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How Not to Buy Leads

ViewPoint

An employee of a targeted company needed only to download some content to be qualified as a lead. As long as they worked for XYZ Company and downloaded the content they were a lead. times more likely than higher level executives to download content. His definition of a lead was the loosest that I have ever heard.

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Leads are Hard 

ViewPoint

Back during the bingo card days marketers were thrilled to get a list of “leads” and distribute them to sales. Marketers today receive lists of “leads” from content aggregators, web forms and hand raisers who score enough points in marketing automation to apparently warrant attention.

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Why Podcasting Has Great Reach and is the Least Expensive Content Creator

ViewPoint

While most companies scramble to create content, they remain unaware that podcast content is the least expensive tactic per impression and listener. WHY IT MATTERS: “While most companies scramble to create content, they remain unaware that podcast content is the least expensive tactic per impression and listener.”. __.

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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Advantages of LinkedIn in B2B Marketing

ViewPoint

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. The B2B Marketing Advantage of LinkedIn. PR Giant to Set Up New Content Marketing Unit.

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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - 5 Buyer Behaviors Reshaping B2B Marketing

ViewPoint

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. B2B Trade Show Marketing Circa 2013: Everything is the Same, Everything is Different.

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PowerOpinions: Making Lead Scoring a Success Part 3 [Expert Advice]

ViewPoint

We generate high quality leads, align sales and marketing, and drive revenue. We believe marketing automation has a place in the world, but we are aware that if it’s not properly utilized, it very quickly creates a whole lot of nothing. In our experience here at PointClear, very few companies are getting it right.

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The 10 most fascinating people in B2B Marketing in 2015

Biznology

Ichiro Niwayama is founder and CEO of Symphony Marketing Co., Japan’s foremost lead generation marketing company. Symphony runs marketing programs for more than 300 Japanese manufacturers with email, content development, data, teleservices, and marketing automation. Great job, Mark!