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| Page 1 of 19 | Previous | Next | | | FEARLESS COMPETITOR JANUARY 11, 2012 60% of the Sales Cycle is Over – BEFORE a buyer talks to your Salesperson “On average (and with little variation among industries) customers will contact a Sales rep when they independently complete about 60% of the purchasing decision process.” ” This should be a wake-call for all leaders in companies who sell products to other businesses. The world is passing you by. Over half of the decision is complete before they talk to you. The Corporate Executive Board surveyed 1,900 buyers to uncover insights regarding purchasing behavior. “The survey results were surprising.” ” That data should surprise and shock you. What do you think? | | | | | | | | | FEARLESS COMPETITOR FEBRUARY 7, 2012 Almost 3 out of 4 B2B leads are NOT sales-ready. Better crank up Demand Generation In a Marketing Sherpa Case Study The Complex Sale: Lead scoring effort increases conversion 79% (click the link for the full case study) But we summarize here. It was found that almost 3 out of 4 leads (73%) being passed to sales are not sales-read y. This is a massive waste of time and money. Find New Customers needs to share this with top executives in B2B companies. By implementing Lead Scoring , the number of leads went down and revenues went up. Fewer leads means higher revenue. Lead scoring needs to be part of your marketing strategy. RESULTS. Converted leads increased 79%. | FEARLESS COMPETITOR JANUARY 14, 2012 6 Tips For Building a High Quality Blog Following Notice the (Editor’s note) on each item. Shane Snow is a New York-based tech journalist and co-founder of Contently.com , a marketplace for brand publishers and journalists. In 2010, New York City startup, Birchbox launched a blog about beauty products before it had any customers. The beauty sample delivery service – and its blog – exploded in popularity. million monthly unique visitors. | FEARLESS COMPETITOR FEBRUARY 13, 2012 The Goal of Marketing – Trust We can talk about integrated marketing, social media and content marketing till the cows come home. It doesn’t mean a hill of beans. What marketing is really all about, boiled down to its very essence is this: Earn the Trust of Prospective Buyers. That’s right – it’s all about trust. believe when we embrace the need to earn trust, we can re-think how we do marketing in the first place. | | | | | | | | | -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 How Businesses Use Social Media for Recruiting [INFOGRAPHIC] Erica Swallow of Mashable posted this and with so many out of work (and I was personally featured in the book Get Back to Work Faster ), I deemed it important to share – and I LOVE infographics. Thanks Erica. Erica’s bio follows the post. Savvy job seekers have turned to digital and social media tools to help them in their job searches , and now recruiters are on board with the power of social media as a recruiting tool. Take a look and let us know what you think of using social media to find a job. She also writes within Mashable ‘s business and marketing vertical. MORE >> -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2011 10 Essential PR Tips for Startups Erica Swallow is a technology and lifestyle writer. Sign up for her course on “ PR for Startups ” to learn more about getting media coverage for your fledgling business. From Mashable. The original post can be found here. We also edited it a bit to avoid duplicate content issues. Thanks Erica. It can be challenging for unknown start-ups to garner attention with the press — budgets are tight, relationships with journalists may not be that strong and explaining a new concept is difficult. Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. MORE >> -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2011 Laugh and Learn featuring @fearlesscomp | Episode 40 “Always Be Helping” B2B Demand Generation | Laugh and Learn. In his weekly B2B marketing show, Jeff Ogden, President of the B2B Demand Generation. Jeff Ogden. company Find New Customers shares an important marketing lesson using wit and humor. Laugh and Learn runs every Friday at 11am ET. In this episode, he shares a key business initiative at Find New Customers “ Always Be Helping and discusses the fame that his company has accrued from a “gift-giving approach and recommends other companies think the same way. “If more companies listened to ( Find New Customers) a lot more would be sold. MORE >> -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 A Terrible Prospecting Email Example Lead Generation Companies | How NOT to Prospect Using Email and Video. As we pointed out in this blog article “ The Current State of B2B Demand Generation “, most companies still use email as their main lead generation tool. So how well they use email is critical. This example shows how NOT to do it. This is an actual email a business partner received from a multi-billion dollar telephony company. It proves that even really big companies can send terrible emails. The company name and sales rep name has been removed to protect them. We wish to show an example, not punish them.). MORE >> -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, MAY 9, 2011 Find New Customers announces the release of our newest “cheat sheet” May 10, 2011, Bethpage, NY. New Cheat Sheet | 7 Keys to B2B Marketing Success is released. Find New Customers today announces the release of their newest B2B marketing “cheat sheet. This new cheat sheet follows the highly acclaimed “ 7 Keys to Lead Nurturing Success earlier and is part of our bi-monthly release of new marketing content in this series. More cheat sheets will follow. Keys to B2B Marketing Success – from Keywords to Metrics. Concise, easy to read with links to further information, this is sure be a great asset for B2B marketing leaders. MORE >>
