Positioning with April Dunford

How to Create Marketing and Sales Alignment


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Today, I go deep on how to approach aligning your marketing and sales teams. It’s a topic I repeatedly hear most companies struggling with, and I’m excited to discuss the following:

  • The definition of what a good lead is 
  • How to get marketing and sales to collaborate on a sales pitch
  • The importance of incorporating a sales pitch testing protocol 
  • Why you need structure to bring together marketing, sales, and product teams

  • We’re getting so close to the launch of my next book, Sales Pitch! You can pre-order it today on Amazon with the links below: 

    Amazon Canada

    Amazon USA

    Amazon UK

    If you want to skip ahead:

    (00:00) Welcome and new book

    (01:05) Marketing and sales alignment

    (02:17) What is a good lead

    (06:10) How marketing builds sales pitches

    (09:05) Bringing marketing, sales, product, and executives together to craft positioning 

    (13:40) Create a sales pitch testing protocol 

    (20:19) Before you bring teams together, make sure you have structure 

    Where To Find April Dunford:

    Podcast Website: https://www.positioning.show/ 

    Personal Website: https://www.aprildunford.com/ 

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprildunford/ 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aprildunford/ 

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/aprildunford

    Production and marketing by https://penname.co/

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