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

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Social media marketing is now precariously ensconced as a more-or-less mainstream marketing channel. Companies try to dutifully engage with customers and prospects on all the main social channels, plus as many of the secondary ones as possible. Others are more subtle branding channels with more difficult-to-measure metrics.

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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - 6 Marketing Trends to Watch in 2013

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Do you know how media fragmentation works and how to engage consumers across multiple channels and devices? Whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned blogger these five components are an essential part of a successful blog strategy. Learn why Anothony says his blog is "an outstanding ROI." Via OpenView Labs. Via Funnelholic.

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Good Reads for B2B Sales - Cold Calling Revisited

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Partners in EXCELLENCE president and blogger David Brock challenges that sales professionals go beyond providing rudimentary features and benefits. Modeling is more effective if managers and salespeople set asside time for pre-work and analysis after observation. Going Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis.

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Wanna Win? Jump Up the Lead Quantity and Add Nurturing!

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James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. It’s way ‘old-school’ to try and kick-start sales by dramatically jumping up sales lead quantity, and then rely on the sales channel to deal with it.

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An Agency Presentation that Surprised Me

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James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. What is the revenue target, and what are quotas for the sales channels by month? What is your closing rate and average sales price?”. I’m smiling).

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PowerViews with Ruth Stevens: The Science (not the art) of Marketing

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A business professor at Columbia University, Ruth is also the author of “Maximizing Lead Generation: The Complete Guide for B2B Marketers” and a guest blogger at Biznology and HBR.org. The cake still consists of the tried and true standby media channels. Ruth has held high level marketing positions at Time Warner, IBM and Ziff Davis.

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If You Follow the Lead Cow, You Will Step in the Mess That’s Left Behind

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James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Sales Management: If you can’t execute a 100% sales lead follow-up policy by your own sales channel, hire someone to do it. Marketing Management: Walk the talk.