Hubspot

JULY 19, 2010

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you know that we HubSpotters aren't confident in the success of cold calling as a sales and marketing tactic. The Abusive Math of Cold Calling. Marketing Takeaway: Cold calling is not an effective sales method. Free Download: 2010 Facebook Marketing Guide.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

But which ones are really working to drive our strategy and our business forward? We sent email and made cold calls. Not just a little more, we sent tons of email and cold calls and then we added even more. But strategy to achieve our business objectives! So what did we do? Cross-sell.

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Oktopost

MARCH 2, 2020

When you think of it the buying journey of 2020 is not the same as 2010, and definitely not the same as pre 2000. Mass-manufacturing is a highly competitive business in today’s interconnected and ever-expanding global marketplace. The role of digital marketing in driving sales and business growth is obvious. The answer is no.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2010

Rob and I support and have adopted what we call the “Tele-Web” concept of driving the most efficient leads for sales through pull-based inbound programs. And so we turn to good old-fashioned cold calling to drive leads, identify new contacts or even clean our lists. Thanks for emphasizing the point!

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ViewPoint

MARCH 13, 2014

Chad Burmeister, Vice President of Corporate Sales at ConnectandSell Chad was voted Top 25 Most Influential Inside Sales Professionals by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 4 years in a row—2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. We talked about this issue and about the sustainable relevance of direct mail and cold calling.

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Marketing Insider Group

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. I refuse to answer cold calls at work or home. Two recent articles on Harvard Business Review offer some great advice.

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markempa

MAY 8, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. prospecting) for yourself you may want to read the WSJ article, " End of the Cold Call? These people are called trusted advisors.

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markempa

JUNE 29, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. As we all know, tech buyers are a notoriously tough crowd to cold call. Very useful stuff. Teleprospecting works.

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Seismic

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Before the pandemic, most of our business development representatives (BDR) worked in the office, and the transition to remote was unique for each team member. They were left with the challenging aspects of their role: rejection, cold-calling, and relying more heavily on self-motivation. The importance of trust.

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Marketing Insider Group

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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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The faux testimonials on the back of the book are priceless, including: “This book is the greatest business book in the world, besides mine.&# - Author who only gives testimonials for people who give him one in return Stratten’s rant against direct marketing – “People still teach courses on how to cold-call better!

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markempa

JANUARY 24, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 I tend to agree. I tend to agree.

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markempa

FEBRUARY 24, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. If you have more than a passing interest in writing a business book, this is worth checking out.

Lead Generation 120

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

You book fancy events and cold call to get them appointments. Crush the competition with better business results for less money spent on marketing. Additionally, the changes in this survey from 2010 to 2011 are profound. In some organizations, the primary role of marketing is simply to help sales make a deal.

Top of Funnel 100

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markempa

AUGUST 29, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Ive been using LinkedIn for several years because its geared more for business people. And if not, should you start? And if not, should you start?

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

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markempa

AUGUST 16, 2007

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2007

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markempa

JUNE 23, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. " Link: MarketingSherpa.com : How to Market to Small-Medium Businesses Via IT Consultants & Resellers. How do you plan to grow revenue?"

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markempa

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Do you have to understand the customer buying cycle?

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markempa

MAY 8, 2007

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markempa

AUGUST 22, 2007

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markempa

JANUARY 23, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. If youre a small business owner (or plan to be one in the future) youll want to put this book on your reading list. It’s great. It’s great.

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markempa

AUGUST 30, 2007

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markempa

JUNE 28, 2007

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markempa

JUNE 26, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Its terrific. Its terrific.

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markempa

OCTOBER 2, 2006

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markempa

JANUARY 3, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Though there are scores of books on direct marketing, branding, advertising, marketing tactics, PR, varied sales approaches, cold calling, etc.,

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

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markempa

AUGUST 24, 2007

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markempa

MAY 13, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. If marketing is a profitable activity, it still doesnt mean that what it is communicating to the universe of buyers is building the business.

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markempa

JULY 10, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. The chapter topics are universally applicable to all industries, and the lead generation methods are suited to all types of business practices.

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markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. The workhorse of business-to-business direct mail is still the one-page, personalized letter sent in a #10 envelope.

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markempa

APRIL 5, 2007

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markempa

MARCH 30, 2007

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markempa

AUGUST 16, 2006

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markempa

JULY 16, 2007

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Its simply unrealistic to expect advertising to sell business solutions. Here and here. The author then writes the following:IR.

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