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Revenue Operations
A New Way to Align Sales & Marketing, Monetize Data, and Ignite Growth

"Diorio and Hummel lay out a practical system for generating scalable and sustainable growth that applies to virtually any business - large or small - that wants to generate more growth and value."

- Bob Kelly, CEO, Sales Management Association

"Revenue Operations is an essential career roadmap for those that have made growth their cornerstone objective."

- Bob Liodice, President and CEO, The Association of National Advertisers

"Revenue Operations, a new business digest on how to assemble multiple functional disciplines being executed by different internal organizations and designing a system for a consistent, cost-effective revenue growth. Diorio and Hummel give the business community a playbook every executive team should be aware of to optimize the growth of their company. Revenue Operations is a must read that should be on every CEO’s list of executive and management books."

- Rich Ehld, Founder, Sirius Decisions

Stephen G. Diorio (Author), Chris K. Hummel (Author)

9781119871118, Wiley

Hardback, published 23 May 2022

304 pages
23.4 x 15.5 x 3 cm, 0.499 kg

Crush siloes by connecting teams, data, and technologies with a new systems-based approach to growth.

Growing a business in the 21st Century has become a capital intensive and data-driven team sport. In Revenue Operations: A New Way to Align Sales and Marketing, Monetize Data, and Ignite Growth, an accomplished team of practitioners, academics, and experts provide a proven system for aligning revenue teams and unlocking growth. The book shows everyone how to connect the dots across an increasingly complex technology ecosystem to simplify selling and accelerate revenue expansion. With Revenue Operations, you’ll understand what it takes to successfully transition to the new system of growth without killing your existing business. This practical and executable approach can be used by virtually any business - large or small, regardless of history or industry - that wants to generate more growth and value. By reading this book you will find:

  • Real-world case studies and personal experiences from executives across an array of high technology, commercial, industrial, services, consumer, and cloud-based businesses.
  • The six core elements of a system for managing your commercial operations, digital selling infrastructure, and customer data assets.
  • Nine building-blocks that connect the dots across your sales and marketing technology ecosystem to generate more consistent growth and a better customer experience at lower costs.
  • The skills and tools that next generation growth leaders will need to chart the roadmap for a successful career in any growth discipline for the next 25 years.

An indispensable resource for anyone who wants to get more from their business – board members, CEOs, business unit leaders, strategists, thought leaders, analysts, operations professionals, partners, and front-line doers in sales, marketing, and service - Revenue Operations is based on over one thousand surveys of and interviews with business professionals conducted during 2020 and 2021. It also includes a comprehensive analysis of the sales and marketing technology landscape. As a perfectly balanced combination of academic insight and data-driven application, this book belongs on the bookshelves of anyone responsible for driving revenue and growth.

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

Part I Revenue Operations, A System for Growth 1

1 Take Control of the Revenue Cycle 3

Introducing Revenue Operations, a New Way to Create Sustainable, Scalable Growth 3

The Financial Link Between Firm Value and Growth 7

The Challenges of Growth in the Twenty- First Century: Customers, Disruptions, and Fragmentation 15

2 Create Value and Impact from Revenue Operations 27

How Revenue Operations Creates Value 28

The Change Management Hurdle 32

Part II the Management System to Align Your Revenue Teams 35

3 Understand Six Pillars of the Management System 37

Commercial Leadership That Unifies Marketing, Sales, and Service 41

Commercial Operations That Support All Growth- Related Functions 44

Commercial Architecture That Maximizes the Return on Selling Assets 47

Commercial Insights Built on Customer Engagement and Seller Activity Data 50

Commercial Enablement Capabilities That Turn Your Technology into a “Force Multiplier” 54

Commercial Practices That Maximize Return from Customer Data, Technology, Content, and Intellectual Property Assets 56

