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Stop Blaming Marketing
Sales and Marketing need to learn to work together and stop pointing fingers.

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How Marketing Can Support Sales
When you put on your marketing hat, you have a lot to take care of. You have competitive positioning, brand strategy, distribution channels, messaging, pricing, corporate identity and a million details that go along with them. However, one way marketing can make a substantial difference is in supporting sales. You can improve the effectiveness of your marketing efforts, and win the hearts of sales people by following these simple strategies.
What it Takes to Get More Appointments
Without question, the most popular requests I receive each week are for help with making appointments and, specifically, creating positioning statements. For example, Pat and I traded about 6 emails over the past 10 days to get his positioning statements just right. But what if you nail your positioning statement but you're still struggling to get appointments? My guess is that you're doing one of the following things ineffectively...
Positioning Basics
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to strategy and positioning. Anyone who says there's a one-size-fits-all approach simply doesn't get it. Strategic positioning is more art than science. And each and every client is a new canvas. Great positioning is as unique as every situation. You have to be flexible, nimble. My ‘methodology' is more a way of thinking about things. I don't really have a checklist or set of step-by-step instructions.

Positioning for Success - Part I
Positioning is probably the most important thing you'll do in your consulting or entrepreneurial business life. People come to you because of their perceptions, and perceptions are created through positioning stories. The right positioning and focus will attract prospects and customers to your door, and keep them coming back.
Failure of HQ & Sales to Communicate Effectively
Sin #4 of the "9 Most-Deadly Sins in Sales & Marketing" is Failure of HQ & Sales to Communicate Effectively * HQ/Marcomm sees forests, not trees * Sales sees trees, not forests Perspective is everything in business and in everything we do. It's essential that Sales and Management agree on what's best for their customers -- and their company. They must start by agreeing on the best "Positioning Statement" they can make for their company. All messages the company conveys -- Mission Statements, Elevator Pitches, Ads, Websites, etc -- should all have their origins in the Positioning Statement. All parties must also agree that the Positioning Statement is the best message the company can make.

Check Your Brand Positioning in 5 Minutes
Understanding brand positioning is very important if you want to correct misconceptions and off-brand opinions of your brand. You may have every intention of analyzing your brand to make sure that it is in a position of strength by participating in scientific research to that end. But first as a litmus test, you might find it useful to do a little under the radar analysis to get a quick feel of your stake holder's opinions regarding your brand positioning. We are going to casually ask them.
Brand Positioning Sessions = Clarity
Brand positioning sessions are important steps in providing clarity when creating a Positioning Statement. The client is asked a number of questions about what they actually do, their ideal clients, how they find them, their goals, what makes them different. It reflects goals to strive for and is the bedrock of everything going forward – the website, all design and marketing tools. Lists of words that describe the client turn into a bunch of tag lines, present both the agency and client with several options and an opportunity to collaborate on their branding. Client and agency collaboration in branding sessions brings clarity to the client as to what their positioning statement should be and how to brand it.
Your Personal Positioning Statement
This article also ran in the Torontojobs.ca magazine and covers how to go about positioning yourself when job hunting. A strong personal positioning statement is a multi purpose tool that can aid in your job hunt.
The Pull of Positioning
What areas of your broad expertise do you specialise in? Are your specialisations unique, different, or better than other people who operate in the same broad space? If you can answer yes to these questions you have positioning. If not, do your work because positioning is the best way I know to pull rather than push in our businesses.
Positioning Yourself and Your Business for Maximum Success
Positioning is one of the most important marketing concepts you will consider in your business career, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it will reveal several positioning strategies that many people overlook and cost themselves a lot of many as a result.

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