Sales, Marketing and Public Relations - Convergence means success

It is time for Sales, Marketing and Public Relations departments start working together.  Convergence for these departments is key to success.

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Every organization has objectives. Even if they are not clearly written, they are there.  Every part of that organization is working to meet common objectives.  Even if they are not guided, or have clear information on what those objectives are, they are hired for a purpose.

So let's talk success and teamwork.  Is it not common sense that we should all work as a team to achieve what we set out to do?  Is not a chain stronger when they are all linked together?  Now there is no excuse.  We have the technology to make this happen, but

Now there is no excuse.  We have the technology to make this happen, but unfortunately, the 'old way' of doing things is getting in the way. Sales, Marketing & Public Relations have been acting like oil and water.  It is time for

It is time for change.  It is time to shake things up a little and start being exceptional.  Let's start thinking and acting 'outside of the box'.  It does not mean that we throw everything out the window that we have been doing over the years, but stepping away and looking at your processes and cultural ways with fresh eyes will give you rejuvenated perspective.  Conversations across various departments will give you skills and talent that you perhaps didn't even realize you had.

Tips below on how and why sales and marketing should converge.

1. Culturally increase cross conversations between Marketing & Sales so that it is more 'our' thing rather than yours or my thing.
2. Pay your staff to perform as a team.
3. Look at the details (i.e. make sure your team can articulate your story) - no one person is going to close deals.
4. Single objective - everyone doing their job to achieve this objective
5. You have to be extreme (outside the norm of what you have always done) - you are ALL in the mission to sell, ALL in the same team.  Get rid of org chart and build a team."

The 5 tips above are from Todd & Dan's video segment: Marketing vs. Sales, or Breaking Down the Silos in 2012: From SalesChaosTV Video Discussion . Great reference for forward thinking tips on how sales and marketing should be done now and moving forward.

Related Resources

• Lee Odden Digital Convergency: Marketing & Public Relations
• Clay Shirk's Book - Here Comes Everybody
• Arbinger Group - Leadership and Self Deception:  Getting out of the box