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The Marketing Graveyard: 6 Victims of Inbound Marketing

Tomorrow People

In November 2011 we killed email marketing. RIP TELEMARKETING. In January 2012 we strangled telemarketing with its own phone cable. Take a stroll through our inbound marketing graveyard and see which marketing mainstays we’ve killed off in cold blood over the years…. RIP EMAIL MARKETING. Why did we do it, you ask?

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Lead Gen Tactics from 4 MarketingSherpa Case Studies

markempa

150% increase in lead generation from 2010 to 2011. 1,500% ROI on SEO in 2011. 200% ROI on PPC in 2011. This effort led to lead generation through website form registration, and even phone calls from prospects who initially found the company through the digital marketing. What were the results?

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From a Challenging Marketing Past to the Most Promising Marketing Future: Top Takeaways from the 2011 B2B Roundtable Webinars

markempa

Watch the webinar to find out how John’s efforts are providing customers and prospects the precise information they need to make a smart purchasing decision, and dealers a much more detailed, useful picture of who they’re selling to. What information would help you generate more leads? And much of this is happening in real time.

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The Future of B2B Marketing: It's Social

Marketing Insider Group

I’ve already published my B2B Marketing predictions for 2011 and while I think I captured a good mix of new and traditional issues, I realized that one thing was missing: a common theme. In the era of Facebook, Google , Twitter and Yelp, buyers have as much control over the flow of information as salespeople.

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

ViewPoint

Outbound telemarketing The telephone is the Swiss Army knife in the B-to-B marketer’s backpack: a flexible, personal, dependable resource with infinite applications. Business buyers themselves are looking for information to help them do their jobs, and they generally welcome and open letters as they arrive on their desks.

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7 Tips For Successful Lead Follow-up

Marketing Insider Group

In my 20 years of marketing, sales and Telemarketing experience I have created many “Tele Web” programs, and here are the top reasons they succeed. Create a proper nurture program for all responders in the information phase We should never assume that all responders are looking to buy something from us today. Need to Drive Leads?

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Be A Hero: Choose Appointment Setting for Your Next Campaign

Marketing Insider Group

Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize. The training is critical to the success as the callers must understand your offering, but this is constant amongst all telemarketing tactics. That is so true!