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. This is the main reason that brands and marketers spend huge sums of money on digital promotion. This is the main reason that brands and marketers spend huge sums of money on digital promotion.

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NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2019

I’m generally a play-by-the-rules kinda gal. I feel comfortable doing things by the book and following marketing best practices. Every once in a while, however, at NuSpark Marketing we stray from the best-practice guidelines. Another email marketing best practice is not to talk about yourself or your company.

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markempa

JUNE 19, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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markempa

MAY 13, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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markempa

AUGUST 1, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! If so, what’s the status?

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 25, 2013

Lead generation is at the top of almost every B2B marketer’s responsibility list. Generate more leads, generate better leads, and improve the rate to which lead opportunities turn into closed wins for the sales teams. What is Marketing Automation?

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markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

At the time, I was leading a large online demand generation program and had some thoughts about the state of the marketing and sales funnel. And I agree with Craig Rosenberg at Focus, that “every organization should make the effort to depict its revenue funnel on one page. There is no beginning and no end.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And when quality is required, you need to be able to deliver leads that convert. The debate often goes like this: Sales wants more leads. So marketing sends more.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve already published my B2B Marketing predictions for 2011 and while I think I captured a good mix of new and traditional issues, I realized that one thing was missing: a common theme. And so this led me to the conclusion that the broader future of B2B Marketing is Social! This got me to thinking.

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markempa

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Tweet Warning: If you watch only the first few minutes of this webinar, you might get discouraged about the state of marketing today. However, if you watch the webinar through the end, you’re going to be excited about marketing’s potential for driving more revenue than ever before. 61 percent send leads directly to sales. •

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markempa

MAY 23, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

You can review both How To Align Marketing With Sales and Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity for more detail on the emerging need for marketing to drive real sales and to quantify efforts. Late last week, I responded to a post by my new friend Adam Needles, VP Marketing of Left Brain Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

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? So what’s a marketer to do?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

The study shows that there are specific keyword combinations used dependent upon the buying stage of the person searching on Google. While this study was focused on IT Buyers, the implications for the B2B Marketer should be relevant across the prospect universe no matter which industries you serve.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Tweet If you attended our most recent B2B Lead Roundtable Webinar, Six Funnel Focal Points to Finish 2011 Strong – Part I , you found out that even though the end of the year is less than 125 days away, there’s plenty of time to drive more opportunity through your sales funnel and to the bottom line. CDT, noon EDT.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

They reported in a separate study by Technorati that blogs are right up there with many traditional media in terms of importance and influence on their buying behavior. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

At the same time, you know that social media has changed the marketing landscape : shouting to prospects with endless email offers may produce leads but you’re worried about the longer term implications to your market. So how do you incorporate social media into the marketing mix? Amplify good news.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I wish I knew all the secrets so I could transform the world of B2B Marketing forever with a tell-all book. What I do know is that B2B Marketers have a ton of options today. In this post, I will offer a preview of the thoughts I will deliver during the Focus Interactive Summit on Progressive B2B Marketing. It used to be so easy.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. So here are my 6 tips for creating content that drives the leads that sales wants… Define your audience on their terms not yours. Know them all.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Here’s a great example of how one firm used segmentation to optimize their media spend and increase conversions: Mini Case Study Challenge : A large virtualization company launched a paid search campaign to generate leads for their compliance solutions for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Here’s a great example of how one firm used segmentation to optimize their media spend and increase conversions: Mini Case Study Challenge : A large virtualization company launched a paid search campaign to generate leads for their compliance solutions for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

This post also appeared recently in B2C Marketing Insider. If the quantified impact of the business problems exceeds the investment required to solve the problems, a buying decision is easy to justify. Zero means the prospect has no interest at all, and ten means they have already decided to buy.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 26, 2011

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. As a leader in lead management process development, our firm has seen a lot of confusion in the market about what constitutes lead management. So what are these myths?

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

At the same time, it is just another marketing channel. The reason I believe marketers are so confused about social media is because of this paradox. So I thought it was best to identify a clear framework for marketers to use to create successful social media strategies. And the reaction of many is to rush into the technology.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 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 May 4, 2010 7 Subscribe Why am I in Marketing? To introduce myself.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 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 May 4, 2010 7 Subscribe Why am I in Marketing? To introduce myself.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2010

How do you overcome internal fears, politics and budget battles in integrating social media into marketing? Quite simply: Executive buy-in. This is one of the most positive outcomes of the social media activity in B2B marketing. How do you divide and conquer social media across sales, marketing, customer service?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

Some creative marketers call these lists suspects. Inbound marketeering requires 2 simple things: First you need to be found and that requires the basic techniques of understanding how prospects search and the keywords they use. Do these 2 things and you will find valuable leads. And this is where many B2B marketers stumble.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

In my 20 years of marketing, sales and Telemarketing experience I have created many “Tele Web” programs, and here are the top reasons they succeed. You will see a diminishing return on every call made outside of 48 hours, and after 7 days you will see a 60-70% drop in leads generated.

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Outgrow

JANUARY 22, 2020

Top 9 Affiliate Marketers You Need To Know About. Affiliate marketing is a gold mine that often remains unexplored. There are some extremely successful affiliate marketers out there. Affiliate marketing does not make you a fortune overnight. We’re here to tell you about affiliate marketers. Finch Sells.

Paid Search Agency 101

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The majority of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) consider customer engagement as their top priority according to a recent study done by Forbes Insights and George P. The New Rules of Engagement: CMOs Rethink Their Marketing Mix is based on a survey of 314 marketing executives at companies with more than $500 million in annual revenue.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If you believe everything you read (and lately there’s been a lot) about marketing automation, you’d think it is the killer app to solve all your lead generation problems. Then there are scores of B2B marketers who swear by inbound marketing as the path to lead generation nirvana. It scored 8.6

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 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 10, 2010 15 Subscribe Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 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 10, 2010 15 Subscribe Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 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 October 14, 2010 16 Subscribe Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?!

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The Question by Achinta Mitra on June 12, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies , Website Design & Development Do you show prices on your B2B website?

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