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Marketing, Death and Taxes

Marketing Insider Group

As a marketing professional, I am not proud of our reputation as SPAM-ers. It seems as if the lower our outbound marketing response rates get, the greater the number of emails, phone calls, pop-up ads and other interruptions we throw at our weary populace. I refuse to answer cold calls at work or home.

Planning 100
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Confessions Of A B2B Marketer

Marketing Insider Group

How hard can it be? We sent email and made cold calls. Not just a little more, we sent tons of email and cold calls and then we added even more. Lists became “tired&# as response rates drops. Opt-outs increased and our brand image suffered — all because we were spamming our customers.

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Outbound Lead Generation

Valasys

But trust me, it can effectively reach out to those untapped markets when done right. I know what you might think – “Ugh, telemarketers, no thanks!” ” But don’t worry; I am not talking about bombarding people with annoying calls. Maybe it’s time to try Outbound Lead Generation!