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How the CEO Can Enhance Sales, Marketing, and the Executive Branch

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Unfortunately, as a result of this thinking, marketing spends a ton of money generating leads for sales that are never followed-up. Here are 5 things CEOs need to consider in order to fix what is broken: What is the CEO’s role as it relates to marketing and sales? What is the CEO’s Role as it relates to marketing and sales?

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The Problem with Inbound Leads - A Sales Rep's Perspective (& Solution)

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I wrote an article for my sales club about the " Best Answer to Sell Me This Pen I Have Ever Seen. " Let''s say you have a sales interview coming up. So after, when you make your sales calls. Today''s guest blog is by Ian Adams. Get to know Ian via Twitter and Facebook.' Because it''s hyper specific content.

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3 Steps for Effective Sales Lead Follow Up (none are the Hail Mary)

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The ways sales executives follow up on leads is a little like trying to win games with the Hail Mary. There are three main reasons why sales rep follow-up on leads is relatively ineffective: The leads suck. If you are sending raw, unfiltered and mostly unqualified leads to sales they will never follow-up on them. 3) Execution.

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A 3 Step Process to Make Social Media Produce Sales

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He blogs at [link]. But incomplete without a means to capture demand and convert it to sales. Blogging, engaging, listening to customers on Facebook or Twitter. But doing these things won’t help your business generate leads and convert sales using social media. But when does "engage" connect to sales?

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10 Inside Sales Predictions for 2011

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Comment on The Bridge Group's ten predictions for inside sales in 2011. No longer will the Inside Sales Rep be a “jack of all trades” Roles will be clearly defined and measured based on specific desired outcomes. Data will become an integral component for predicting the likelihood of Inside Sales success.

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Thank You to Our 27 Guest Marketing and Sales Bloggers in 2011!

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This year, we’re honored to have published posts from twenty-seven guest marketing and sales bloggers here on ViewPoint, and I wanted to say to all of you how much I appreciate your contributions. Inside sales. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics. Return on marketing and sales investment. Demand creation.

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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

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Following in 2nd through 7th place are paid search, email, branded communities and word-of mouth (tied), branded blogs, and online display advertising. In last place: Facebook, whose problem (according to Forrester VP and principal analyst Nate Elliott) is poor targeting and static-image ad units.