markempa

NOVEMBER 22, 2006

The DMA report found that the phone and e-mail produced the highest response rates respectively—among direct marketing media channels in terms of generating leads. The report also found that e-mail continues to have a high response rate too. The report also found that e-mail continues to have a high response rate too.

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Anything Goes Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Sometimes it’s What’s Missing That Counts I was reading MarketingSherpa’s 2009 Email Marketing Benchmarking Guide looking for useful metrics and tips. A common theme in 2009 is that marketers need to prove the value of their marketing spend in even greater detail. We’ll come back to this story – let’s focus back on email marketing.

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markempa

MARCH 30, 2007

Lets say you want to invite, via e-mail, a specific group of individuals in your database to a webinar or webcast. Or perhaps you’d like to do a targeted, direct-mail campaign to a select group of people on behalf of their salesperson. Then use additional third party list sources to fill in missing companies and contacts.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 28, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website A Blogging Style to Call Your Own by Achinta Mitra on April 28, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing Creating a blog is not too difficult but building an active community around it is.

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markempa

OCTOBER 22, 2005

Dimensional mail was close behind at 5.28 percent, and e-mail produced an average response rate of 3.39 The data came from over 500 campaigns from 21 industries and tracked 19 different tactics including: outbound telemarketing, direct mail, search marketing, and e-mail among others.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 12, 2009

2. Don’t simply ask people to come to a meeting by calling or emailing, send them a meeting invitation: Most calendar programs have this option, which emails the person with a meeting request that they need to reply to with “yes”, “no” or “propose another time” (those are the standard options in MS Outlook). United States License.

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markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

« Cold Calling Tips for the complex sale | Main | Give Lead Generation Some Respect » Paper Direct Mail is Not Dead Jim Logan tells us why Paper Direct Mail is Not Dead. Jim also shares ideas on how to leverage direct mail and combine it with other lead generation modalities to capture a higher response rate.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2005

« Getting your sales channel to really follow-up on sales leads | Main | Its a New Year for Lead Generation for the Complex Sale » E-Mail Marketing Relevance Tips And Resources For B2B Lead Generation Universally, marketers love to use e-mail marketing for nurturing and cultivating future opportunities with their target audiences.

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markempa

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Those who subscribe to this blog via my feedblitz e-mail notification are already familiar with the blogletter concept. Those who subscribe to this blog via my feedblitz e-mail notification are already familiar with the blogletter concept. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

MARCH 2, 2006

How can you make sure your e-mail message gets a response? How can you make sure your e-mail message gets a response? FREE lead generation consultation from InTouch Just Tell Us How To Contact You First and Last Name Company Email Telephone Ext. Wheres the best place to start when selling to a BIG company? Does it work?

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markempa

MAY 21, 2007

While I disagree that this is the most effective way to generate leads, it’s important to note that the tenets offered in this post can be just as valuable to sales people doing their own personal lead generation as it to a dedicated marketing team. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

APRIL 6, 2006

« Best Practices in Demand Generation | Main | Personal lead generation tools » Lead generation with Podcasts The audience for podcasts is tiny, when compared to other marketing mediums, but growing especially, in the context of the complex sale. Link: BtoBOnline.com: Firm showcases owners personality with podcasts.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 22, 2006

« E-mail and the phone have high response rates, DMA report finds | Main | Where do Your Email Newsletters go? MarketingProfs.com: Five Proven Ways to Waste Money With Pay-per-Click Advertising FREE lead generation consultation from InTouch Just Tell Us How To Contact You First and Last Name Company Email Telephone Ext.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Main | E-mail and the phone have high response rates, DMA report finds » Podcast: Tradeshow and Event Marketing with Ruth Stevens Are you finding that trade shows or events are a “waste of time” for lead generation? Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

JUNE 26, 2006

« Sales and Marketing as a Team: Five Tips to Improve Performance | Main | Direct mail for the complex sale that really works » Podcast: Duct Tape meets Lead Generation for the Complex Sale Im a guest on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast today hosted by John Jantsch. Its terrific.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Adding a Twitter field to your contact records is only a start. The sales or support representative should speak directly through whatever medium the contact prefers. We need to relate that contact to the networks where they participate, which requires we build programs tailored to each of those channels.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

Influence: This is a measure of the likelihood of a person recommending your company or brand. I don’t mean to suggest that you should ignore other channels of customer engagement such as your email opens, click-throughs, landing page hits, webinar sign-ups and Contact Us forms. Bigger the number, the better is your name recognition.

