Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 4, 2011

On May 7th, 2010 I started this journey to document my thoughts and perspective on B2B Marketing. I think I am now doing a better job with managing my personal brand and with creating a community. And here are the top 10 posts from 2010 based on volume: 1. How To Align Marketing With Sales , Sept. Why Do You Tweet?

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Tomorrow People

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

They want bespoke solutions marketed in an even more personalized way. At its heart is higher revenue generation through personalized marketing. Renowned ABM guru Andrea was one of the first to use account-based marketing when she rolled it out across Fujitsu in 2010. Account-based marketing (ABM) is taking over.

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Account Based Marketing ABM Personalization Planning 136

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2020

It makes my case for personalizing content , doesn’t it? When you personalize content for every segment of your target customer base, you’ll be sure to hit the mark every time. Last year alone, CPG online sales in the U.S. billion, which accounts for 11% of total CPG retail sales. Personalize mobile messaging.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 14, 2021

That move led me to become a director of sales operations — a dream role for me! Maybe it has to do with my personality — I’ve always been a math person — but for me, running reports and dashboards in Salesforce brings order to a chaotic world. Trailhead Trail: Transform Your Business with Sales Operations.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 27, 2023

So, I’ve compiled a list of some of my personal favorite episodes, in addition to their most popular episodes from the catalog. 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.

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ClickZ

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Enterprise marketers need direct access to their customer data to send personalized messaging at scale. MessageGear technology allows marketers to access all of your customer’s data for rapid and highly personalized messaging at scale. The ability to personalization at scale. MessageGears allows them to do just that.

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The Point

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular blog posts from our blog, “ The Point ” in 2010 (as measured by page views). Blog Makeover Nets Sales Leads for Software Company. Would that person be motivated to read more? Comments after the fold. 26 Must-Have Negative Keywords for B2B PPC Campaigns.

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Anything Goes Marketing

DECEMBER 21, 2009

2009 has been a long year but as I reflect back on my many conversations, I've created a top 5 list of items to avoid in 2010: 1. In 2010 you will not have a choice but to make social media part of your overall marketing strategy. This concept needs to be at the forefront of your planning in 2010. You may see a theme here.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 6, 2021

In addition to our Sunday App of the Week feature, we also summarize some of our favorite B2B sales & marketing posts from around the Web each week. In B2B Marketing, Personalization and Relevancy Must be the Same. Personalization today certainly has a different look than the ‘personalized’ emails from brands back in 2010.

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Field sales is flat while inside sales is up 20 percent in the last few years. Knowing the new science of sales is what will help a salesperson to consistently meet expectations, says my latest guest on PowerViews, Chad Burmeister, vice president of corporate sales at ConnectandSell. Sales is Getting Scientific.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It’s become pretty impossible to escape those themes, particularly if you’re a small business owner or on a sales team. In today’s climate, companies that aren’t adapting to online sales are missing out on a massive opportunity to better meet customer needs and generate more revenue while still cutting costs. Looming recession.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The following excerpt is certainly important to sales and comes from my colleague, Rob Krekstein. I have been a student of selling and sales management for more than twenty years, and I have used a grand total of five “closes” during that time. The prospect’s answer will tell you what you need to do to advance the sales cycle.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

What the best practices for professional networking, generating sales leads, connecting with potential business partners, sharing content and getting answers to tough business questions? Mark Walsh reports on company pages, another new feature added by LinkedIn in late 2010. What new features should you get familiar with?

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 24, 2011

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. Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2010 by Lifehacker. ** 5 Stars. Create animations?

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2020

Generation Z consists of people who were born from 1995 to 2010. A more diverse audience can make content marketing challenging, but it also opens up more opportunities to reach different segments of that audience through personalization. Budget is not wasted on prospects who are less likely to result in a sale. Summing Up.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As a sales leader, your ability to develop and retain your sales reps is important to your company’s bottom line and future success. Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. In 2018, the average sales professional tenure was reported to be 1.5 years , down by half from 2010.

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Work Management Marketing Management Training Allocation 83

Biznology

MARCH 23, 2018

Turns out Hubspot’s own growth as a software company has been driven via cold calling through an inside sales team. An interview with one of Hubspot’s former sales chiefs actually made their call center sound like a pretty well-managed and productive organization. I’ve seen actual samples. Ironic, isn’t it? What a thrill!

