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Is Cold Calling Dead? A Guide to B2B Cold Calling

Zoominfo

In today’s crowded B2B ecosystem, where personalization and relevance are seen as crucial competitive differentiators, the idea of cold calling might seem archaic. As daunting as cold calling may be, it still has a place in today’s sales pipelines. What is B2B Cold Calling? Is B2B Cold Calling Dead?

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Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing

Hubspot

Outbound marketing includes activities such as trade shows, seminar series and cold calling. Outbound marketing included trade shows, seminar series, email blasts to purchased lists, internal cold calling, outsourced telemarketing, and advertising. It is costly and the ROI is much lower than inbound marketing.

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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.

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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. Opt-outs increased and our brand image suffered — all because we were spamming our customers. So what happened in B2B Marketing? It used to be so easy.

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11 Modern Technologies That Make the Case for Inbound Marketing

Hubspot

If you're relying heavily on old-school marketing tactics -- radio and TV commercials, cold calling, email spamming, direct mail, that sort of interruptive stuff -- you might be seeing a decrease in the success of your efforts. These ads, however, can often be skipped after the first few seconds. 4) Email Filters.

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The Evolution of the Marketing Database

Hubspot

Telemarketing and cold calling follows, reaching a peak in the 1980s or 1990s when Americans can remember getting multiple calls during the dinner hour trying to sell them something. Do Not Call legislation is passed in 2003, and now there are 200 million numbers on the US do not call list.

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The Laws Marketers Need to Know to Avoid Legal Backlash

Hubspot

CAN-SPAM Act. As a marketer, all of your email marketing messages need to comply with the requirements set forth in the CAN-SPAM Act. Even if you're sending emails using an ESP like HubSpot , that doesn't mean you won't be held liable if the emails sent aren't compliant with CAN-SPAM regulations.