6/28/2024 6:13:49 AM Your topic of social selling seems like a breath of fresh air By Tim Hughes Adam had a piece of inbound yesterday, and in the request for more information they described social selling as a breath of fresh air....
6/27/2024 7:02:29 AM Gartner: B2B buyers spend less than 5% of their time during a purchase journey talking with your sales rep By Tim Hughes Sales is changing fast, first the internet, then social media and now AI. We all know that if we are using the same sales techniques that...
6/27/2024 6:38:14 AM Outbound is live and well, even in our zero interrupt world! By Tim Hughes A CEO said to me today that outbound was dead. I agree, we live in a zero interrupt world. And I totally get that in the world of legacy...
6/26/2024 8:49:26 AM Research shows we are moving from a traditional media world of ads and brands to a world based on social media By Tim Hughes This deck is well worth checking out, here, sorry it's over 100 slides. Every marketing team and leader I've met with over the last year...
6/24/2024 7:13:55 AM My LinkedIn post made 3 million impressions, OK but how much revenue did you create? By Tim Hughes The other day I spotted on LinkedIn somebody saying they were really proud that they had got 3 million impressions on a piece of content....
6/21/2024 9:23:34 AM Comparing a companies social media with 2 of their competitors By Tim Hughes We are often asked to write reports about a companies social media presence, thought I would share this. Clearly I have changed, some of...
6/21/2024 7:40:19 AM Why your "brochure" posts on LinkedIn won’t make any impact By Tim Hughes The brochure. It’s a relic from the analogue world. I remember my first start-up, I got the sales team together and asked them what we...
6/20/2024 12:06:35 PM The data shows that your content just isn't good enough By Tim Hughes In this research created by 6Sense and Kerry Cunningham, they asked the question What interactions do buyers engage in and what do they...
6/20/2024 7:48:45 AM The employee advocacy business case, is there one? By Tim Hughes We often talk to businesses that are trying to build a business case for social media and employee advocacy. I hear metrics like...
6/19/2024 6:55:28 AM 10 books to sharpen your leadership skills over the summer By Tim Hughes "Leader Unleashed – Become one of the most highly valued members of your executive team in 90 days" by Sarah Farmer is a compelling guide...
6/18/2024 4:54:35 AM As trust goes up, sales cycle time goes down By Tim Hughes Have you noticed that tech company after tech company has missed it's numbers this year. CEOs have been saying that sales cycles are...
6/14/2024 7:57:32 AM How my Birthday changed your marketing strategy By Tim Hughes Next year I have a significant birthday. My partner and I have thought about maybe having a special holiday. So I did some research on...
6/13/2024 11:02:14 AM Employees are generating the most web traffic by posting on social media By Tim Hughes If you are a business that is using your website as a hub for inbound then you need to be empowering and energising your employees on...
6/13/2024 9:01:18 AM A tale of 2 sales cycles - Which sales cycle are you in? By Tim Hughes In meeting rooms around the world, people are sitting having a meeting. As they talk, they realise they need a new accounting systems,...
6/12/2024 5:47:36 AM You have it all wrong in sales today, you don't need content, you need trust By Tim Hughes Was recently reading a post from Alex Abbott, he is a partner of ours and he asked the question “How do you know which KPI’s to measure...
6/11/2024 7:04:14 AM When the economy is choppy, uncertain, uneven, how can we make sure that buyers feel comfortable investing in technology? By Tim Hughes Workday said the buying cycle is choppy Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach reiterated comments made on the company's first quarter conference...