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Should Marketing Automation Customers be Pre-Qualified?

Marketing Craftmanship

Garbage out, garbage in. · Align Marketing & Sales – This is the toughest hurdle, because it’s cultural.

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Confucius Say: Your Case Studies are Worthless

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In “How to Buy /Sell Professional Services,” author Warren J. Intrinsic selling provides buyers with a significantly higher level of confidence in the seller’s capabilities, and leads to an engagement or sale far more frequently and rapidly than extrinsic selling.

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Death by Content: How Press Release Abuse Killed Public Relations

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If journalists find no practical need for flacks, organizations will likely follow their lead. For public companies, dissemination of financial results and material events will be handled by their legal department. It may be too late to repair the self-inflicted damage done to the PR profession by years of press release abuse.

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The Power of Intrinsic Selling

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In “ How to Buy /Sell Professional Services ,” author Warren J. Intrinsic selling provides buyers with a significantly higher level of confidence in the seller’s capabilities, and leads to an engagement or sale far more frequently and far more rapidly than extrinsic selling.

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Avoid the Carnival Barker Approach to Publicity

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Other than a pile of press clippings or some online content for their website’s “In the News” section, business owners are hard-pressed to draw a connection between their publicity campaign and tangible business results, such as lead generation or increased revenue.