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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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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 15, 2010

Success story #3: Consultant specializing in accelerating business growth for global companies Redesigned his business website with personal branding and highlighting his expertise using an online article library. This guide will walk you through each step involved in creating a roadmap for a successful business Website.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

We couldn’t reach half the contacts.” This is of particular importance because most content syndication leads, unlike those that arrive directly via say, a corporate Website or an e-mail campaign, don’t arrive in real time. We had real problems with lead quality.” “We People said they couldn’t remember downloading the white paper.”

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markempa

JUNE 27, 2006

« Direct mail for the complex sale that really works | Main | The B2B Lead Generation Blog Wins Best B-to-B Marketing Blog in MarketingSherpas Readers Choice Awards » Podcast: Interview on the Cullinane & Green Report I was interviewed by podcasting experts Joe Cullinane and Roger Green on the Cullinane & Green Report.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

That’s a shame and here’s why — among the top ten in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2009 , IBM was listed at #2, Microsoft, GE and Intel at number 3, 4 and 9 respectively. Most CEOs of manufacturing, engineering and technical companies do not believe in the value of brand building and consider it the domain of consumer marketing (B2C).

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markempa

JANUARY 3, 2006

« E-Mail Marketing Relevance Tips And Resources For B2B Lead Generation | Main | Top Six Lead Generation Challenges for the Complex Sale in 2006 » Its a New Year for Lead Generation for the Complex Sale Greetings and happy New Year! I got this milestone e-mail (for a first time author) from my editor at McGraw-Hill.

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markempa

JUNE 29, 2007

They also have practical data on search, email, PR, direct mail, lead generation, trade shows, podcasting, telemarketing, budgeting and more. Listen to podcast now (31 min MP3) FREE lead generation consultation from InTouch Just Tell Us How To Contact You First and Last Name Company Email Telephone Ext.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 22, 2010

For example, don’t : • Send out an impersonal mass mailing; • Send only a press release, or a release with just a brief introductory note, and expect coverage; • Take a “shotgun&# approach, sending irrelevant announcements to a large number of bloggers; and don’t. Follow up after 3-4 days if you haven’t heard back. .

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

However, I did get a lot of speaking opportunities, PR opportunities, book comment opportunities, even books people would mail to me unsolicited (aka Schwag!) Wiley contacted me about becoming an author and after some back and forth on the title of the book we settled on Facebook Marketing for Dummies (due out in the fall).

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

Following up on direct mail campaigns. FREE lead generation consultation from InTouch Just Tell Us How To Contact You First and Last Name Company Email Telephone Ext. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Following up on requests for information. Validating direct marketing lists.

Telemarketing 120

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Creation Made Easy by Achinta Mitra on August 24, 2009 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Blog Are you struggling with creating content? REVEAL Adding a personal experience helps to humanize your content.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your peril by Achinta Mitra on January 26, 2010 in Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development Is you current website an asset or a liability?

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be by Achinta Mitra on May 3, 2010 in Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog Remember the U.S. I’m assuming you want your business blog to be more than just a personal journal.

Business Blogging 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Re-purpose - The same content can be modified for use with different personas and verticals to increase relevance and personalization rather than relying on general, one-size-fits-all content to meet the needs of a variety of audiences. Refresh - Content gets stale over time. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Planning 60

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markempa

APRIL 18, 2005

The best lead generation techniques are: Your website Search engine marketing Outbound telemarketing Direct mail Trade shows (if the audience is highly qualified) Nigel includes a link to Ruths PPT slides via PDF. FREE lead generation consultation from InTouch Just Tell Us How To Contact You First and Last Name Company Email Telephone Ext.

Lead Generation 120

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing Content to Engage and Sell by Achinta Mitra on July 6, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies Marketing 101 teaches you “Customers buy benefits and not product features.”

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More With Less? Next, I came across a blog post written back in September of 2009 by Rohit Bhargava of Influential Marketing Blog. Rohit may be the first person to have coined the term “content curator.”

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markempa

JUNE 27, 2006

from marketing-blog.biz Marketing für Besserwerber Es war eine Riesenüberraschung, als uns gestern abend folgende E-Mail erreichte:Youre a Best Blog Winner!Hello Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Hello - Congratulations! Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees.

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Anything Goes Marketing

APRIL 5, 2009

One of the themes for marketers in 2009 is “doing more with less”. After reading Ed Henrich’s excellent article on ClickZ Top 10 Triggered E-mail Programs to Build Relevance , I wanted to take a more B2B slant on it but as you’ll see, many of the triggered email programs apply to both B2B and B2C.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? The first type uses a self-serve model and is typically completed in the very first sales interaction, be it in person or online. I appreciate you sharing your personal experiences.

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