4 Lead a Modern Business That Aligns Marketing, Sales, and Service 61

Growth Levers Across Executive Functions 61

A New Generation of Growth Leader Emerges 67

5 Use One of Three Leadership Models: The Tsar, the Federation, and the Chief of Staff 73

The Tsar: Putting a “CXO” in Charge of Revenue Teams 74

The Federation: An Alliance Among Leadership Functions 77

The Chief of Staff: A Revenue Operations “Rock Star” 83

Case Study: Enhancing Value Across the Company at GHX 84

Part III An Operating System for Conecting Technology, Data, Processes, and Teams 87

6 Assemble the Nine Building Blocks of Revenue Operations 89

What Does an Operating System for Business Look Like? 90

The Building Blocks of the Revenue Operating System 92

The Team That Connects the Most Dots Wins 94

7 Connect Your Data, Technology, and Channel Assets to Acquire More Customers 99

The Importance of Strategically Managing the Return on Commercial Assets 99

Building Block #1: Revenue Enablement – CRM, Content, and Learning Technologies That Support Selling 103

Building Block #2: Channel Optimization – Selling Channels That Maximize Effective and Efficient Interactions 110

Building Block #3: Customer- Facing Technology – The Owned Digital Selling Infrastructure That Manages Customer Touchpoints 123

8 Blend Data into Insights That Inform Selling Actions, Conversations, and Decisions in Real Time 131

Unlocking the Potential of Analytics to Ignite Growth 131

Building Block #4: Revenue Intelligence – Manage and Measure Financial Value 135

Building Block #5: Engagement Data Hub– Leverage Advanced Analytics to Connect Growth Assets to Value 143

Building Block #6: Customer Intelligence– Use Customer Data to Inform Decisions, Actions, and Conversations 147

9 Extract More Revenue and Margins from Your Teams and Resources 155

Building Block #7: Talent Development – Attract, Develop, and Retain Commercial Talent 157

Building Block #8: Revenue Optimization – Allocate People, Time, and Effort Against Opportunities 165

Building Block #9: Revenue Enhancement – Increase Revenue Yield with Better Packaging, Pricing, and Personalizing Offers 171

10 Tune the Revenue Operating System to Get Maximum Performance 177

Digitize Planning Processes to Improve Agility in Deploying Your Resources 179

Use Analytics to Make Better Predictions, Forecasts, and Investment Decisions 181

Adopt Advanced Modeling Techniques to Evaluate More Scenarios and Build Consensus 185

The Power of Simulations to “War Game” Scenarios, Pressure Test Plans, and Building a Common Purpose 189

The Power of Models to Algorithmically Balance and Tune Your Revenue Engine 191

Part IV How to Get Started and Drive Impact 193

11 Deliver Growth with Six Smart Actions 195

Deliver Growth with Smart Actions 196

Six Proven Smart Actions That Work 197

Get Better Visibility into the Revenue Cycle 198

Simplify the Selling Workflow 200

Share Marketing Insights with Frontline Sellers 201

Develop and Retain High- Performing Selling Talent 204

Make Selling Channels More Effective 205

Streamline and Personalize the Selling Content Supply Chain 208

12 Tailor Revenue Operations to Work for Your Business, Big or Small 211

How Revenue Operations Can Grow Revenues, Profits, and Value in Your Business 211

Transforming the Large Enterprise 212

Actions Enterprise Leaders Should Be Prioritizing 213

Achieving Hyper- Growth for Small Companies 217

Actions Hyper- Growth Leaders Should Be Prioritizing 218

13 Make the Business Case for Your Growth System, from Activity to Impact 223

Prioritize Actions That Will Generate Short- and Long- Term Value 223

A Financially Valid Framework for Connecting Smart Actions to Firm Value: The Revenue Value Chain 226

How to Apply the Financial Framework to Create Budget, Buy-In, and Action 228

14 Practical Tools to Take Control of Your Revenue Cycle 233

Glossary 243

References 255

Index 265

Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]

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