Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Here’s the shocking reality of B2B lead generation – 79% of marketing leads never convert into sales opportunities. B2B marketing and lead generation experts point to a lack of lead nurturing as the primary cause of this poor performance. Why is lead nurturing important? What is lead nurturing?

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ViewPoint

MARCH 6, 2012

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. She has produced hundreds of white papers, case studies and eBooks for a range of organizations, including some of the world's leading technology companies.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

Forrester – Forrester Research, Inc – An independent research company that provides pragmatic advice to global leaders in business and technology. Gartner_Inc – Gartner – The leading global provider of independent and objective technology related to research and advice. Cambridege, MA – [link].

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Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

We asked our panel of B2B marketing experts "How can B2B marketers measure return on investment (leads generated, market awareness etc) for the money/effort spent on creating and marketing content? Ardath’s book, eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale is now shipping! B2B buying cycles are lengthening.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

When companies start to tailor content to different audiences and stages of the buying cycle, they greatly increase the amount of content, and the type of content needed changes&# Marketing Roles Are Evolving Marketing used to have clearly defined roles. Does it sound familiar? A new role is starting to take shape.

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Ambal's Amusings

MAY 27, 2010

Ardath’s book, eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale is now shipping! Matching Content to the Buying Process is the Determining Factor for Content Development. When planning for content creation, B2B marketers need to take into account the information buyers need at different stages of the buying process.

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Read these interesting blog posts on B2B marketing ROI: Kevin Joyce's Untangling B2B Marketing Campaigns ROI , Jon Miller's Improving B2B Marketing ROI: Thought Leadership With Merry Elrick , Tom Scearce's Three metrics that are more useful than Cost per Lead. Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. Get Customers.

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