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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. 5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. 5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads.

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NOVEMBER 30, 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 November 30, 2010 Subscribe Internet Trends From The Web 2.0 Summit Share The 7th Annual Web 2.0

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

It seems as if the lower our outbound marketing response rates get, the greater the number of emails, phone calls, pop-up ads and other interruptions we throw at our weary populace. Two recent articles on Harvard Business Review offer some great advice. As a marketing professional, I am not proud of our reputation as SPAM-ers.

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AUGUST 17, 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 August 17, 2010 Subscribe What Is Marketing Acceleration? We not only need to be fast, we need to get faster. More leads.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

The funnel is a useful way to analyze the rate at which we are capturing and managing demand. Share: Read more from Demand Generation B2B Marketing , Inbound Marketing , Online Demand Generation , Sales Alignment , Sales Funnel , Strategy 2 Comments Post a comment kenny madden Oct 19 2010 AMEN!!! To our customers there is no funnel.

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JUNE 18, 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 June 18, 2010 3 Subscribe Need to Drive Leads? Michael Brenner Jul 12 2010 Hi Sandi, I am so happy you agree!

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

But which ones are really working to drive our strategy and our business forward? Lists became “tired&# as response rates drops. But strategy to achieve our business objectives! It’s about aligning with sales on business outcomes and working together to craft plans to achieve those outcomes. Cross-sell.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

You must always remember that at some point in every sales discussion, you must “ASK” for the business. Here are brief descriptions of these five closes: Financial Close A financial close is the natural choice when you have successfully helped a prospect quantify the impact of their business problems. Happy to help.

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MAY 12, 2010

Now I could argue that you need a great product to solve a real customer need: you need some awareness in the marketplace to prove you are “in the game”, you need a website that acts as a viable “store front” for your business, and of course you need great service and support after the sale to keep customers satisfied.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

kenny madden Aug 13 2010 Michael, Great post. Happy to connect kenny@spiceworks.com Michael Brenner Aug 14 2010 Hi Kenny, thanks for your comments. Michael Brenner Aug 14 2010 Thanks Christopher, service level agreements are exactly what is needed between sales and marketing. Here is something I put together on the topic.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Share: Read more from Demand Generation B2B Marketing , Lead Qualification , Marketing Innovation , Sales Alignment , Telemarketing 9 Comments Post a comment Chris Snell Oct 14 2010 Great post Michael. Dan McDade Oct 14 2010 I enjoy reading your articles, Michael, but have to disagree with your take on appointment setting.

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JULY 27, 2010

In some cases, emails like this may be the highest converting and have the lowest opt-out rates of all your email blasts. by Michael Brenner, July 27, 2010 Related Posts: How To Use Paid Search To Target Buyers By Stage Need to Drive Leads? Michael Brenner Jul 27 2010 Brian, thanks for stopping by and commenting.

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JULY 8, 2010

One place I often turn for mental “fresh air&# is the Business-to-Consumer space where there is certainly no lack of bright, creative minds dreaming up the next big thing. Thanks to a partnership with Zazzle, Stickybits also offers birthday cards, business cards, mugs and shirts with unique, content-enabled barcodes printed on them. #37.

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JULY 8, 2010

One place I often turn for mental “fresh air&# is the Business-to-Consumer space where there is certainly no lack of bright, creative minds dreaming up the next big thing. Thanks to a partnership with Zazzle, Stickybits also offers birthday cards, business cards, mugs and shirts with unique, content-enabled barcodes printed on them. #37.

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