Straight answers to the questions CEOs, marketers and sales leaders ask about pipeline, RevOps, demand gen, outbound and sales enablement.
Refine Labs, Directive, Powered by Search and Kalungi each fit a different demand gen problem. Which one matches yours, and when the gap is measurement.
The ABM Agency, Directive, Ironpaper and TripleDart each fit a different ABM motion. Which one matches yours, and when the real gap is your account list.
RevPartners, Aptitude 8, Go Nimbly and Winning by Design each solve a different RevOps problem. Which one fits yours, and when the gap is demand instead.
Alignment isn't a workshop. It's a written SLA, one shared ICP, and a weekly cadence with real numbers. Here's the mechanism, step by step.
MQL, SAL, and SQL mark three distinct handoffs in the B2B funnel. What each one means, why SAL comes before SQL, and how to define them so reporting works.
Deciding between an in-house RevOps hire and a RevOps agency? Use build-vs-buy criteria based on scope, speed, and who actually runs the demand motion.
The best B2B outbound and business development agencies for mid-market manufacturers compared: Abstrakt, SalesRoads, Martal, Gorilla 76 and Swivel.
Roughly 97% of B2B site visitors never fill out a form. Website de-anonymization reveals who they are, but identification alone isn't qualification.
Build competitive battlecards reps actually use: the fields to include, where the content comes from, a worked example, and how to keep them accurate.
82% of B2B execs say sales and marketing are aligned. 65% of the people doing the work disagree. The real warning signs, and what each one costs you.
Spend ad dollars and rep time on the bottom of the funnel first: the accounts most ready to buy. How to prioritize by buying stage.
Most B2B marketing stops at the MQL handoff. A revenue lifecycle mindset keeps you accountable through SQL and Opportunity. Here is what that looks like.

Most of the questions on this blog come back to the same 20 pieces. The guide walks through all of them, in 90+ pages of exactly how it’s done.
Monthly sales and marketing insights from the Swivel team: sales enablement, marketing tech, CRMs, content strategy and performance tracking.