Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Demand Stream™ includes a Web widget that shows sales and marketing the names of companies visiting the Web site in near real-time. I worry that this tool only ends up helping sales pick out cold calls to make, and is not used by marketers enough to segment, collect, and improve their prospecting databases.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

And this is where I think the marketing rubber hits the sales road. As an analyst who has written about lead management extensively – I am still amazed at how many marketers feel challenged to produce leads that sales appreciate. In my view, these marketers live by four best practices.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

The lead management vendors are developing one-to-one email capabilities that help sales people be more consistent and productive. B2B marketers also need systems that help them align sales activity and marketing messages, monitor marketing’s impact on the pipeline, and close the loop on closed deals.

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