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Marketing & Sales Alignment
Foundations of Alignment
Why Alignment Matters
What is Marketing & Sales Alignment
The True Cost of Misalignment
Smarketing, RevOps, and Alignment Explained
8 Warning Signs Your Teams Are Misaligned
The Alignment Maturity Model
Alignment for SMB vs Mid-Market vs Enterprise
Shared Definitions
The Contract Layer
Marketing & Sales Alignment Glossary
Building a Shared ICP Both Teams Sign Off On
Buyer Persona vs Deal Persona
What Is an MQL: Joint Definition Framework
What Is an SQL: Acceptance vs Qualification
The Agreed Full-Funnel Model
Lead Qualification & Scoring
Scoring Frameworks
Joint Lead Scoring: Fit + Intent + Behavior
Fit Scoring vs Intent Scoring
BANT vs MEDDIC vs CHAMP
Score Thresholds: MQL to SQL
Why Lead Scoring Decays Every 90 Days
When You Don't Need Lead Scoring
The Handoff
MQL to SQL in Practice
MQL to SQL Handoff Process
The 5-Minute Response SLA
Lead Rejection and Recycling
Lead Routing Rules
Handoff Documentation Checklist
MQL/SQL Agreement Template
SLAs & Feedback Loops
The Trust Layer
Marketing-Sales SLA Template
Closed-Loop Reporting Explained
Win/Loss Feedback to Marketing
The Weekly Lead-Quality Call
MQL-Rejection Feedback Loop
Joint Operations & RevOps
Running the Engine Together
RevOps as the Alignment Glue
CRM as the Single Source of Truth
Joint Pipeline Review Cadence
Forecasting Together
Attribution Models Both Teams Trust
Scaling Alignment SMB to Enterprise
Joint Programs
Working Side-by-Side
ABM + ABS: The Joint Playbook
Sales Enablement: Content vs Field Needs
Voice of Customer from Win/Loss
Co-Running Events and Webinars
AE to CSM Lifecycle Handoff
Org, Tools & Metrics
Measuring Alignment
Alignment Maturity Diagnostic
8 Shared Dashboards Every Monday
Sourced vs Influenced Pipeline
The Aligned Tool Stack
Common Alignment Failures and Fixes
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