Jeff Davis - Create Togetherness: Transform Sales and Marketing to Exceed Modern Buyers Expectations and Increase Revenue

Praise for create togetherness.

In Create Togetherness , Jeff Davis goes beyond just facts and figures to help business leaders deeply understand why and where the sales and marketing relationship breaks down. Jeff brings a fresh and unique perspective that helps B2B marketing and sales leaders understand how they can finally and sustainably align. This book is immensely valuable for any c-suite executive looking to position their organization for growth.

Mary Shea ,
Ph.D., Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

Sellers and marketers must be aligned and in agreement on their buyers needs in order to meet revenue goals. Jeff Davis understands deeply what it means for sales and marketing teams to achieve this, and Create Togetherness is a great representation of that. Whether at a company that is struggling with misalignment, or one that simply wants to help take their go-to-market teams to the next level, readers will find a lot of value in this book.

Ed Calnan,
President and Founder, Seismic

Im so excited that Jeff Davis wrote Create Togetherness. He continues to be at the forefront of helping B2B leaders transform their thinking about sales and marketing. It is not easy to do so, but he pulls it off by having the tough conversations and speaking plainly about the changes that have to happen to win a modern buyer.

Trish Bertuzzi,
CEO, The Bridge Group, Inc.,
author of The Sales Development Playbook

Create Togetherness is a must-read for any company leader who wants to win in todays complex B2B selling environment. Jeff Davis offers an extremely unique perspective on alignment that will resonate with both sales and marketing leaders because of his extensive experience in both fields. Alignment is the future of B2B, and Jeff does a stellar job of showing us how to get there.

Roderick Jefferson ,
CEO, Roderick Jefferson & Associates, LLC

Jeff Davis has an amazing way of helping sales and marketing leaders understand how they can become better partners in order to close more deals, faster. He is without a doubt an authority when it comes to helping B2B organizations transform their sales and marketing teams into a high-performing Revenue Engine and Create Togetherness proves that fact.

Brian Everett,
CEO, Transportation Marketing and Sales Association

The ageless battle between sales and marketing has led both functions to underperform and under-contribute for too long. Finally, Jeff Davis offers a wonderful solution for leaders and members of both functions to come together and create competitive capabilities neither function could on their own. His blueprint for co-creating an integrated revenue machine will enable sales and marketing leaders to thrive in areas where theyve long floundered. If you are a sales or marketing leader, keep this book handy on the edge of your desk. Youll be so glad you did.

Ron Carucci ,
bestselling author of Rising to Power: The Journey of Exceptional Executives , and Managing Partner at Navalent

Create Togetherness: Transform Sales and Marketing To Exceed Buyers Expectations and Increase Revenue

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To Ella Davis-Greer for her unwavering support of people achieving their highest potential. For me, you have made all of this possible. I love you, mom.

Sales and marketing leaders will continue to see the increasing importance of building a Revenue Engine that aligns both teams efforts as the only way to connect with the modern buyer. The way buyers interact with B2B companies is in the midst of a seismic shift. Those leaders who commit to an alignment transformation will be winners in the new B2B economy. Those who dont will be at a stark disadvantage .

Jeff Davis,
Founder & CEO,
JD2 Consulting Group

Foreword

From the Sales Leader

Every sales leader knows its become more challenging to achieve revenue growth in todays complex B2B selling environment. With the modern buyer demanding a more cohesive and seamless buying experience, many leaders are starting to realize they must find a better way for sales and marketing to work together.

Jeff Davis intimately understands how to transform sales and marketing into better strategic alignment. He leverages his professional experience of 15+ years in sales, marketing, and business development from Fortune 100 companies to early-stage startups. His passion for improving the relationship between sales, marketing, and the modern buyer have led him to exclusively focus his energy on helping companies build high-performing Revenue Engines.

Davis is definitely the go-to resource when B2B leaders want to better understand how to align their teams. Through keynoting conferences, producing the TheAlignmentPodcast.com , and delivering hands-on executive workshops, he consistently produces highly valuable thought leadership that inspires leaders to shift their mindset and approach to the sales and marketing relationship.

His book Create Togetherness is a perfect example of his passion and commitment to fundamentally changing the way B2B organizations approach sales and marketing, as well as the customer experience. Davis empowers B2B leaders with actionable insights, frameworks, templates, and other business tools that create clarity for when they decide to begin the alignment transformation journey in their organizations.

As a sales leader, its exciting to have a resource like this who provides a blueprint for how sales leaders should approach leveraging their marketing team to more effectively and consistently hit revenue targets in the modern B2B selling environment.

Craig Wortmann,
CEO, Sales Engine Inc.,
Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship,
Founder & Executive Director of the Kellogg Sales Institute
Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University,
and Operating Partner, Pritzker Group Venture Capital

From the Marketing Leader

Sales and marketing alignment is an age-old topic that continues to be a major challenge for B2B companies. There have been many studies showing how lack of alignment is a huge blocker to revenue growth for companies and conversely can be a major competitive advantage when done right. In Create Togetherness, Jeff Davis brings keen insight to helping leaders see why this conflict continues to be dysfunctional. He then offers a clear path to improving sales and marketing collaboration and shows how to empower leaders to transform sales and marketing into one team focused on growth.