For every 650 leads, only 1 deal closes in 19 months, costing $14 million annually for firms with $1 billion in revenue. Sales cycles have been increasing over the last 3 years. According to research, 60% of buying is completed before contacting a salesperson, and 60% of qualified deals end up with no decision. Sales enablement can help address these problems by finding problems with the status quo and positioning solutions, influencing earlier in the buying process through marketing-driven conversations.
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For every 650 leads, 1 deal closes in 19 months
Cost of Poor Sales Enablement is $14M annually for $1B
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Sales Cycle Times are increasing over last 3 years
Why? Beating the Revenue
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Gartner 2013, IDC 2013, Alinean 2013, Discover.org 2013