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Does Your Sales Team Know How to Follow-Up on a Lead?

ViewPoint

Today we will discuss why it’s vital for marketing to develop a training guide for sales so all are on the same page as far as understanding what constitutes a lead in your organization, and what’s the best way to follow up on one. Set sales straight—it’s a win win. For various reasons, sales often won’t accept the lead.

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Top 47 B2B Marketing Posts - Hot Topics Ning and Facebook - July 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Best of B2B Marketing. July 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010. Featured Sources. The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. The 20 craziest things you can do on Twitter - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , July 7, 2010 OK, we’ve heard all the great business success stories about connecting and learning through Twitter.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

3) Marketing automation – lead by firms like Aprimo, Unica, Oracle/Siebel and SAS, this category is at the core of what Forrester calls the Marketing Technology Backbone. The problem is: these platforms are heavy on campaign design, execution, and reporting and light on lead management. Here’s the problem.