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5 Steps to customer data hygiene: it’s not sexy, but it’s essential

Biznology

No wonder your sales force is always complaining that your data is no good (although they probably use more colorful words). Here are 5 steps you can take to maintain data accuracy, a process known as “data hygiene.”. Key enter the data correctly in the first place. Even company names fluctuate: 12.4%

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Five Ways B-to-B Marketers Need to Change Their Game

Biznology

Just as no one buys a car anymore without first checking prices and features online, business buyers now research and educate themselves online, months—even years—before ever seeing a sales person. So a sales person was in a nifty position to educate—and influence—the buyer from the earliest stages of the process.

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6 thorny data problems that Vex B2B marketers, and how to solve them

Biznology

To shed some light on B2B data problems, Bernice Grossman and I compiled a working list of problems and solutions. Data entered by our sales people ends up as mush in our database. That may be okay for the rep, but it’s not okay for the company. Here’s the best practice: Create a centralized data input group.

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Beware of dubious data providers: a 9-point checklist

Biznology

Are the names of the management team provided on the website? Do they claim some kind of guaranteed level of the accuracy for their data? Is the sales rep using a gmail or other email address unrelated to the company name? Do they have a company page on LinkedIn? Is there a client list on the website?

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

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

A Simple B2B Marketing Framework - Everything Technology Marketing , July 10, 2010 We often discuss in this blog how B2B marketing is becoming more complex, and how to manage this complexity. Maybe have never even had a sales job or a college-level marketing class. But that’s content for another blog post. Every Cash flow.

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