February, 2012

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Confidence is the Feeling You Have Before You Understand the Situation

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James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. There are many marketing managers blithely tripping along feeling confident about themselves and their accomplishments who have never proven the return on investment for lead generation.

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6 Sales & Marketing Strategy Recommendations for 2012

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I’m an avid reader of Bob Apollo’s “Accelerating Revenue Growth” blog. Bob is the founder of Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners, a UK firm that engages with B2B companies to improve their sales and marketing strategy and drive revenue. He does a great job of clearly presenting, assessing and recommending solutions for today’s pressing sales lead management challenges.

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On Becoming a Top Sales Expert at Top Sales World

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I’m honored, thrilled and humbled (all at the same time!) to be selected a Top Sales Expert at Top Sales World , the international online community dedicated exclusively to sharing sales best practices. Becoming a member of the Top Sales Expert team is an exceptional honor for me as the group is comprised of 31 sales professionals who have joined this exclusive group over the past five years, and a maximum of four new members are elected each year.

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How to Make Social Sell: From Thought Leader to Thought Provoker

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Jeff Molander is a professional speaker, author of Off the Hook Marketing: How to Make Social Media Sell for You and adjunct faculty at Loyola University Business School. He blogs at www.offthehookblog.com and can be reached at jeff@jeffmolander.com. Why is it so difficult to generate actual leads and sales using social media in the B2B world? At risk of my wife divorcing me, I decided to take a year off and find out how those brands who were succeeding with social media were doing it.

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Improve Sales Lead Generation via Marketing Analytics Part 3: Seven Findings

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In this three-part series, the first article on marketing analytics looked at predictive targeting best practices, and the second article cited two sales lead generation programs to show how these processes actually drive improved results. This third and final article shares findings uncovered during an overall review of our lead contact strategies.

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Improve Sales Lead Generation via Marketing Analytics Part 2: Two Examples

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In the first article on marketing analytics , I discussed the best-practice processes involved in the review, assessment and continuous enhancement of sales lead generation programs to achieve improved results. Following are two examples of sales lead generation programs on which we combined our marketing analytics expertise with underlying technology.

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Eight Shortcuts to More Successful Sales & Marketing Collaboration

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Matt Heinz has more than 12 years of marketing, business development and sales experience from a variety of organizations, vertical industries and company sizes; including Microsoft, Weber Shandwick, Boeing, The Seattle Mariners, Market Leader and Verdiem. Matt began Heinz Marketing in 2007 to help clients focus their business on market and customer opportunities, then execute a plan to scale revenue and customer growth.

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