ViewPoint

JANUARY 26, 2012

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.

B to B 120

B to B netFactor Media SEM 120

markempa

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

According the MarketingSherpa research , " only 17% of B-to-B marketers we queried were sure their CFOs understood the value of lead generation programs." Her article summarizes some new research by the Association of National Advertisers in conjunction with Marketing Management Analytics.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Marketing BtoB Lead Scoring 120

The ROI Guy

JUNE 3, 2010

A SiriusDecisions survey recently examined which b-to-b sources are trusted most by buyers during the buying lifecycle, and the results indicate not surprisingly that Industry Analysts and Peers are the most influential and trusted sources of information. of respondents) and peers (28.7%).

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer B to B Vendors Marketing Proposals 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

email pitches per week, up 32 percent from 2006 according to sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions. Rounding up the challenges, recent studies indicate that 9 out of 10 of buyers say that when they are ready to buy, they find you. For example, the typical B2B prospect receives an average of 20.3

Interactive Marketing 40

Interactive Marketing Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Buying Cycle 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2009

University of Missouri Researchers Find Search Process Affects Cognition and Emotion. 40% of Marketers plan to increase their budgets in 2010. A Robert Half Technology study announces 54% of companies blog social media sites. Study shares that 8% of US companies have fired an employee because of social media misuse.

Paid Content 48

Paid Content Online Marketing Paid Search Agency Web 2.0 48

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Matter of Trust - although the research indicates that buyers truly rely on vendor content to help drive purchase decisions, with so much noise, buyers have become skeptical of vendor claims. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential. Death of a Salesman?

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Spending Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Studies indicate that 9 out of 10 buyers consumed and relied on content on their way to a purchase decision: especially white papers, eBooks, webinars, interactive analysis tools, podcasts, and video clips. Valuable research and interactive tools are required. Unfortunately, most everyone has a nice website today.

Demand Generation Agencies 40

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Peer-to-peer Demand 40