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The Quest for Good Leads: Are You Asking the Right Questions?

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Mike Damphousse, founder, CEO and CMO of Green Leads and author of Smashmouth B2B Blog: Sales & Marketing Demand Gen places the focus on value: 1) The value of the inbound versus outbound lead; and 2) how far those leads are in the pipeline against the amount invested. Inbound: SEO, SEM, Blogs; Outbound: Telemarketing, Email, Events).

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PowerViews with Craig Rosenberg: Growth Hacks & Consumerized B2B Software

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He is also author of a popular sales and marketing blog, Funnelholic , where he shares B2B content with an edge. Craig is researching this and will be posting content on his blog as he wants to understand how these companies in the Valley are building their install base without sales teams. And I still prescribe that 100%.

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All Real Salespeople Love Sales Leads (but there is a tiny caveat)

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In spite of what Mike Damphousse ( Green Leads ) said recently in his blog BANT is Dead -- Find the Authority , salespeople need information such as B udget, A uthority, N eed and T ime frame to judge if an inquiry is really a lead and should therefore be followed up. A genuine sales lead has qualifying information.

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Buckle Up! Sales Reps Share Perceptions of Marketing-Generated Leads

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The eBook also includes thoughtful observations on findings from sales and marketing experts like Barry Trailer, CSO Insights; Brian Kardon, Eloqua; Carlos Hidalgo, The Annuitas Group; Stephanie Tilton, Ten Ton Marketing; Mike Volpe, HubSpot; and Jill Konrath, Selling to Big Companies.

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2015 Horoscope for Sales Executives: from Danmac the Magnificent

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Find some quality time with your buddies and commiserate about how “cold calling’s dead” and “according to a ton of books and blogs it doesn’t work anyway.” The next time your boss gives you grief about your lack of prospecting, just let him know that HubSpot says prospecting doesn’t work. Gemini, don’t believe it.

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PowerViews with Christopher Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

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On the marketing side, companies like Eloqua, Marketo, Pardot, Silverpop and HubSpot are adding features that are nudging them closer to the sales side. ” Marketers: Learn, Get Involved & Blog. Just on the BtoB blog feature that we have on our website in which marketers blog, the comments really pile up.

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PowerViews with Chris Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

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On the marketing side, companies like Eloqua, Marketo, Pardot, Silverpop and HubSpot are adding features that are nudging them closer to the sales side. ” Marketers: Learn, Get Involved & Blog. Just on the BtoB blog feature that we have on our website in which marketers blog, the comments really pile up.