- Buyer Personas are the Foundation upon which Demand Generation is Built FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
- Chart: Greatest Challenges for CMO’s FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011
- Search Engine Optimization is NOT B2B Demand Generation FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011
- Slideshare: The Quiet Giant of Content Marketing FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012
- The Future of Newspapers etc.is Digital FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012
- Webinar: 5 Ways to Differentiate Your Company in a Highly Competitive Marketplace FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012
- The Fatal Flaw in the Job Description/Resume Process FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
- Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing [INFOGRAPHIC] FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2011
- Consumer Choice in Education FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2011
- 5 Tips for Developing Strong Buyer Personas FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2011
- The Science of Marketing – @danzarrella Social Scientist of @hubspot on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013
- How to Turn a White Paper into a Content Marketing Machine FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013
- Why Every Company Needs a VP of Marketing or Chief Marketing Officer FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2013
- The Best B2B Marketing Ideas of 2010 – Final Recap FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2011
- B2B Buyers Don’t Trust Vendors’ Online Content: CMO Council FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013
- “Advertising is Great Story-Telling” Young and Rubicam CEO David Sable on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2013
- Insights from The CMO Club Innovation Summit – @MargaretMolloy on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
- Global social media leader at Ford @scottmonty on Marketing Made Simple TV at Social Media Camp NYC FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013
- 7 Keys to Lead Scoring Success – for your sales lead generation programs FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013
- The State of B2B Lead Generation – a great infographic by BuyerZone FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012
- How the World Has Changed – @guykawasaki on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013
- How to Organize a Digital Marketing Team – Lessons from Hubspot FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013
- 10 Things Your CEO Needs to Know Now about B2B Demand Generation FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013
- Selling Power TV – Aligning Sales and Marketing featuring marketing expert Jeff Ogden FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013
- Contagious – Why do some things go viral? Marketing Made Simple TV with @j1berger FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013
- The Awesome Power of Lead Nurturing FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012
- The Awesome Power of Guest Posts in Content Marketing FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
- Rise: 3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out As a Leader & Liking Your Life – Patty Azzarello on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
- Ten Questions to Sharpen Your Competitive Differentiation – Guest post by Laura Patterson FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2013
- “Keys to Human Centric Leadership” – @tedcoine on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013
- The Disjointed Problem of Content Marketing FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012
- Marketing Made Simple TV Re-launches; Web TV Show for Marketing Pros Features Fresh Content, Remarkable New Value for Viewers, Guests, Sponsors FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2013
- Marketing Attribution vs. Contribution – What’s Best? – @JimLenskold on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013
- Stan Phelps of @9inchmarketing on Marketing Made Simple TV “What’s Your Green Goldfish?” FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013
- Encore: Rise: 3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out As a Leader & Liking Your Life – Patty Azzarello on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
- Big News: Marketing Made Simple TV relaunched today – bigger and better! FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2013
- The B2B Content Marketing Strategy Checklist is finally here FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012
- Marketing Made Simple TV goes on hiatus FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013
- How to Find New Customers – The Definitive Guide to BtoB Demand Generation FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013
- The 7 Second Test for B2B Marketers FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010
- 7 Personality Traits of Top Salespeople – from Harvard Business Review FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011
- Where’s your marketing plan? The most important marketing tool. FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
- How ITSMA is Leveraging Marketing Made Simple TV to promote their offerings FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013
