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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

ViewPoint

Outbound telemarketing The telephone is the Swiss Army knife in the B-to-B marketer’s backpack: a flexible, personal, dependable resource with infinite applications. The DMA’s 2010 Response Rate Report reported a healthy 1.68% response rate to B-to-B prospecting letter mail and 2.18% to its cheaper cousin, postcard mail.

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The End of Marketing as We Know It: Overcoming Buyer Challenges with Interactive Smart Content

The ROI Guy

It was a case study about an enterprise, and you are a small business, it was outlining benefits for companies in Europe when you are located in the US, or it illustrated case studies for the health industry, and you are in high tech. 08, 2010 IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010.

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ClickInsights: Mistakes to avoid in copy used for lead generation

Ambal's Amusings

Stephanie Tilton is an expert case study and white paper writer who helps B2B companies advance the sales cycle by engaging prospects and customers. B-to-B Offer Strategies: How to Keep Your Sales Pipeline Filled with Qualified Leads. May your 2010 bring enviable response rates! Stephanie Tilton Recommends.

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A B2B Marketing Idea Takes Flight On Twitter

MLT Creative

And a great B2B tech marketing expert @ckburgess Cheryl is managing partner and marketing technologist at Blue Focus Marketing, and winner of a 2010 Shorty Award. B2B_MarketingPR Kim Cornwall Malseed is a good seed. basebot John Bottom is tops as a B2B marketing and social media specialist (15,717 followers).

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Demand Generation In the Face of Frugalnomics and Internet Fueled Decisions

The ROI Guy

Analyst case studies and validation, and peer social network recommendations are key to early engagement success. Sources: 1) MarketingSherpa and KnowledgeStorm survey - [link] 2) SiriusDecisions B-to-B Buyer's Survey 2010 3) New Realities about B2B Buying, Jeff Ogden, SandHill.com Blog, Jun.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

Evidence of this shift can be found in IDC’s 2010 Customer Experience Survey. According to SiriusDecision buyer studies, the most favored sources of content during the early stages of b-to-b decision-making are: White papers (64.4%); Peer referrals (51.1%); Webinars (48.9%); Trials or demos (42.2%); Analyst reports (37.8%).

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Top 56 B2B Marketing Posts for September 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Best of B2B Marketing for September 2010. Best Social PR Guides and Tips of 2010 (So Far) - Webbiquity , September 1, 2010 Social media has fundamentally altered the practice of public relations. B2B Voices , September 1, 2010 Image via CrunchBase. Great stuff in the B2B Marketing world in September. How Is PR Changing?