LeadSloth

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The big news of this event is the launch of Eloqua 10. The bigger story at the event was the introduction of Revenue Performance Management. In short, it is about understanding how marketing and sales drive revenue. It highlights the transition to a more metrics-driven way to optimize sales & marketing for revenue growth.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 1, 2022

Back in 2007, Linda and I had no idea we would have built a global pipeline generation company that the Fortune 1000 and some of the biggest tech firms in the industry would trust to generate their sale pipeline from high level Ideal Customer Profile leads (ICPs) to booked and confirmed Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs, or appointments).

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 27, 2023

The podcast covers a wide range of topics, from AI and the Writer’s Strike to the future of event planning, and the Martech landscape. So John pulled a stunt that caught his attention and set up an interview with him in 2010 and has been able to talk with him about each of his books since then. Wall and Christopher S.

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Lead Ranking Planning Paid Search Agency B2B Thought Leadership 185

MLT Creative

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Here's what's on tap for marketing industry events for December. December 1-2, iStrategy 2010 Singapore Singapore: Analyze the current market growth, which are the latest platform to emerge and their impact and potential to be used in brand building. The changing nature of our industry propels us to stay on top of the latest trends.

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B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies B2B Paid Search Agency 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The keynote at this year’s Dreamforce event was bigger and better than any before. The highlights: Sales Cloud- discussed Market Leadership, customer success and product innovation. 2010 product of the year from ReadWriteWeb and eWeek. It just ended minutes ago, and it was #awesome. Dell’s new Boomi acquision. And the big news?

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MLT Creative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Here's what's on tap for marketing industry events for October. October 2-3, PodCamp Philly 2010 Philadelphia, PA: This event is targeted to audio and video podcasters, bloggers, social media enthusiasts, professionals and hobbyists, musicians, marketers, and people who want to understand more about the new media space.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 24, 2011

Promote events through social media? Economic conditions may have been tough in 2010, but there was no shortage of online innovation. Interesting, though the “Who’s searching for you&# feature appears to be more a spammy sales tool than a functional offer. Create animations? Gather competitive intelligence?

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 24, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Why Sales and Marketing Don’t Get Along Talk to marketing mangers and sales managers about their biggest complaint and you will likely hear “They don’t follow up on leads!&# from the sales guy.

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markempa

AUGUST 20, 2010

How does Sales perceive the leads Marketing produces? The second thing I would say is, "When is the last time you've talked with your sales team?”. The second thing I would say is, "When is the last time you've talked with your sales team?”. They love them - couldn't be happier! They complain about lead quality.

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Brandwatch Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

2/ Generate Prospects and Drive Sales Most analytics tools will suggest companies to first listen to branded conversation, but many B2B companies don’t have a strong brand presence to listen to in the first place. They can then contact these people/companies and attempt to nurture them into sales. In fact, it can be quite the opposite.

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Buffer

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Small Business Saturday is an annual event that takes place on the Saturday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It was pioneered by American Express in 2010 after the global recession and is now recognized all over the U.S. and the world at large.

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Brandwatch Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

2/ Generate Prospects and Drive Sales Most analytics tools will suggest companies to first listen to branded conversation, but many B2B companies don’t have a strong brand presence to listen to in the first place. They can then contact these people/companies and attempt to nurture them into sales. In fact, it can be quite the opposite.

Brand Identity 52

Brand Identity Branding B2B Eye-Tracking 52

markempa

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I interviewed Ruth Stevens , author of Trade Show and Event Marketing , to get her views on what marketing and sales can do to increase the effectiveness of their event marketing and she gave some helpful insights. Show Agenda Why did you write Tradeshow and Event Marketing and what were you hoping to address?

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markempa

JUNE 13, 2007

« Podcast: The New Rules of Marketing & PR Interview with David Meerman Scott | Main | Social Media Pundits Disconnect from B2B Marketing » The Physics of Trigger Events for Lead Generation Most buyers arent ready to buy when were ready to sell. So in the context of lead generation, what’s a trigger event?

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Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 31, 2011

This experience included a variety of sales, marketing, business development, and management positions. Combining successful technical, sales and writing careers, Sarah provides a rare perspective to every project. What was your "Aha" moment in 2010? Edwards Enterprise Software (now a division of Oracle Corporation).

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The focus of the 2010 User Summit was the transformation of how marketing and sales organizations work – and work together – to generate revenue. In today’s “buyer’s in control” market, traditional marketing and sales approaches have become grossly inefficient and outdated. revenue touchpoints) across the revenue cycle.

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Marketo Work Management B2B Thought Leadership Salesforce.com 48

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

The CSO Insights 2010 Lead Generation Optimization Study identifies some of the best practices that companies are focusing on to optimize their lead generation performance. And a key part of delivering sales and marketing ROI is the ability to track the dispositions of all sales leads via a CRM system. Sales and Marketing 2.0.

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Lead Generation Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Studies 48

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

The Customer Decision Hub from Pega (formerly PegaSystems) is certainly mature: the product can trace its roots back well over a decade, to a pioneering company called KiQ Limited, which was purchased in 2004 by Chordiant, which Pega purchased in 2010. These events can trigger specific actions or factor into a decision strategy arbitration.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 120

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Here are some of the more interesting things found in the January, 2010 survey: 1) Social media became the hot new marketing tool. 2) Email, search marketing, and inside sales worked best for awareness and demand generation. Yet physical events continued to gobble up an average of 20% of program spending. What does work?

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markempa

JANUARY 4, 2006

« Top Six Lead Generation Challenges for the Complex Sale in 2006 | Main | This Years Hot New Lead Generation Strategy is Thinking » Use Event Marketing Successfully for Lead Generation Events are a highly visible way to demonstrate your marketing prowess. Or the lack of it. Or the lack of it.

