of marketers believe that using data to track buyer Intent gives them a competitive advantage. But Intent data is now a term whose meaning, like most buzzwords, has gotten diluted. There’s a false belief that Intent data is a silver bullet, alleged to solve any and all marketing woes. But in reality, many organizations are barely scraping the surface of how Intent data can benefit them and, more importantly, their bottom line.

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Data Driven Advertising - Navigating to a future with First-Party Only Advertising

whitePaper | January 3, 2023

The world is changing faster than ever, and so is the world of advertising. Customer expectations are evolving as rapidly as the digital channels and platforms we use to reach B2B buyers today. New privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA, have only added to the uncertainty faced by global enterprises that use advertising to reach their target accounts.. In response to these changes, marketers’ top three priorities are now around innovating, engaging customers in real time, and complying with privacy regulations

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2022 G2 Software Buyer Behavior Report

whitePaper | December 21, 2022

The B2B technology world is built on a foundation of trust. A glut of software options and a lack of credible content in a perpetual buying cycle of increasing complexity make building trust with buyers more difficult than ever. G2’s 2022 Software Buyer Behavior Report illustrates the crisis of trust in the market today and the avenues through which sellers can empower a diverse slate of buyers with the information they need.

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7 Ways to Supercharge Your ABM Strategy with Real-Time Intent

whitePaper | December 23, 2022

Selling or marketing to someone you have limited insights on is like trying to hit a piñata blindfolded. You have a general idea of where it is, but without knowing its exact whereabouts, you’re taking swings in the dark, and more often than not—you’ll miss your target. Gaps in buyer insights—pain points, account needs, and goals—are a huge issue for accountbased marketing (ABM) teams looking to deepen relationships with existing customers and target high-value prospects. Personalization lives at the core of ABM, and yet, personalization at scale toward target accounts (35 percent) and developing targeted content for accounts and personas (30 percent) are in the top five ABM challenges, according to Demand Gen Report.

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8 Ways Teams Use Data-as-a-Service to Drive Go-ToMarket Success

whitePaper | December 10, 2022

Almost a decade ago, McKinsey Global Institute found that data-driven organizations are not only 23 times more likely to acquire customers, but also six times as likely to retain customers, and 19 times more profitable than their competitors. Yet in 2021, NewVantage Partners found that “only 24% of organizations are data-driven.” With the velocity, volume, and variety of data, it is not easy to go from data to insights to action. Organizations struggle with bad data, siloed data, and multiple versions of the truth. No longer is it about having enough data, the focus is on having the right data and knowing what to do with it once you do.

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Reclaiming Channel Partners’ Rightful Spot in ABM

whitePaper | November 30, 2019

Organizations that use a channel-based ABM strategy are advantaged as they tap into the broader reach already built into their channel partner network. This extended ABM strategy provides all parties with the visibility and the foundation for collaboration on the accounts, leads, and deals that help build pipeline, revenue, and partner traction. “Nearly half of its practitioners

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Spotlight

Shark Communications

Founded by award-winning creative director, Peter Jacobs, Shark Communications is a contemporary, brand-focused, communications agency that unites more than 25 years of successful, award-winning creative work with next-generation digital marketing solutions. As new media architects, we develop effective, online, client marketing programs using a broad range of strategies including search engine optimization, lead-generation pages, branded social networks, pay-per-click campaigns, flash banners, popular social media (such as Twitter and Facebook), SEO article syndication, and more.

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