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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

That however is only part of the solution because if your content doesn’t engage the visitor s/he won’t take a desired action to move forward in the sales cycle. Score this lead according to your preset BANT (Budget, Authority, Need, and Timing) criteria to determine if they are “sales-ready.”

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Top 25 Posts and 6 Hot Topics - Best of B2B Marketing Zone in January

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

January 1, 2010 to January 31, 2010. There is only one objective in social media: create learning networks - Chris Koch , January 8, 2010 There is too much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth about social media objectives and strategy these days. In this post I want to focus on the trends in Marketing Automation for 2010.

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American Business Media - Research & Marketing

Online Marketing Institute

focuses on the importance that readers, viewers, and attendees place on business info rmation to info rm and help the purchase/decision-making process.

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Top 111 B2B Marketing Posts and 34 Hottest Topics for 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Here it is - the very best posts and the hottest topics for 2010. 50 (of the) Best Twitter Guides, Stats, Tips and Tools of 2010 (So Far) - Webbiquity , October 5, 2010. Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010. Marketing Genius Blog , May 25, 2010.

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Paul Slack: B2B Digital Marketing Has Never Been Easier

B2B Digital Marketer

My story kind of begins and I’m going to date myself right here, Jim, but I got into technology sales back in 1990. And I kind of looked at everything that I knew at that point, which was B2B sales and how to help customers acquire the things that they need from a business perspective. And so I kind of grew up in that.

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

” It’s always, “Contact a sales rep. They talk about white papers at the top of the funnel and then buying guides and RFP guides a little further down the funnel. Ian: I think effective content strategy is talking about yourself without making it so apparent and sales-y that people just tune out. Get a demo.”

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

” It’s always, “Contact a sales rep. They talk about white papers at the top of the funnel and then buying guides and RFP guides a little further down the funnel. Ian: I think effective content strategy is talking about yourself without making it so apparent and sales-y that people just tune out. Get a demo.”