Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 1, 2022

Back in 2007, Linda and I had no idea we would have built a global pipeline generation company that the Fortune 1000 and some of the biggest tech firms in the industry would trust to generate their sale pipeline from high level Ideal Customer Profile leads (ICPs) to booked and confirmed Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs, or appointments).

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 7, 2011

Facebook added more than 150 million new users in 2010. A new report from Focus, 2011 Trends Report: Social Media Marketing presents observations and predictions from eight leading social media experts (and me) about social media trends and developments to watch for in the coming year. . So what’s next?

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Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Enjoy the following collated list of best blog posts from Connect the Docs in 2010. 2010 Content Marketing Trends and Predictions. How should B2B marketers balance the need for free content (helpful for prospects decision making) Vs. the need to have content that produces a steady flow of good leads (that can directed to sales team)?

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 19, 2010

  My recent post entitled Seven Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011 is one of those instances for me personally.    By the time they get to sales folks, whether it is in person or on the phone, they already are armed with enough information to help make a decision.  Image via Wikipedia.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Tweet If you attended our most recent B2B Lead Roundtable Webinar, Six Funnel Focal Points to Finish 2011 Strong – Part I , you found out that even though the end of the year is less than 125 days away, there’s plenty of time to drive more opportunity through your sales funnel and to the bottom line. Review these timestamps.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 24, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Why Sales and Marketing Don’t Get Along Talk to marketing mangers and sales managers about their biggest complaint and you will likely hear “They don’t follow up on leads!&# from the sales guy.

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Field sales is flat while inside sales is up 20 percent in the last few years. Knowing the new science of sales is what will help a salesperson to consistently meet expectations, says my latest guest on PowerViews, Chad Burmeister, vice president of corporate sales at ConnectandSell. Sales is Getting Scientific.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Around this time last year I wrote about the 10 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2010 and while I would say 7 out of 10 have already materialized and the others are on their way. Here are 11 concrete ways I think the environment in which B2B Marketers operate will evolve in 2011. Share this on del.icio.us. Stumble upon something good?

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 24, 2011

Economic conditions may have been tough in 2010, but there was no shortage of online innovation. Interesting, though the “Who’s searching for you&# feature appears to be more a spammy sales tool than a functional offer. 11 Twitter & Social Media Tools To Try In 2011 by COMMS Corner. ** 5 Stars. Create animations?

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Tony Zambito

MAY 13, 2011

Baseone, the London based B2B Marketing Agency, released its 2nd annual Buyersphere Report 2011 this   month.  While this second report highlights the continuation of the changes noted in the 2010 report, there is definitely a “more of” aspect that is revealed and a few surprises.  Related articles.

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Online Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

What business marketing revolution is coming in 2011? So, we developed a list of our top B2B marketing predictions for 2011. Emerging Marketing’s 2011 B2B Marketing Predictions + Companies will continue to spend again. The focus on ROI that we’ve seen in 2010 will continue. What do you foresee coming?

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ViewPoint

MARCH 13, 2014

Nick Stein, Vision Critical, Youth Meets Experience in Sales Force. Click to start video at this point —The young people entering the sales force are changing the dynamic between managers and their reps. Not so long ago, managers and their sales team were in one centralized location. That has pros and cons, Nick said.

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Outreach

JULY 30, 2021

What does it mean to lead and win in today’s sales environment? Bankers Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance (2009, 2010, 2011). We had the tremendous opportunity to hear from a top business leader who is also an author, singer, public speaker, Harvard graduate, and more. Below are highlights from the conversation.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 28, 2011

According to recent research from eConsultancy, “Paid search consumes the largest portion of online lead generation budgets, accounting for 28% of spending (in 2010), up from 22% in 2009.&# ET on Friday, January 28, 2011. In addition, more than half of companies that use paid search increased their budgets for it last year.

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B2B Marketing Directions

JANUARY 14, 2023

The inaugural (2011) version of Scott Brinker's marketing technology landscape graphic contained about 150 solution providers. So, the marketing technology universe has grown by an astounding 6,521% since 2011. And of the ten most commonly adopted AI use cases identified by survey respondents, three were marketing and sales use cases.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 5, 2012

This is an update of the looking back at 100 post in July 2010. Cision (November 8, 2011). How to Write an Effective Business Blog (January 8, 2010). 33 (of the) Best Marketing Strategy Guides and Insights of 2010 (February 14, 2011). The One Effective Use of Facebook for B2B Marketing (March 9, 2010).

