"The way you keep the best sales people is you need to give them something easy to sell. Otherwise they just go somewhere else." -- Jack Barker
Read moreThe Sturdy Step Stool of SMP Alignment
The step stool provides a simplified model that illustrates the interdependence of sales, marketing, product development, and strategy. Flaws in any one of the parts will make it an unstable platform.
Read moreThe ABCs of Engaging a Participating Advisor
Business is tough. Jack Welch calls it “messy and chaotic.” Answer an easy multiple choice question for some relief.
Read moreShoot for the Right Goal
Stephen Covey’s The 8th Habit sites a poll result that claims only 37% have a clear understanding of what their organization is trying to achieve and why. That would be like only 4 of 11 on a soccer team know which goal is theirs.
Read moreThe Best Practices Continuum
The Best Practices Continuum illustrates the journey from doing something badly to doing it perfectly. It takes time, commitment, practice, and coaching to get there.
Read morePress Release Featured in Design World
SMP Alignment is happy to share the press release from Design World posted June 28, 2016 with the title SMP Alignment - Aligning Sales, Marketing, and Product Development for Technical B2B Companies.
Read moreToo Much Conference Room Marketing?
When the marketing team is accused of not understanding customers, it is often because there is too much reliance on “conference room marketing.” Get out of the conference room to lose the stigma of being out-of-touch.
Read moreGoing Nowhere in a Round Canoe
Have you ever felt like the team is in a round canoe, where everyone is rowing really hard, but the boat mostly spins in circles and goes nowhere? If you have, this is a telltale sign of a misaligned team.
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