Why Sourcing Pipeline Is Causing More Harm Than You Think

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B2B organizations have perpetuated an antiquated, fundamentally flawed model of sourcing pipeline—one that breeds internal dysfunction, erodes productivity, and completely contradicts the core principles of executing an effective account-based strategy. The broken model? Dividing opportunities into marketing vs. sales-sourced pipeline. This article will explore why it’s time to abandon sales vs. marketing-sourced pipeline attribution. Specifically,

The Blueprint for Sustainable Business Growth: Customer-Centric Scaling

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Of course every business wants to close more deals, but the cold, hard truth is: gaining a customer you can’t keep isn’t scalable. According to FirstPageSage, the average customer acquisition cost (CAC) for B2B tech companies is $720. And, if your organization leans heavily into PPC and SEM, it’s even higher at $841. With the

The Composable CDP: The fastest way to Automate and Unblock Marketing Teams

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Every company has data. Every marketing, ops, sales, success, and finance team has use cases for that data. The problem: it’s challenging to get your data from where it lives today to the tools where you want to use it.  Traditionally, teams have relied on manual CSV exports/uploads or custom API integrations to connect various

Why Marketing Ops Should Have Its Own Seat at the Table

Why Marketing Ops Should Have Its Own Seat at the Table

Throughout my career, I’ve had the privilege of working under the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). I was responsible for marketing technology, data integrations, and marketing operations. Regardless of where I sat, I faced similar challenges. Marketing Operations under the CMO Under the CMO, my role was to align marketing tools

Data Matters Most: New Differentiators in MarketingOps for Event Planning

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Events are back and in a big way. But while the show may look the same, the situation in the production room does not. Since the pandemic, wholesale changes in data regulation and legislation mean those in an event’s command center need to orient themselves to a new, dizzying array of best practices and legal