ViewPoint

APRIL 24, 2012

As much as marketing and sales best practices—not to mention just plain common sense—dictate that cost-per-lead not play a prominent role in managing and measuring B2B lead generation investments, the metric continues to prevail. I included the following in a blog on the cost-per-lead metric I wrote in the summer of 2010: “I continue to marvel at the high number of companies that only use cost-per-lead as a basis for lead generation buying decisions.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 18, 2012

My guest today for this third PowerViews interview is Trip Kucera, Senior Research Analyst at Aberdeen Group. His focus in the Marketing Effectiveness and Strategy practice helps his clients achieve extraordinary results. Prior to joining Aberdeen Group, he spent years in the trenches with companies including Progress Software, LogMeIn, and SuccessFactors.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 17, 2012

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. I know what you’re thinking, you’re saying to yourself, “Is he serious?” But in a recent post on the Sales Lead Management Group on LinkedIn, Kevin McArdle, the regional sales manager for Eloqua (Chicago), advocated that sales departments should take over lead gen and he makes the following points: Sales

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ViewPoint

APRIL 10, 2012

I’m really pleased to introduce you to PowerViews, a new series of Q&A video interviews that are all about providing solutions to the marketing and sales challenges we face today. It’s an honor for me to have as my very first guest Jonathan Farrington who is the CEO of Top Sales Associates and the Managing Director of Jonathan Farrington & Associates.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 3, 2012

I am an avid reader, but I have to admit to reading more novels than non-fiction. However, there was something about the description of Guy Kawasaki’s book, Enchantment that intrigued me. So, I ordered it and read it in just a couple of sittings. I liked the book because it is well written, enlightening, personal and has an intimacy I find missing in many business books.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 13, 2012

In this second episode of PowerViews, I have the pleasure of talking with Jeff Ernst who provides advisory services to CMO and marketing leadership professionals as Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. Jeff joined Forrester after spending 20 years in sales and marketing. He is the author of the book, The New Rules of Sales Enablement , the co-author of How to Create Killer Sales Playbooks , and he’s a regular contributor to B2B Magazine.

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