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One of the major constraints on Kiwi tech firms growing bigger, faster is sales efficiency - how they can sell more of their innovations at a lower cost. Often, this is because marketing teams aren’t delivering enough qualified leads to the sales team.

You know you need to invest in sales and marketing, but how much of your revenue should be committed? A key is understanding that the only reason marketing exists is to make your sales process more efficient.

The 2018 Market Measures survey, a joint initiative of Concentrate and Swaytech, has found that Kiwi high growth companies have 40% more sales people than non-high growth companies, across all company sizes.

The 2018 Market Measures survey is complete, and we’ve crunched the numbers so that Kiwi tech companies can gain insight into how to grow their business through sales and marketing, by learning from the best.

Brand awareness and lead generation plays an essential role in the acquisition of ‘tech tall poppy’ Pivot Software by ELMO.

Sales enablement is defined as the technology, processes, and content that empower sales teams to sell efficiently at a higher velocity. This makes the sales job easier, more transparent and more successful.

The ninth annual Market Measures survey of New Zealand hi-tech sales and marketing opened today. Conducted by Concentrate and Swaytech, and sponsored by New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, the study draws data from over 300 New Zealand-based technology companies on their approach to sales & marketing.

LinkedIn is a powerful tool to connect with prospects, and eventually close them into customers (65% of B2B companies have acquired a customer through LinkedIn!). With so much potential, here’s my top 5 tips (from a marketing consultant’s perspective) on how to become a LinkedIn tech sales legend.

Sales and marketing alignment is something that, while difficult, provides companies with many benefits if it works well. It’s quite a common thing for businesses to not have sales and marketing on the same page. We look at bringing the teams together through a service level agreement (SLA).

To scale our New Zealand tech businesses more effectively we need to enable more sales operatives, working within a systematic approach to generating, nurturing and converting sales opportunities. Here's three things you can do to reboot your sales and marketing.