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Report: Why Demand Marketers Should Expand their Focus Beyond the Lead

The Point

Even if you acknowledge that change as fact, however, it’s easy to become cynical (as I have) when vendors and thought leaders are constantly proclaiming the “death” of the old ways. Cold-calling is dead. If we’re to believe the experts, the following is true: * Email is dead. Content marketing is dead. * The MQL is dead.

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Being a Marketer Is Hard.

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Can you even imagine a world where every product bug, sloppy sales call, or budget error received the same blowback as that one typo in that one email? The good news: there are technology and vendors who can help you out. That’s 96,000 cold calls, templated emails and Linkedin requests per year!)

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The Definitive Guide to Lead Generation

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

You don’t want your sales teams wasting time cold calling from a list of unqualified leads. Simply put, cold calling doesn’t work in today’s world of information abundance. You want your sales team closing deals and spending time actively selling, instead of wasting time calling down a list of cold leads.

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How to use social selling to truly connect with your buyer

Mereo

It is also more efficient and fruitful than cold calling. Mark Fidelman of Forbes says, “A lead today can be someone complaining on Twitter that their current vendor is driving them crazy. Today, leads are far more than a call from a friend, a business card from an event or a chance encounter on a flight.”.

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Benefits of writing a book: Can writing a book improve the credibility of your products and services?

B2B Digital Marketer

When you reach out to them, it’s not a cold call because you’ve already preempted yourself. The reason is that they want to make sure that the vendor they’re buying from is legit and has been reviewed by other credible sources. Come up with a dream list of dream 50 clients and send a physical copy of your book.

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Demand Generation In the Face of Frugalnomics and Internet Fueled Decisions

The ROI Guy

Frugalnomics Changes Everything According to Forrester analyst Scott Santucci, "Go-to-market models always change during periods of disruption, and this economic downturn has been deep, long, and might not even be over. The marketing mix needs to change, investing in the right tools and content to engage the buyer, rather than cold calling.

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7 Strategies to Convert More Leads with Less Time and Money

Marketing Insider Group

According to a Forrester study , 57% of B2B buyers say most of the material they receive is completely useless. Not only that, but 66% say they receive too much content from vendors, and 60% end up going somewhere else to find the information they need. 92% of buyers willingly engage with established thought leaders. Absolutely not.