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B2B Marketing Work Management Marketing Management Opt-out 190

Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 31, 2011

This experience included a variety of sales, marketing, business development, and management positions. Prior to this year, my perception of Twitter was that of a useless text-messaging medium designed to send friends obscure personal information. What was your "Aha" moment in 2010? Jonathan Kantor's Aha Moment.

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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. One of the executive editors at the media group knew of a nonprofit that was looking for a communications person. She also told us she was an early MarTech subscriber.)

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B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Press Conference 68

LeadSloth

JUNE 18, 2010

Effective lead nurturing will prevent prospects from falling out of the funnel before they are ready to talk to a sales person. Time & Date: Tue, Jun 22, 2010 11:00 AM PDT. Tags: lead management lead nurturing marketing funnel sales funnel. If you’d like to attend the webinar, please register here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/594743683.

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Writing on the Web

JUNE 17, 2010

Even when you’re giving something away, for FREE, you’ve got to write good “sales&# copy that spurs people into action. Now you’ve got to format your sales letter landing page , with a dynamite headline, cool graphics, arrows, ORDER NOW! Creating Great Sales Pages. Next Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 4 p.m.

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markempa

MAY 8, 2006

« Lead generation with Podcasts | Main | Why CEOs Must Be Actively Involved in Lead Generation » Personal lead generation tools If you do lead generation (a.k.a. The article features tools that will aid sales people, entrepreneurs, and professionals with their personal lead generation efforts.

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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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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., As we like to say, “Personality is the missing ingredient in B2B marketing.&# They all are very entertaining, too.

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B2B Marketing Marketing Management Eloqua RSS 40

MLT Creative

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

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. December 6-9, Dreamforce 2010 San Francisco, California: More than 20,000 fans will gather at this 8th annual user and developer conference.

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Vidyard

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the social network, Facebook has made personalized videos based on your profile. Personalized video is the holy grail of video marketing – it catches your attention, and it keeps you engaged because it’s not speaking at you – it’s speaking about you. Don’t believe me?

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Video Marketing Personalization Narrowcasting Ideal Customer Profiles 54

The Point

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I only recently came across the results of research published late last year by Leads360 , a leading provider of hosted (SaaS) solutions for managing sales leads. And to the extent you rely on telemarketing exclusively, your lead management will be less effective and your sales productivity will suffer. One question: are they mad?

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B2B Marketing Directions

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Since launching this blog in 2010, I've written about various aspects of sales-marketing alignment 26 times. And I certainly wasn't the first person to address this topic. Yet, sales-marketing alignment remains a hot topic and an ongoing challenge for marketing and sales leaders. My search produced 320,000 results.

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Biznology

MARCH 23, 2017

When social media arose 15 years ago, marketers where afraid they would lose control over their brand integrity since the open interaction of customers in the digital world could undermine the intended value and personality of a brand. It was also a way to “humanize” their brands, creating a distinct brand personality.

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Goodish Agency

MAY 17, 2021

Originally from Argentina, Jim came to New Zealand in 2010 which is where his business journey started. For Jim, the number one tool for any growth marketer is Google Analytics as it can indicate quite precisely how potential customers are entering your sales funnel. Jim Martin’s Journey. Download your FREE CRO for SaaS Checklist.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 19, 2011

Much has been discussed about the importance of aligning sales and marketing with regard to marketing automation and lead management processes. Social media marketing is also a channel where marketing and sales departments need to be closely aligned, but the assignment of roles and tasks can be unclear to many firms.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 13, 2016

It gives Microsoft access to a rich trove of personal and company information, something it didn’t have before (although Microsoft probably collected more personal and company data than most of us realize). If nothing else, this confirms the foundational role of data and data management in marketing and sales technologies.

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Writing on the Web

JANUARY 10, 2014

An expert, more generally, is a person with extensive knowledge or ability based on research, experience, or occupation and in a particular area of study. Check out some of the latest industry data: E-book sales grew dramatically in the first quarter of 2010, jumping from just 1.5% Source: R.R.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 28, 2012

Now, with more and more buyers doing their research online at your website and other sites, it’s important to be able to digitally track and see as much as we can about that company and person before they ever reveal themselves to us. Online tracking of web visitors has taken on added importance for sales and marketing.

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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

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

MAY 21, 2007

Still, those sales people succeed in spite of it all. They must, in one way or another, generate their own leads to meet their revenue and sales targets that’s independent of corporate marketing programs. And instead of calling it lead generation, sales people will probably call it prospecting.

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