Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 17, 2009

I have invited our Panel of B2B Marketing Experts to reflect on 2009 and answer the following question: What was your aha moment in 2009 ? Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog. Brian Carroll's book Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management B2B Thought Leadership 100

markempa

FEBRUARY 1, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! Webinars which is better?

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Generation Leads Lead 120

markempa

JANUARY 23, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Sales Work Management B2B Marketing 120

markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Marketing Budget SIC Budget Programs 120

markempa

AUGUST 22, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! " Let me see.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Thought Leadership Generation Thought Leadership 120

markempa

APRIL 5, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Lead Generation Demand 120

markempa

AUGUST 10, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Report 120

markempa

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Generation Work Management Leads 120

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JUNE 10, 2009

The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals from May 2009. How to Use Twitter for Business - WebMarketCentral , May 6, 2009. Buzz Marketing for Technology , May 28, 2009. Marketing Interactions , May 12, 2009. Why is measuring Lead Gen in Social Media so hard? Leads (15).

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership B2B Buzz 40

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JUNE 10, 2009

The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals from May 2009. How to Use Twitter for Business - WebMarketCentral , May 6, 2009. Buzz Marketing for Technology , May 28, 2009. Marketing Interactions , May 12, 2009. Why is measuring Lead Gen in Social Media so hard? Leads (15).

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership B2B Buzz 40

The Effective Marketer

APRIL 6, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Selecting the Right Email Marketing Provider You either have or will have to evaluate and select an email marketing software provider at some point in your marketing career. United States License. United States License.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Planning 100

The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Number of leads generated? A method of selling hot-dog on the street can be used to sell software, but I wouldn’t follow it by the letter. If you are a blogger and your readers are software entrepreneurs, you can’t really expect that the bag of tricks used to attract social media consultants will work the same way.

Marketing Budget 100

Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 100

markempa

NOVEMBER 8, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

Work Management 120

Work Management Marketing Management Lead Generation B2B Sales 120

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Take for instance the following: The average webcasts captures 441 registrants Attendee participation is usually 50-60% of registrations 15-30% of registrants are sales-qualified opportunities The numbers above should be enough for you to go back to your own metrics and see how you compare. United States License. United States License.

Webinar Metrics 100

Webinar Metrics Webcast Marketing Automation Services Sales Qualified Leads 100

markempa

MAY 23, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

CMO 120

CMO Lead Generation Marketing Budget BtoB 120

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 10, 2011

This means that is time to update my previous charts on marketing automation funding (see below) and the funding timeline, because HubSpot just surpassed Marketo as the highest funded marketing software vendor to date. For Eloqua, at least, they say there’s no need to worry since HubSpot is serving a very different market.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Hubspot 100

Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

American multinational software company, Autodesk raised its trial usage by 40% and conversion rates by 15% while Extraco Bank raised its customer acquisitions by 700%.”. Has your B2B brand already implemented email automation for lead generation? Apart from engagement, gamification’s revenue effects are also impressive.

B2B Marketing 120

B2B Marketing B2B Marketing & Strategy Interactive Marketing 120

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 24, 2011

According to a recent chart published by MarketingSherpa (below), 80% of marketers don’t spend time qualifying leads before sending them to sales. What information is required before leads are passed to sales? Sales keeps insisting on receiving better leads, marketing knows that is an issue, but still they are not delivering.

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget Creation 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 18, 2011

[link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention? Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Cost per Lead 100

Cost per Lead Planning Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 3, 2011

The Goal of Marketing Software The need for marketing software comes from the necessity to better understand customer behavior across multiple channels. This is a shift from the traditional back-seat marketers take for software purchases, typically letting the IT department decide. United States License. United States License.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Planning Marketing Automation Services 100

markempa

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

B2B Sales 120

B2B Sales Lead Generation Sales Leads Sales Qualified Leads 120

The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Also interesting to note that telemarketing as a budget item will also remain a key part of the budget, which shows outbound lead generation is still a strong component of most marketing plans. This entry was posted on Friday, October 22nd, 2010 at 9:06 am and is filed under Communication , Marketing Budget , Marketing Management.

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget Creation 100

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at 12:19 pm and is filed under Email Marketing , Lead generation , Marketing Training , Online Marketing. Test them, see if they work, then be the judge. No one knows your industry and customers better than you. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

Planning 100

Planning Email Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2010

According to their post: “Last week in San Francisco, 211 business-to-business marketers spent two days sharing insights, case studies and advice on social media marketing, lead generation, Sales and Marketing alignment, and other hot-button issues on the West Coast swing of MarketingSherpa’s seventh annual B2B Marketing Summit.&#

Planning 100

Planning Work Management B2B Marketing Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 7, 2011

[link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention? Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Creativity 100

Creativity Planning Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 23, 2010

[link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention? Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget 100

The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 2, 2010

[link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention? Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Social Media 100

Social Media Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 100

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

[link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention? Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 7, 2010

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Social Media 100

Social Media Media Work Management Marketing Automation Services 100

The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The financial objectives are revenue, profits, return on assets (how much sales will the campaign generate? link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention? Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Marketing Management Effectiveness 100

The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

That’s why I’m eager to check out two resources: MarketingProfs Digital Marketing World The folks at MarketingProfs held an online trade show that had a great speaker lineup and relevant topics for those in the online world, being very focused on tactics for lead generation, social media, and email marketing among other topics.

Training 100

Training Planning Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I recently attended the Business of Software conference where I participated in a Pecha Kucha competition. This entry was posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under Communication. What if you could change all that and have the message, whatever is was, delivered to you in six minutes and forty seconds?

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

DECEMBER 8, 2009

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 12:05 pm and is filed under Marketing Training. Quality varies: [link] Can you recommend other resources for free marketing knowledge? link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention? United States License. United States License.

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2011

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Planning 100

Planning Email Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

I work for a B2B software company and we do regular email blasts. If I were to look at benchmark data from MailChimp we are doing way better than their published rate of 18% for companies in the software industry. Our open rates average 30%. Is this good? United States License. United States License. United States License.

Advertising Benchmark 100

Advertising Benchmark Work Management Marketing Management Planning 100

The Effective Marketer

DECEMBER 8, 2010

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Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Planning Work Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JULY 23, 2010

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Planning 100

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