Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The prospect’s answer will tell you what you need to do to advance the sales cycle. Share: Read more from Sales Alignment B2B Marketing , Lead Qualification , Sales Alignment , Telemarketing 6 Comments Post a comment Rhino B2B Telemarketing Oct 9 2010 Love it! Trinity Oct 10 2010 A very good advice.

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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. It’s also worth remembering that B2B sales cycles can potentially be long, so consider where and when in the funnel your digital marketing efforts fit best. The 2020 buyer journey is an online journey.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

See contradiction #4) Contradictions and Myth Busters: Only 17% of the marketers felt they were “sales driven.” Despite all the hype surrounding social media in B2B marketing, 50% of the marketers said they didn’t blog, 49% don’t use Twitter and 25% don’t use LinkedIn. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

Help sales fill their pipeline funnels. As the quality pressure starts to rise, you can only send to sales those opportunities that are further along in the sales cycle. I wrote about this subject in my book titled How to Create an Unstoppable Marketing and Sales Machine. You cannot convert what you do not have.

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markempa

OCTOBER 6, 2006

« Webinar: A Multimodal approach to Lead Nurturing for Complex Sales | Main | How to Become a Thought Leader and Attract Customers » White Papers and Lead Generation, Key for BtoB Marketers Complex sales cycles make the development of multi-modal marketing strategies critical.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

This information should be utilized for further nurture and discussion with the prospect so when they are ready to begin a sales cycle you are the first company they engage with. Kathleen Jul 20 2010 Continuously “touching&# leads through calls and emails is the best way to nurture a lead.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 9, 2010

TechCrunch predicts that “by this summer (2010) well over half of all Internet users will likely visit Facebook each month.&# I’ve heard countless people, within the b2b community , express the sentiment that “LinkedIn is for business, Facebook is for friends and family.&# Add this to Mister Wong.

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markempa

MARCH 21, 2006

« Lead generation and the number | Main | Reaching Decision Makers » Customer Referrals and Your Sales and Marketing Department For the complex sale you need enthusiastic referrals to help you build your reputation, differentiate yourself, demonstrate your value proposition, shorten your sales cycle, and drive revenue.

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markempa

AUGUST 1, 2007

Does the sales team either ignore your hard-won leads or complain about their quality? Could you have helped move it along by going deeper in the sales cycle? Does the sales team either ignore your hard-won leads or complain about their quality? Could you have helped move it along by going deeper in the sales cycle?

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Influitive

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Referrals are an important part of a healthy B2B sales pipeline. According to LinkedIn, 84% of B2B decision makers start the buying process off with a referral. As a result, the company saw its membership skyrocket by about 60% in 2010. But starting a referral program from scratch can seem like a daunting task.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

For 2010, approximately six in 10 marketing professionals surveyed plan to increase their spending on content initiatives. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Junta42 reported that for the third straight year, marketers are planning to spend significantly more on their content marketing efforts.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

However, it is not so simple to measure customer engagement in situations with long sales cycles that’s commonplace with manufacturers, sellers of technical products and B2B consultative solution providers. Some B2B marketers are using more sophisticated ROI measurement tools to track activities over the entire life cycle of a lead.

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markempa

MARCH 8, 2006

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

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

WHEN : When on the sales cycle do you expect to engage with your prospects? However, it does require some tweaking and a dose of creativity in order to rise above the noise in attracting the attention of industrial buyers and engaging with them deeper into the sales cycle. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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markempa

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

« The halo effect and lead generation | Main | Macs Tasty Recipe for Lead Generation Success » Teleseminar on Selling to BIG Companies with Jill Konrath The biggest challenge most of us with a complex sale face is getting access to executives, especially those in BIG companies.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

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markempa

JANUARY 4, 2006

Less selling time : Because of longer sales cycles (and theyll get longer), sales people cannot afford to spend time on unqualified leads. Less selling time : Because of longer sales cycles (and theyll get longer), sales people cannot afford to spend time on unqualified leads.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Any help that I can provide to my clients to alleviate the problem is greatly appreciated and rewarding for my business.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? by Achinta Mitra on September 27, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Industrial Websites , Sales Strategies , Social Media Marketing Remember the very first music video ever played on MTV?

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers. Thanks for the post.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

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markempa

NOVEMBER 9, 2005

« Podcast: How to Nurture Leads | Main | Winning the Complex Sales Cycle with Thought leading Content » B2B Lead Generation Blog Adds FeedBlitz for Email Notification I have an announcement for readers who use Bloglet to get email notification for the B2B Lead Generation Blog.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

2 comments… read them below or add one } Eric Goldman July 18, 2010 at 11:22 am Achinta; This is a great article – thanks for posting it! Achinta Mitra July 19, 2010 at 1:47 pm Eric, Thank you for posting your thoughtful comments. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. Sort of the Kaizen of Inbound Marketing Automation.

Marketing Automation Services 60

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing Content to Engage and Sell by Achinta Mitra on July 6, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies Marketing 101 teaches you “Customers buy benefits and not product features.”

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 27, 2012

Since launching CMI in May of 2010, we now average nearly 100,000 unique visitors a month on our sites. The best part is that these companies come to us ready to buy, and our sales cycle has dropped, in some cases, to just a few days. Jay may indeed be right. 6 concerns/myths about consultant’s content marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website How to Make Your Business Blog Be All It Can Be by Achinta Mitra on May 3, 2010 in Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog Remember the U.S. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. army’s “Be All You Can Be” campaign?

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

2 comments… read them below or add one } Jim Cahill May 23, 2010 at 9:46 am Achintra, Great points! I’d add that B2B blogs which provide individual contact information of the bloggers or experts referenced in the posts can lead to new sales opportunities. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 27, 2012

Since launching CMI in May of 2010, we now average nearly 100,000 unique visitors a month on our sites. The best part is that these companies come to us ready to buy, and our sales cycle has dropped, in some cases, to just a few days. Jay may indeed be right. 6 concerns/myths about consultant’s content marketing.

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Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Service 130

Online Marketing Institute

AUGUST 14, 2011

Esp with high consideration set products and long sales cycle, it makes it difficult to track. Esp with high consideration set products and long sales cycle, it makes it difficult to track. data above). Much of the challenge stems from the engagement mid funnel is often seperated from point of conversion. data above).

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 20, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on July 20, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing , Sales Strategies To be successful in industrial and B2B marketing, one has to engage with prospects and customers in a meaningful manner. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 14, 2005

« Winning the Complex Sales Cycle with Thought leading Content | Main | Embattled CMOs share strategies to improve marketing influence » Google Makes Web Analytics Free but will it help your lead generation? Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

MARCH 30, 2005

Reputation has a direct link to the second output – demand creation – and indirectly helps to drive the third output (revenue) by building a foundation of trust and credibility that should be revisited as needed throughout a sales cycle." Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 1, 2009

The exact quote was: "Companies that significantly reduce their sales and marketing investment in 2009 will be gone by 2010." Gerhard : Sales 2.0 Sales can't do this without marketing. What are the industry leaders you talk to saying about social media and it's impact on sales and marketing?

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 3, 2009

The exact quote was: "Companies that significantly reduce their sales and marketing investment in 2009 will be gone by 2010." Gerhard : Sales 2.0 Sales can't do this without marketing. What are the industry leaders you talk to saying about social media and it's impact on sales and marketing?

Top of Funnel 100

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