markempa

SEPTEMBER 29, 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. Appending data and information. Following up on requests for information. Validating direct marketing lists.

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markempa

AUGUST 1, 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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 So what can be done about it? So what can be done about it?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been in marketing or advertising (online or otherwise) for 20 years. He doesn't just spew endless bits of information about his product (books, etc.). Just good ol' direct marketing principles, describe my problem like you know me and get me to trust you. You’re thinking that I’m crazy.

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markempa

MAY 21, 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. A simple phone call can generate plenty of useful information. Talk to your best customers – How much do you really know about your customers?

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markempa

JUNE 27, 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. I won the best B-to-B Marketing Blog in MarketingSherpas Readers Choice Awards!

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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

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markempa

AUGUST 14, 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. Chock full of useful information, the eBook provides a broad look at the selling process. Download the eBook here. Download the eBook here.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 1, 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. " There, I offer the most important steps that marketing and sales alike, need to take to end their “tug of war” to improve ROI.

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markempa

DECEMBER 6, 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. from From the Innovators Desk I know that we can get a lot of information from newsletters, but it is a pretty cumbersome way to get our information.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. It’s in our DNA.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2012

There’s no question that companies are applying rigid direct marketing principles to social media, not recognizing that social is the long con , not a smash and grab. That same trend toward premature monetization is rampant in content marketing too, especially on blogs. sources in 2010. sources in 2010.

Top of Funnel 123

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2012

There’s no question that companies are applying rigid direct marketing principles to social media, not recognizing that social is the long con , not a smash and grab. That same trend toward premature monetization is rampant in content marketing too, especially on blogs. sources in 2010. sources in 2010.

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Online Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We are always trying to stay on top of the B2B trends in the marketing industry. Emerging Marketing’s 2011 B2B Marketing Predictions + Companies will continue to spend again. The focus on ROI that we’ve seen in 2010 will continue. I call this CFO-driven marketing planning. I’d love to hear your thoughts. +

B2B Marketing 40

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markempa

OCTOBER 19, 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. For this reason, most leads sent from marketing to the sales organization are lost, ignored, or discarded. There is a difference.

Lead Qualification 120

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markempa

OCTOBER 6, 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. There is also some excellent information on writing titles and some great ideas about how to market the finished white paper.

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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. Marketing should nurture leads via a relevant and consistent dialog with prospects, regardless of their timing to buy.

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markempa

MAY 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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

RSS 120

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markempa

FEBRUARY 28, 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. They provide too much information. People use the web for research; they are looking for fresh ideas, insight and actionable information.

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Tony Zambito

OCTOBER 18, 2015

When the Internet came along, we began to see a seismic shift in how buyers gathered information and made decisions. As time progressed in the early decade of 2000 to 2010, reliance on the sales representative for product and solutions information began to diminish. The Internet Propels Buying Behavior Shifts.

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markempa

MARCH 30, 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. These lists include all of the demographic data typically needed, and have extended contact information.

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markempa

JANUARY 19, 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. Centralize your contact information. Centralize your contact information. Understand the significance of your Web site. Use tagged URLs.

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markempa

JUNE 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. " Also, Jill Konrath has some great information on trigger events (geared for sales people) in her book Selling to Big Companies and her blog too.

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markempa

JULY 7, 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. Do database record notes contain enough information to prepare for next steps? Are some sales people getting too few leads?

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markempa

MAY 18, 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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

MAY 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. See my complete list of RSS Feeds Full posts with comments This is the most information-rich feed. Stay to up-to-date with discussions.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

Better question: How do we share the clients knowledge to inform and engage consumers? Perhaps we can frame the conversation with clients in this way (as I do with mine): Social media is not the same as direct marketing. Wanting to be at the center of a new way to communicate to customers and prospects is a worthy objective.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

It is a social media engagement process that includes the idea of finding Influencers in your target markets. I think using the information in tandem would be great to add to social media strategies. At the same time, word of mouth marketing IS important, and effective. link] Amy D.

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markempa

JULY 13, 2006

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Lead Generation 120

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markempa

FEBRUARY 23, 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. a marketing and sales information services company in Southport, Conn.: In 2005, 3.5 In 2005, 3.5

Sales Qualified Leads 120

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markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 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. in a style easily perceived to be directed exclusively to me, the recipient. E-mail is a one-to-one medium, nothing more, nothing less.

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markempa

JULY 20, 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. Theres more information about the book at Amazon.com. If your a business marketer that focuses on marketing services, I recommend RainToday.com.

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markempa

JANUARY 25, 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. People want different information, in different ways, and at different times during their buying process.

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markempa

AUGUST 10, 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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Dave discusses the recent ITSMA report—“Marketing Transformation: Are We There Yet?”—and and notes how transformation has been driven by marketing budgets reaching new lows in 2009 and 2010: “Marketing, rather than just trying to do more with less, had to do something differently and had to transform.”.

Organization 120

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markempa

JUNE 7, 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. " Absolutely - we just need to be judicious with how we use that information.

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markempa

JUNE 13, 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. I think it was Anne Holland, who then asked the entire audience, “How many of you [marketers] have a problem with sales not updating your CRM?”

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markempa

AUGUST 11, 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. " I agree, we do need to strike a balance between collecting information and giving value. Our sales team is very busy.

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