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A to Z of B2B CRM — Reading Time: 9 minutesBeyond Transactions to Transformation – B2B CRM For most enterprise and public sector organisations, the B2B CRM promise remains unfulfilled. It was meant to be the single source of truth for revenue growth; instead, it’s often a cumbersome reporting tool, a compliance checkbox, or a system plagued by distrust and [...]

The A to Z of B2B CRM – An Executive ...

November 4, 2025 in Business / Customer Experience / Technology tagged CRM / Leadership / Sales by markconwayuk

Account Based Marketing, B2B Marketing — Reading Time: 4 minutesYou may have seen Account-Based Marketing mentioned in our recent A to Z of B2B Marketing. Most B2B marketing still tries to cast a wide net. Big campaigns, bigger contact lists, and endless “leads” that rarely convert. The result? Wasted spend, shallow engagement, and sales teams chasing the wrong people. [...]

Account-Based Marketing: The Smart Way to Grow B2B Relationships

October 13, 2025 in Marketing tagged ABM / Account-based Marketing / marketing / Sales by markconwayuk

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhy even the best proposition underperforms when your teams aren’t pulling in the same direction — and how to fix it. We Know What We Do. So Why Isn’t It Landing? You’ve got a strong product or service. You’ve invested in development.The customer results are great. And yet… Sales aren’t [...]

Your Proposition Isn’t the Problem — Your Alignment Is

September 9, 2025 in Business / Leadership / Teams tagged Business / Communication / marketing / Sales / Team by markconwayuk

Strategy, Objectives, Goals, Marketing, Sales, People, Finance — Reading Time: 19 minutesStrategy creates context for operating decisions. It establishes the playing field and provides guidance for decision-making, the experience and skills needed by employees, positioning of marketing and advertising, the priority of initiatives, how to structure the company, and a many other issues. A plan is necessary to guide decision-making, channel resources, [...]

A to Z of Business Strategy

October 15, 2014 in Business Skills / Leadership tagged Business Planning / Goals / marketing / Objectives / Sales / Scorecard / Strategy / Vision by markconwayuk

man and woman near table — Reading Time: 13 minutesSelling is at the heart of business, even if you’re not in ‘Direct Sales’. Think about the following scenarios: You’re trying to convince your manager to develop a new product, but can’t get him or her to take things further You’d like to introduce [...]

A to Z of Direct Sales

March 5, 2013 in Business Skills / Personal Development tagged Customer / Forecasting / Pipeline / Relationships / Sales / Selling / Teamwork by markconwayuk

Reading Time: 5 minutesYou would be amazed at the number of people who still don’t understand the importance of networking. Building relationships is crucial – there are many smart, talented people who don’t progress as much as they would hope in their career because they are not visible to the “right” people. Use every opportunity to build relationships with [...]

Business Networking – It’s not ‘what’ you know…

April 25, 2011 in Business Skills / People tagged BNI / Bondholders / Business / Business Networking / Chamber of Commerce / Communication / Confidence / Face to Face / Hull / IoD / LinkedIn / Plaxo / Relationship / Sales / Techmesh / Twitter / Yorkshire Mafia by markconwayuk