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How Social Media Changed the Sales Cycle into the Buying Cycle

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Marketers spent a lot of time creating attractive sales collateral materials–brochures, specification sheets and the like–and getting these printed on nice, glossy paper. Store rooms and offices were full of these glorious materials. What will they find? DBXNT74M6AKY. Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Tweet This!

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Lead Nurturing – How to Develop a Solid Process for B2B Lead Management

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Ask yourself and answer these questions: Do I understand my buyers’ buying cycle? You need to be able to map out your typical buyer’s buying cycle. It is the basis of any good nurturing campaign since you will building your nurturing campaign content and messages on each step of the buying cycle.

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How to do Lead Nurturing Right

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Marketing automation provider Marketo has just published The Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing , a white paper that provides real value, covering the lead nurturing process from the basic how and why through ROI measurement. Note: this post was originally published on the WebMarketCentral blog in August 2009. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Best Content Marketing Guides, Tips and Tactics of 2010

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It helps move a prospect along the buying cycle. E-newsletters, blogs and white papers are among the most popular types of content. White Paper Marketing: 5 White Paper Types and When to Use Them by SmartBug Media. White papers are a popular b2b marketing tool, but good ones are expensive to produce.

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Book Review: eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale

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Here she expounds on the shift in technology buying processes I outlined in a previous post, How Social Media Changed the Sales Cycle into the Buying Cycle. Divided into six sections, as an appetizer the book starts off with eMarketing Essentials , the “why&# of using content marketing for complex sales. Tweet This!

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Numeric Scoring: The Key To Lead Management Success

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Specific criteria carry specific point values, like +5 for downloading a white paper and +15 for attending a webinar. Posted by Laura Ramos at 12:26 PM in B2B Marketing , Lauras Posts , Marketing Measurement | Permalink Digg This | Save to del.icio.us The third dimension we use is the lead's position in the buying cycle.