B2B Masters Video – On the relationship between B2B sales and marketing

What are imperatives for today’s marketers when it comes to the sales team? Does marketing get respect from sales for the ability to drive leads? Does it deserve that respect?

In this second short clip from the B2B Masters interview of John Watton by Velocity’s
Stan Woods, the two focus on the delicate relationship between sales and marketing.

Some juicy quotes from the segment:

“Understanding the mindset of the B2B salesman is very important…A lot of what you’re trying to achieve is make a salesforce successful.”

“Gradually you’re getting into conversations about looking at the broader pipeline, and not about the places marketing used to stop at.”

“You’ve got so much more scope to innovate how you do things and deliver results without having to do a 6-month scoping project, call in senior management, fight for a 6-figure budget and so on.”

[If you want to watch a quick introduction to the B2B Masters series and John Watton, watch this clip.]

To see other segments from the B2B Marketing Masters series, see the links under the video too…

If you haven’t seen it yet, view the first part of this video series: The New Role of the Senior Marketer!

Or go to the third instalment of the interview on how marketing technology levels the competitive playing field.

The fourth instalment of the series covered how to make content stand out in a busy market.

The fifth instalment covers B2B and social media.