Entries by John Stone

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Chief Revenue Officer Success – The First 90 Days

Written with contributions from Ed Funaro As growth focused companies realize the critical synergies required across the marketing, sales and customer success functions, they are increasingly recruiting a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) to lead the way. Yet many CROs fail without a properly defined role and an adequate onboarding process. It is vital to ensure […]

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Professional Selling with LinkedIn

Professional selling, at its core, is senior selling. It’s not about managing a junior team, but rather about seasoned experts doing the selling themselves – building personal brands, actively cultivating networks, and engaging prospects with unparalleled thought leadership and insights. Whether you’re a consultant adopting a seller-doer model or an expert selling high-value products and […]

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9 Questions for Your Sales and Marketing Plan

Accelerated, predictable, and sustainable revenue growth requires a company-wide commitment. When developing a marketing plan, consider these questions. These can help you develop your Revenue Architecture and expand your revenue performance potential.

The 9 dimensions take a broad view of revenue growth dimensions and help you focus your sales and marketing planning.

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Have Something to Say, and Say it Well

Persuasive Communications Enhances Sales and Marketing  Persuasive Communications helps you communicate more effectively and deliver your message in a logical and persuasive manner. A very useful framework  for communicating and persuasive arguments is S-C-Q-A. At Revenue Architects, when discussing a client presentation, we often ask each other, “What is the S-C-Q-A? ”.