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How to Sell in a Recession: 3 Tips Based on Experience

Zoominfo

I spoke with Lou Wolf, VP of sales at ZoomInfo, to learn how he survived the recession that followed the dot-com crash of 2001 and the financial crisis of 2008. So I learned to cold call in a tight, tight recession.” triggered the world financial crisis of 2008.

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Focus on Content in B2B Marketing

Industrial Marketing Today

Cold calling is replaced by useful content and tools that help people find them and contact them for more information. Instead of interrupting people with television ads, inbound marketers create videos that prospects want to see. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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What is Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)? Definition, Calculation, Model, Benchmarks, and Examples!

Martech Advisor

This means, from 2004 to 2008, for 4 years, the company focused on user acquisition because they knew that once they have enough users advertising on their platform, the net CLV for each customer will be much higher in the long term. For example, did you know that Facebook turned profitable in 2009? Win-win and how!

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

I think the idea of an iTunes™ -like interface — and pay-as-you-go pricing structure — for viewing, sorting, and selecting B2B contacts is intriguing. I worry that this tool only ends up helping sales pick out cold calls to make, and is not used by marketers enough to segment, collect, and improve their prospecting databases.

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Tips for trade show exhibitors

Integrated B2B

Limit the hard sales talk that’s typical of phone-based sales or cold calls and stick to a script that’s built around organic lead generation. From great service to affordable pricing, use your top benefit to create a sales pitch that separates you from competitors. 5. Don’t be afraid to qualify.

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The state of earned media blogger outreach

Biznology

Part of the issue is that blogger and influencer outreach is no longer new, unique, human, or novel; another part is that there are a lot more people doing it so bloggers are getting deluged; and, post 2008, things have been very bleak out there, economy-wise; finally, there’s a lot of money in blogger outreach.

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Marketing’s Battle: How Big Data and Marketing Technology Helps Win The Game

Crimson Marketing

Then 2008’s recession slammed into Paychex’s market with hurricane force. This allows marketing to allocate resources more efficiently and conduct “drip” instead of “blast” campaigns, and replace cold calling with focused offers that only go to the best prospects.