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The following excerpt is certainly important to sales and comes from my colleague, Rob Krekstein. I have been a student of selling and sales management for more than twenty years, and I have used a grand total of five “closes” during that time. The prospect’s answer will tell you what you need to do to advance the sales cycle.

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Webbiquity

MAY 3, 2011

Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project—and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. Hailing from San Antonio, Alicia is founder and CEO of Sanera, a professional development and training firm for sales and business leaders. Alicia Arenas.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 29, 2011

Revenue increased roughly $10 million per year from 2006 through 2010, which is nothing to sneeze at although the higher base meant the percentage rate slumped significantly in 2009 and 2010, to about 25%. Year to date in 2011, growth is back up to nearly 40%, which would translate to $70 million for full year 2011 if maintained.

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 14, 2012

This is the first in a series of four blogs about B2B Lead Generation marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Something else not well understood in many marketing and sales departments is the importance of certain metrics. In 2010 just over 40% of our dispositions or completed companies were from inbound responses.

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Marketo this morning announced a new $50 million funding round, almost exactly one year to the day after raising $25 million in November 2010. I won’t go into the same details, but the key figures for 2010 and 2011 are: This is good news, in that Marketo has managed to increase the all-important Revenue per Client figure.

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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.&#

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Since 2010, the marketing world has changed. In the early 2010s, social networks were only starting to gain traction. Instagram was launched in 2010. Snapchat didn't exist until 2011. And it emphasizes our commitment to the entire customer experience across marketing, sales, and customer support.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 29, 2011

The study, conducted in partnership with Sales and Marketing Executives International (SMEI) and Marketo, helps shed light on the role marketing plays in lead generation for sales by showing how marketing organizations are investing their time and money into efforts like lead scoring and nurturing, then relating this data to sales results.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 16, 2010 8 Subscribe What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role? Michael Brenner Dec 16 2010 Thanks Tom.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 16, 2010 8 Subscribe What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role? Michael Brenner Dec 16 2010 Thanks Tom.

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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.

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markempa

AUGUST 25, 2014

Tweet Our sister publication, MarketingSherpa, publishes three weekly newsletter case studies, and in the B2B beat in particular, those weekly articles routinely feature a story covering marketers tackling lead generation for the complex sale. 3.37% average conversion to sale across all Internet traffic sources. What were the results?

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2011

If you have just started your 2011 campaigns after battling the budget process, I bet you can definitely see some relation to your own company. You can get it for free for a limited time here: [link] This entry was posted on Thursday, January 13th, 2011 at 9:05 am and is filed under Email Marketing. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

DECEMBER 8, 2010

It was really fun and if you are interested in learning how other marketers are tackling their marketing, CRM, and even sales challenges this is the place to go. What is the hand-off process with sales? How do you get a feedback loop established with sales so that you can get better at scoring your leads? United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 10, 2011

We sometimes tend to bundle all of the vendors into one big basket, because a search for marketing software solutions will show more results than you would care to browse and the sales literature of most of them will make you think they all do very similar things. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Amount of sales or deals closed? This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 at 3:25 am and is filed under Communication , Decision Making , Marketing Strategy , Online Marketing. Number of leads generated? If you answered “it depends&# , then you’re thinking smart. United States License.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 28, 2012

Online tracking of web visitors has taken on added importance for sales and marketing. While web analytics software tells us important metrics like how many visitors we have, which pages they visit and for how long, sales and marketing need more leads. Follow Lisa on Twitter @lisajcramer or connect on her B2B marketing blog.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

Sales reps are sharing webinar recordings with prospects, the CEO is blogging his latest thoughts on the industry, the human resources manager is updating the company’s LinkedIn page. What used to be clear roles (i.e. the copywriter writes copy for the ad while the designer makes the ad look pretty), is now morphing into a free for all.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve already published my B2B Marketing predictions for 2011 and while I think I captured a good mix of new and traditional issues, I realized that one thing was missing: a common theme. In their research with 1,000 sales executives in the U.S., B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011 A B2B Marketing Manifesto?

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Thursday, December 23, 2010 CIO Priorities for 2011 Indicate Continued Frugalnomics Focus According to a survey from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), there has not been much to cheer about this holiday season as a public sector CIO. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Best B2B Marketing Ideas of 2010 A guest post by Jeff Ogden , president of Find New Customers Although companies like Marketo, Eloqua and Kinaxis have produced terrific written content in blogs, e-books, etc., 19 , 2010, the marketing take-away I shared was “Think Different.&# They all are very entertaining, too.

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