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Leads are Hard 

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According to Wikipedia: “a reader service card or bingo card" was a reply card inserted in a magazine and used by readers to request free samples and literature from businesses who advertised in the issue. A Story From Yesteryear About Reader Service (aka Bingo) Cards. Many advertisers were listed on the reply card.

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What if CRM had not been invented?

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Last month we discussed Counterfactual Reflection (CR) as it pertains to marketing automation. There were lively comments about where individuals would be if marketing automation had not been invented. This focus helps us refine the use of marketing automation and enhance the arguments for its implementation.

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Avoiding Cascading Zipper Failures between Marketing and Sales

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No marketing automation system. Marketing automation will be used to provide strength to both Marketing and Sales so that neither reaches full failure. To stop a cascading zipper failure that victimizes the majority of companies: CRM + Marketing Automation + Marketing ROI Measurement + 100% sales follow-up = Success.

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The “Keystone” of B2B Corporations isn’t CRM or Marketing Automation

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Thank you Wikipedia). Is it the Marketing Automation system, without which 100% follow-up would be lost? And yes, the Marketing Automation system reduces the failure rate where the sales activity of follow-up lies fallow and under-performed. 1] A masonry arch or vault cannot be self-supporting until the keystone is placed.

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Outbound vs. Inbound: The Risk Management Issue in the Complex Sale

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In the most straightforward terms, the risk is that letting high-value prospects progress that far without proactive engagement—and instead relying too heavily on inbound marketing and marketing automation to find, nurture, and convert them—can result in losing deals to the competition. SQLs and closed deals) at risk.