Chris Koch

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Is lead generation killing marketing?

Chris Koch

Now, you could argue that if marketers improved their ability to generate, nurture, and manage leads from start to finish that those numbers would improve. Most reasonable salespeople will agree that marketers can only do so much in terms of lead generation. Related articles by Zemanta. We need to make allowances for that.

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How social media will change lead generation in B2B

Chris Koch

We are trying to generate demand during this stage, not create leads, because these people aren’t ready to become leads. We have to generate demand before we can generate a lead. Related articles by Zemanta. The best way to do this is with thought leadership. We need to create that content. What do you think?

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The 2 questions on every buyer’s mind

Chris Koch

An excellent, though controversial, example of this is the McKinsey article I wrote about a few weeks ago, about how US health care reform will affect employee benefits. They identify a current trend, say a regulatory change, and offer perspective on what the trend means and how companies should react.

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The 2 questions on every buyer’s mind

Chris Koch

An excellent, though controversial, example of this is the McKinsey article I wrote about a few weeks ago, about how US health care reform will affect employee benefits. They identify a current trend, say a regulatory change, and offer perspective on what the trend means and how companies should react.

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When does content need to be mobile?

Chris Koch

One company’s mobile application is tied to a wiki-based sales enablement website that lets salespeople generate actions and updates and get updated information from the road. Related articles by Zemanta. Will content appear in the application that needs to be acted upon immediately? But not until then. What do you think?

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There is no social media strategy, only marketing strategy

Chris Koch

I’m hoping that all the articles, books, and blogs I’m seeing that look at B2B social media strategy in isolation are a function of our excitement over this new channel (and don’t get me wrong; it is really, really exciting). Related articles by Zemanta. I resisted treating it as a standalone in the survey. What do you think?

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Why Tut would have been buried with his iPhone

Chris Koch

One of the most depressing aspects of PC applications is that they are basically time bombs that self-destruct with each passing generation of operating system or processor. Now, there’s no guarantee that our iPhone/iPad application collections will survive each new generation of device, but if they don’t, they’re cheap to replace.