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Why Lead Generation is Irrelevant

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One of the reasons that generating high quality leads continues to present itself as the top challenge (it took #1 honors in 2010 as well) is that marketers are focusing on the wrong thing – lead generation. By now, we should all know that the B2B buyer has changed (read points #2 and #4 on this blog post ).

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Sales Enablement Danger

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Eleven years later, in 2010, marketing automation became its own category with over 110 known vendors in the space. However, even as amazing as email is for demand generation, used outside the context of a solid demand generation strategy, it can have a negative effect on productivity, communications, brand, revenue and growth.

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An Interview of Steve Gershik of 28Marketing

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You can read his blog at [link] or follow him on Twitter at @sgersh. As we exited 2010, there were a lot of predictions for what’s in store for B2B Marketing in 2011. We sat down with Steve and had some great discussion around B2B marketing and what lies ahead for the marketing automation industry. In your opinion, why is that?

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Five Myths of Lead Management

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Lead management continues to be a hot topic in the world of B2B marketing as we turn the corner and head into the second half of 2010. This blog originally posted in August 2010 on Silverpop.com.

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What’s Your ROI?

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This week we are fortunate to have the winner of the 2010 B2B Twitterer of the Year, Michael Brenner , guest post and share his thoughts on Marketing ROI. In my blog B2B Marketing Insider I provide tips and insights from my perspective from inside a B2B marketing organization. Michael Brenner is a Sr. Director of Marketing for SAP.

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Missing the Mark

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If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know about our focus on lead management process. Marketers who focused on ROI delivered 24% incremental customer demand in 2010 and generated business growth for their organizations. Add opportunity and sales outcomes to your metrics mix. Develop your processes. This is a must.