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Sorry, But “How Many Touches Does it Take to Make a Sale?” is No Longer a Valid Question

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The Rule of Seven harkens back to a day when the salesperson was in control, when buyers did little to no research before talking to vendors, and when marketing was simply a string of pitches extolling the virtues of a company’s product. Deliver that pitch a minimum number of times, the theory says, and buyers will be powerless to resist.

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Measuring the True Impact of Marketing Campaigns: A Conversation with Bonnie Crater

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In 2011, she became President and CEO of Full Circle CRM , a company dedicated to helping VPs of Marketing use Salesforce.com to get accurate and useful performance data about marketing campaigns. HS: Where did the idea for Full Circle CRM’s product come from?

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Think Your Inside Sales Team Has it Covered? Think Again.

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Besides ensuring that every lead receives prompt, systematic follow-up regardless of sales bandwidth, marketing automation also increases the productivity of an inside sales team by helping filter out junk leads (eliminating wasted calls) and prioritizing the rest based on demographic and behavioral criteria. That’s almost 4 whole days.

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Why Companies Buy Marketing Automation Software

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Though marketing budgets may begin to recover in 2011, the last two years have been marked by cutbacks in overall marketing spend and an over-arching desire to do more with less. Here are a couple of other factors that often figure prominently: Desire for Marketing Efficiency.