Tony Zambito

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Whereby sales organizations, in particular, went through training on how to adapt to the personalities of individuals in the buying process. 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

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. Their data shows that over 50% of tech buyers admitted to short listing a vendor after receiving a well timed and relevant phone call.

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markempa

JUNE 8, 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. David also writes the Web Ink Now blog and has been named to the MarketingSherpa Viral Marketing Hall of Fame for the past two years in a row.

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markempa

JULY 9, 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. You need to examine each lead ask if they are " sales ready " meaning they are ready to speak to a sales person.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been in marketing or advertising (online or otherwise) for 20 years. is Crucial to your Content Marketing Strategy 6 Lessons Learned From the Demise of MySpace Driving Sales with Relevancy and Utility [link] Innovate AZ 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media: I know, I know. But, I’m not.

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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. Relevance is one of the most difficult things to achieve with lead generation programs but trigger events can help a great deal.

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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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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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markempa

OCTOBER 11, 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

DECEMBER 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. Michael gives some great input on how sales and marketing can use the six sigma process to create better sales and marketing results.

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markempa

AUGUST 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. Im a big proponent of educational marketing, because it allows you to reach people early in their buying process.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

Better question: How can we integrate email and social media to increase customization and relevancy? It helps educate its members, not every person practicing “PR&# is actually a member or even knows the PRSA code of ethics, so the outreach has to go above and beyond membership to help improve the situation.

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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. The goal is not to try to buy the biggest list possible, but instead build the most relevant list possible based your ideal customer profile.

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markempa

FEBRUARY 1, 2006

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

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markempa

JUNE 21, 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. Connect sales and marketing metrics together. Create content thats relevant for each stage of the buying cycle.

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markempa

JULY 13, 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. Sales content is most relevant in the later stages of the buying process. Sales content is most relevant in the later stages of the buying process.

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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. Develop a marketing program that helps the sales team sell at a personal level. Centralize the lead qualification process.

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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

JUNE 16, 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 key is that you need to listen first, ask the right questions, participate and be relevant.

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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. If you must cold call, how do make each call relevant? How can your phone call be plus in that persons day rather than another unwanted distraction?

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markempa

JUNE 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. And interestingly, those who do have good, relevant content lock it up behind registration pages.

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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. Is your lead generation strategy tailored, relevant and meaningful to each person involved in the buying process?

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markempa

NOVEMBER 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. Relevant content is key. You have given me useful and relevant ideas around this issue. Relevant content is key. Is this worth doing?

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markempa

NOVEMBER 17, 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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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. Dont for get your audience wants information that is relevant and meaningful. Webinars compete for your audiences most precious commodity - time.

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markempa

APRIL 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. Lead nurturing keeps the conversation going with relevant and meaningful personal touches regardless of their timing to buy.

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The ROI Guy

JUNE 22, 2010

In the time it took me to read the B2B article, I received 15 unsolicited marketing e-mails, 3 tele-marketing calls, and 2 dozen tweets - none of which were of interest or relevance to me. And it dawned on me that this is the greatest challenge for the next 10 years– Information Overload. The challenge according to Ms.

Enterprise Management 40

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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

Personally, I have had to serve in the positions of jester, leper, and pariah in my efforts to have others adopt social media strategies. The idea of connecting relevant dots for stakeholders is brilliant, cannot thank you enough for bringing it to the table. With the low/no cost of entry, it does cost time – your time. Thanks again.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Don’t assume that the person that gave you one star on a Yelp review is some sort of carnival freak outlier. Except in this case, they were almost always talkers because a home is so personal and it's easy to share. At the same time, word of mouth marketing IS important, and effective. Thanks again.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

An immediate, relevant, courteous, personalized e-mail from the rep assigned to that lead will help ensure that no real and immediate opportunities are falling through the cracks. Advocate Sales Lead Management Association Sirius Decisions Smashmouth Marketing The B2B Lead Blog Writing White Papers WordPress | Sandbox.

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markempa

JUNE 8, 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. It must be relevant! It must be relevant! Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

MARCH 27, 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. An average web user could care less and most don’t see it as relevant. An average web user could care less and most don’t see it as relevant.

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markempa

MAY 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. They continually seek out other relevant resources that could possibly help their clients. You begin by being genuinely interested in their business.

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Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 7, 2010

The High-Tech Direct Marketing Handbook. Ardath Albee's Blog Marketing Interactions. This is particularly relevant for anything published online. Marketing Interactions Blog. The High-Tech Direct Marketing Handbook. May your 2010 bring enviable response rates! The Content Marketing Playbook.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

With ready access to an unprecedented wealth of on-line information, and skepticism toward vendors as a result of direct marketing overload, buyers have revolted and taken the buying cycle into their own hands. 08, 2010 IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 31, 2011

Twitter came of age in 2010, growing at a scorching pace —from 75 million users at the beginning of the year to more than 190 million by the end of December. As adoption skyrockets, marketers are striving to optimize their use of the world’s most popular microblogging platform. Or the most recent tweets mentioning that person?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We easily forget that Facebook was one of the first social networks that insisted that we use REAL names, and policed personal profiles accordingly. MySpace adopted that spirit of personal scrapbooking, and let its members commit unspeakable crimes against HTML, fonts, color schemes, and animation. Best sentence ever!

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