With 2020 drawing to a close, it is imperative to adapt to a post-CoVid world and fast. With the pandemic’s repercussions more far-reaching than predictable, it is becoming necessary to re-evaluate marketing strategies that worked before and how communications need to change in the coming year.
It starts with aligning the sales and marketing teams. While this is very easy to get on board with, executing it and having the teams work in concert is tough. With the current state of evolution, the units are most often than not sitting in different locations. Whether separate floors, offices, cities, or countries is irrelevant. Reconciliation will prove challenging, as sales and marketing are usually seen as two individual teams with traditionally disparate objectives and metrics.