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Quantifying the Value of Lead Nurturing: A Case Study

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Most marketing and sales leaders in the business-to-business world know that nurturing leads is important. The reason: it’s essential to maintain a digital connection with buyers who want to learn about a business pain, product, or service—but who are not yet interested in talking to a sales person.

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Can the value of lead nurturing be quantified?

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Most marketing and sales leaders in the business-to-business world know that nurturing leads is essential to maintain a digital connection with buyers who want to learn about a business pain, product, or service—but who are not yet interested in talking to a sales person.

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Using Marketing Data to Diagnose a Sales Problem

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During uncertain economic conditions, business leaders are often forced to shift budgets amongst growth centers in the business. And instead of going after the larger deals, they were going after small mom-and-pop shops. They realized that this was not the market that was going to grow their business.

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Finding the Hidden Money in Your Content Strategy

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From a content marketing standpoint, for our business (Conversion Sciences) we currently rely on little to no outbound marketing to drive demand. For us, the direct conversions from emails that we send out, along with content that we share on social media, is minuscule—it’s really small. That’s what got published.

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Redefining sales prospecting in an era where no one wants to talk to you

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We asked Jennifer Gluckow, owner of SalesInANewYorkMinute.com about how she trains salespeople to prospect for and acquire new business by blending the best of the old techniques we know and love, and how they can be incorporated into current tools, technologies and strategies. Bring someone who may give your customer business.

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The Ugly Truth About Beautiful Content

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Unfortunately, businesses can’t become content marketers simply because they decide to do so. Business leaders must be convinced of the importance of content. If your organization is really small, one person can play more than one role—or you can outsource content creation, as 44% of companies do. Here’s why: 1.

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Content Marketing Requires the Mindset of a Publisher

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Magazine business models have always been about their database. The business model was really never about selling advertisements. You’ve probably heard about the concept of the Long Tail, the retailing strategy of selling a large number of unique items with relatively small quantities sold of each. How can you add value?