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Martech

APRIL 3, 2024

Now, she’s a valuable contributor to MarTech and a frequent speaker at in-person and virtual events, including recently at The MarTech Conference. In B2B, we’re talking sales cycles that aren’t “hey I saw that you saw a sweater and you might like it, here’s an abandoned-cart notification.” And that was the angle I wanted to take.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Best B2B Marketing Ideas of 2010 A guest post by Jeff Ogden , president of Find New Customers Although companies like Marketo, Eloqua and Kinaxis have produced terrific written content in blogs, e-books, etc., 19 , 2010, the marketing take-away I shared was “Think Different.&# They all are very entertaining, too.

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B2B Marketing Marketing Management Eloqua RSS 40

Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

I would also make a point to solicit input from customer service and sales teams, as they have more day-to-day interaction with fence-sitters. Answer Man Once you’ve identified your top six questions, answer them. Not in a “here’s our FAQ&# way, but in a vigorous, social media way.

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FAQ Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Social Media 139

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2018

In a 2010 blog post, ZoomInfo discussed the emergence of video as an effective vehicle for B2B marketing communications. B2B Vlogging: As we discussed in a previous post, B2B blogging is an effective way to drive organic traffic to your website, engage potential buyers, and generate high-quality leads for your sales team.

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Webinar Metrics Video Marketing Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 157

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

People respect their peers first and foremost and the results of the event exemplified this point: high conversion rates from our email promotions, 55% attendee rate, and people stayed for the entire event — very little drop-off. Some of the top ones included: What is the best way to align your efforts with sales ?

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Lead Generation Budget Programs Work Management Lead Ranking 100

The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2010

According to their post: “Last week in San Francisco, 211 business-to-business marketers spent two days sharing insights, case studies and advice on social media marketing, lead generation, Sales and Marketing alignment, and other hot-button issues on the West Coast swing of MarketingSherpa’s seventh annual B2B Marketing Summit.&#

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Planning Work Management B2B Marketing Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

DECEMBER 8, 2010

On Monday I attended a Marketing Automation Monday event, put together by the Marketing Automation Association , a newly formed group of marketing professionals that discusses all things related to marketing automation and best practices. What is the hand-off process with sales? Join the LinkedIn group and attend the next event!

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Planning Work Management 100

Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 3, 2009

It was a product configurator application being marketed to the sales industry, and so obviously I got to know the head of Selling Power magazine, Gerhard Gschwandtner , for the first time. Gerhard is passionate about many things, but when it comes to selling, Gerhard is the leader of sales passion. event in Boston on May 21.

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Ontraport

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Matt Coffy founded CustomerBloom in 2010, an international digital marketing agency specializing in profit engines, which is a proprietary sales funnel marketing platform. He’s appeared on CNN, speaks at numerous industry events yearly, and has a podcast and news […].

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Digital Marketing Funnels Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies 56

markempa

MAY 23, 2005

» Blogging & RSS Events Business blogging consultant extraordinaire, Debbie Weil , just informed me that shes launching a half-day seminar on Blogging & RSS. Check out the AMAs blogging event in Chicago on February 18th. Check out the AMAs blogging event in Chicago on February 18th.

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markempa

JULY 10, 2006

« BeTuitive Publishing Book Review | Main | How Podcasts Impact B2B Purchase Decisions » Sales Leads Are Too Valuable For Sales People Alone David Meerman Scotts blog post, " Sales Leads Are too Valuable for Sales People ," is worth a read. This is an ongoing pattern for lead generation failure.

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B2B Sales Lead Generation Sales Leads BtoB 120

markempa

AUGUST 25, 2014

Tweet Our sister publication, MarketingSherpa, publishes three weekly newsletter case studies, and in the B2B beat in particular, those weekly articles routinely feature a story covering marketers tackling lead generation for the complex sale. 3.37% average conversion to sale across all Internet traffic sources. What were the results?

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Case Study Case Studies Lead Gen Studies 120

markempa

AUGUST 1, 2007

to Generate and Follow Leads | Main | Webcast: Closed-Loop Lead Generation & Management » 7 Tips to Improve Sales Follow-up & Close More Leads If you are like most B2B marketers, lead generation is at top of your priority list. But as you may already know, generating tons of “leads” doesn’t guarantee sales will follow.

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markempa

JANUARY 23, 2007

John originally hoped that Jill and I would debate or lock horns (Jill from the sales viewpoint and me from the marketing viewpoint). I share more ideas on what marketing can do to create and nurture leads before handing them off to the sales force. Listen to podcast now (MP3 60 min 45 MB) P.S.

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Lead Generation B2B Sales Work Management B2B Marketing 120

markempa

JULY 9, 2007

« Off-Topic: On Selling Ideas in 1776 | Main | Inquiry management and search marketing strategy » Early Stage Leads are too important for Sales People Alone The management of sales leads is critical to generating Return on Marketing Investment. The key is to match readiness of the buyer with expectations of your sales team.

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markempa

OCTOBER 17, 2006

« How to Become a Thought Leader and Attract Customers | Main | E-book: Why Naked CRM Doesnt Work » Lead Generation for the Complex Sale I recently did a phone interview on Lead Generation for the Complex Sale with Nettie Hartsock for Allbusiness.coms Must Read Business Books column.

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Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Sales Generation 120

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Over a thousand B2B marketers registered to attend an October 13th webinar created to help marketers plan for 2010. Specifically, the spoke about: Five key planning assumptions across two macro functions – reputation and demand creation – that should drive b-to-b marketing planning for 2010.

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