Digital B2B Marketing

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QuinStreet Buys Ziff Davis Enterprise: Is B2B Just Lead Gen Now?

Digital B2B Marketing

.” In other words, QuinStreet is a lead generation company. They purchased IT Business Edge in September 2011 and Internet.com in 2009. They purchased IT Business Edge in September 2011 and Internet.com in 2009. Are “Leads” the Only Thing Left? Already suffering, editorial looks to have been crushed.

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Selling your Lead Generation Content

Digital B2B Marketing

The economy was turning sour in 2008 and 2009, it is 2011 now and most economists are talking about growth. Personally, I would not, here are a couple reasons why this fails the content selling test. It immediately looks like it is out-of-date information.

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B2B Marketers Are Begging For Bad Data

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Here is an excerpt from the report: In a more recent (2011) study from JanRain (with a broader consumer base), 88% report having lied on registration forms. Inaccurate contact information is one of the reasons the traditional approach to enterprise B2B lead generation is on its last legs and needs to be reimagined.

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Five Reasons Lead Generation Is On Its Last Legs

Digital B2B Marketing

Lead generation, for purposes of this post, is collecting registration information for content, in order to build a marketing database or deliver leads to telemarketing and then on to sales. Delivering leads for sales drives today’s B2B marketing organization. B2B marketing is all about lead generation.

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Connecting Thought Leadership to Sales

Digital B2B Marketing

Here are Chris’s three key points: Connect ideas to offerings: tell a story that extends from vision to implementation Use ideas to attract and nurture leads Train salespeople to use and talk about ideas For many well-intentioned marketers, the missing link is product. You’ve inspired me to write a follow-up post this week!

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That's John Doe to You

Digital B2B Marketing

Share this Post: LinkedIn Share Email Share Digg Reddit Print Filed under Content , Demand Generation Tagged with B2B marketing , lead generation , registration Like Be the first to like this post. Reply Eric Wittlake says: March 26, 2011 at 9:08 am Thanks Carmen. I hope we will see more marketers ungate more of their content.

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Set Your Content Free

Digital B2B Marketing

What about all of those lost leads? It had great potential, but something went wrong. Now, it is stuck behind a window with 6 to 10 horizontal gray steel bars. Post the key findings on your Facebook page. Use the information for what it was intended for, to support your message. So free your content, let it start working for you.