Why are Marketing and Sales constantly at odds with each other?

Marketing Sales

Historically there is no company that I’ve seen, been part of, and/or invested in where this hasn’t happened. As far as I can tell, at its core, the situation is the consequence of two foundational issues – first and foremost, marketing and sales teams are measured on metrics that have a fundamentally different nature: quantitative for Marketing Teams and qualitative for Sales Teams.

More is always merrier for Marketing Teams but for Sales Teams, not so much…

by Armando Biondi

Feb 2022, 14

Your problem is not the CAC, it’s the LTV

Marketing

In the post-apocalyptic (aka iOS 14) world we’re living in, one of the questions I get more often is along the lines of “My cost to acquire a customer is too high and I cannot afford it. How do I lower it?”

I get it. SaaS is a super competitive space, everyone has a lot of capital available to deploy on users acquisition and they want to grow fast.

On the other side, privacy laws and Apple changes to iOS have reduced the effectiveness of advertising drastically increasing CPC up to XX%.

Still, I don’t care. And you’re asking the wrong question.

by Massimo Chieruzzi

Feb 2022, 11

Why is marketing the first and deepest budget cut in a downturn?

Marketing

Are marketers their own worst enemy?

Thankfully it’s been a while since we’ve dealt with a sustained recession. Since our memories tend to be short we likely forget that budgets get cut during downtimes and especially marketing budgets according to Harvard Business Review.

I’ve had the hard conversations, in good times and bad, justifying marketing strategy, staff, and budget with leaders who just don’t “buy it”.

by Gary Amaral

Why are Marketing and Sales constantly at odds with each other?

Your problem is not the CAC, it’s the LTV

Why is marketing the first and deepest budget cut in a downturn?

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