‘Despite Modern Marketing Improvements, Sales Alignment Challenges Persist’ – Forrester

Laura Ramos says, “C’mon, admit it. How many times have you heard this?:

“We generate a ton of leads for sales, and they barely follow-up on any of them.”

“Leads? You call those leads? Send us better leads so we CAN follow-up…”

Despite advances in marketing automation and an increased focus on accountability, the old sales-marketing divide is alive and well. Marketing technology and processes have yet to turn the sales and marketing boxing ring into a night of candlelit dinners.

And similar tensions will likely persist since these teams have different charters and timelines under which they operate. Marketing and sales may share demand creation goals, but they don’t get measured in the same way or with the same metrics“.

Despite Modern Marketing Improvements, Sales Alignment Challenges Persist

The Forrester Blog