markempa

MAY 21, 2007

Build your personal prospecting engine - Leverage these activities by communicating with your prospects, customers, networks and alliance partners in a consistent manner by using traditional direct marketing methods such as direct mail, phone calls, personal publicity, and email campaigns. Dig your well before you’re thirsty.

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markempa

MAY 8, 2006

« Lead generation with Podcasts | Main | Why CEOs Must Be Actively Involved in Lead Generation » Personal lead generation tools If you do lead generation (a.k.a. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

JANUARY 3, 2006

Wow, I havent posted here in a month but I promise you will see a lot more activity soon. Wow, I havent posted here in a month but I promise you will see a lot more activity soon. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 In the meantime, I wanted to give you an update.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 15, 2005

« Lead Generation via white papers and webinars | Main | Better Sales and Marketing Integration » Combine Your Cold Calling Efforts With Email Marketing Targeted e-mail combined with outbound calling is the ideal 1-2 punch for increasing leads, sales activity and revenue.

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markempa

OCTOBER 19, 2006

from cadenceblog One of my main responsibilities in the past few years was to increase marketing activities. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Read More] Tracked on October 20, 2006 at 06:34 PM » Who is responsible for lead generation - Marketing or Sales?

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markempa

DECEMBER 21, 2006

It seems they would rather spend their budgets on things that drive activity (which is often wasted) over results measurement. It seems they would rather spend their budgets on things that drive activity (which is often wasted) over results measurement.

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markempa

MAY 18, 2007

Integrate sales and marketing activity by using the same database or CRM system. Share effectiveness measurements from recent lead generation activities. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Then be understood.” Close-the-loop on each sales lead being generated.

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markempa

JANUARY 4, 2006

Return on investment measurement difficulty: Direct return from lead generation activity takes time to surface. Return on investment measurement difficulty: Direct return from lead generation activity takes time to surface. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

NOVEMBER 14, 2005

In the complex sale, the length of the buying cycle make the connection between on-the-web activity and the off-line decision to purchase much more difficult to trace. In the complex sale, the length of the buying cycle make the connection between on-the-web activity and the off-line decision to purchase much more difficult to trace.

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markempa

MAY 23, 2005

Seven Strategies for the New Year Here are a few strategies that I would ad: Develop a lead generation calendar - map out your activities and then really follow it! No matter how busy you are make time to do lead generation activities. No matter how busy you are make time to do lead generation activities.

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markempa

JULY 7, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Further follow-up? Leads for nurturing.

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markempa

MAY 20, 2005

Also, we’d like to understand your practice’s focus better because we are actively working this market and expect to find opportunities that need strategic expertise such as yours. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Would you be interested in exploring this further?"

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markempa

MAY 28, 2005

My experience is that most companies celebrate the quantity of appointment activity but the revenue results from the appointments are seldom measured. My experience is that most companies celebrate the quantity of appointment activity but the revenue results from the appointments are seldom measured. I doubt it. If that happened here.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 25, 2010

Yet according to CSO Insight’s 2010 Sales Performance Optimization study, only 52% of sales reps met quota in 2009, and companies achieved only 78% of their revenue plans. This is the function that prospects into accounts where there is no active or pre-existing interest. Sales development / prospecting. Customer success. Learn More.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

To determine the comparative TCA of these platforms, Alinean conducted independent, in-depth interviews with 100 directors of database administration and senior-level database administrators regarding their database environments, user populations and database administration activities. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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markempa

MARCH 2, 2007

But marketers often get so wrapped up in driving activity that they seem to forget its about driving sales conversion. " Its not about more activity. But marketers often get so wrapped up in driving activity that they seem to forget its about driving sales conversion. " Its not about more activity.

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Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. As the impressions from takeaways build, your credibility will grow and active engagement will follow. Active words are much better than passive words. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Brian Carroll's book Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. MarketingSherpa.

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Anything Goes Marketing

MAY 17, 2009

What I have done is reviewed the tweets from the latest SiriusDecisions Summit 2009 and captured points that I thought were interesting and categorized them. Technorati Tags: B2B Marketing , sales marketing alignment , lead management , lead nurturing , Twitter , BtoB , social media , demand waterfall , marketing automation , marketing ROI.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

and implicit (behavior, activity, interest, etc.) – that both sales and marketing believe distinguish hot leads from the rest. Again, scores change with activity levels and age. BtoB magazine and the Sales Lead Management Association reported last week that 45.4% And they are prepared to have this conversation every quarter.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 18, 2012

BtoB Magazine ). Yet only 47% of b2b marketers say they are actively using LinkedIn vs. 90% on Facebook. members are becoming less active there. Between mid-2009 and late 2011, “messaging friends declined 12%, searching for new contacts fell 17% and joining a group of Facebook users dropped 19% in the U.S.”

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

SiriusDecisions recommends that the performance of sales enablement programs and investments be tracked in four dimensions, successively implementing these metrics to assure sales enablement return on investment: Usage and Activity – are the tools you are providing being used to the scope and level expected?

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The survey highlights this, with Leaders growing investments over laggards in: innovative marketing activities around e-platforms; engaging clients through social media, and; developing custom content. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

The good news is that todays buyer wants to be engaged, with 9 out of 10 actively relying on vendor provided information on their way to making a purchase decision. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Pepper’s and Rogers say it best in that: “Customers are the only reason you build factories, hire employees, schedule meetings, lay fiber-optic lines, or engage in any business activity. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Without customers, you dont have a business.&#

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Report: CMOs Eager To Integrate Social Tools by MediaPost Online Media Daily Gavin O’Malley reports that chief marketing officers have embraced social media: “From Facebook to Twitter, a full 90% of chief marketing officers now participate in an average of three or more social media activities.” And much more.

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