- What’s the Future of Business? – @briansolis on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013
- 4 BtoB Marketing Action Items for 2011 FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010
- How the famous marketing expert Guy Kawasaki Manages Social Media FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2013
- CMOs must walk in customers’ shoes – but data alone is not the answer when buyer personas are needed FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013
- Should You Hire Your Demand Generation Leader from your Competitor? FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
- Doubling Down on the Blog SEO Strategy. Sales Lead Generation becomes key. FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2013
- Developing an Integrated Content Marketing Strategy that Works – Guest Post FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2011
- 7 Keys to B2B Marketing Success FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011
- The big mistake most companies make in content marketing FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
- Meet @Hubspot Social Media Scientist @danzarrella LIVE On Marketing Made Simple TV! FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
- A TweetChart Analysis of our Keyword “Sales Lead Generation” FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2013
- The Best B2B Marketing Ideas of 2010 FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010
- 6 Keys to B2B Marketing Success Today FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010
- 16 Marketing Terms to Ban in 2011 FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010
- 9 Myths about BtoB Marketing by @billblaneyb2b FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013
- The crazy, complex world of B2B marketing today FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2011
- What’s the Biggest Challenge Facing Your Business Today? FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
- A Company that Fires No One = Job Security + Results! FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
- The Remarkable Marketing Made Simple TV show FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013
- 5 Critical Actions to Improve Data Quality FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012
- How B2B Sellers Can Address the Content Marketing Challenges FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011
- Weekend Summary of Highlights from the Fearless Competitor blog FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013
- How do you choose the right WordPress hosting solution for your websites? FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
- The Power of Servant Leadership – Good Advice for CEOs FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013
- 5 Tips for Engaging in Social Media for Business FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012
- IDC Announces the 2013 Chief Marketing Officer ROI Matrix, Providing Insights Into What Makes the Technology Industry’s Best-in-Class CMOs Successful FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013
- Encore: B2B from AtoZ – Digital Marketing with @BillBlaneyb2b on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013
- Content Marketing 101 FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012
- Laugh and Learn featuring @fearlesscomp | Episode 27 – Speak E.A.S.Y. FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2011
- Sales and Marketing Co-Creation – The Power of a Cold Beer FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
- “The Impact Equation” with Chris Brogan of Human Business Works on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013
- Job Descriptions and Resumes – A Badly Broken System in Need of Repair FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013
- Sales and Marketing Collaboration – Selling Power TV featuring marketing expert Jeff Ogden FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013
- Review of the book Sales Growth: 5 Proven Strategies from the World’s Sales Leaders FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2012
- The 10 Commandments of B2B Social Marketing – guest post by Mike Stiles of Vitrue FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011
- My Review of the book, Enchantment, by Guy Kawasaki FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011
- Top Challenges in B2B Content Marketing FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012
- Marketing automation starves without a Content Marketing strategy FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011
- Marketing Strategy to Revenues and Social with three top marketing experts FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
- “Secrets of Great Leaders” Robert Murray author of It’s Already Inside on Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013
- Congratulations on new Marketing Automation Software! Are You Ready to Take Care of It? FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012
- Some Key Differences Between Mad Marketing TV and Marketing Made Simple TV FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2013
- Laugh and Learn featuring the Fearless Competitor – Top B2B Ideas of 2010 – The Winner! FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011
- Linkedin Recommendations: How Many Do You Have? FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2012
- How to turn a good white paper into a great lead generation piece FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2011
- Cold Calling is Dead. No it isn’t. Cold is dead. Calling is not. FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011
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