In late November, we released the first five trends of our annual “10 Trends” blog post. Thanks for sharing those as extensively as you did! And thanks to the many readers who insisted we publish these 5 more quickly. Without much fanfare, let’s dive into the remainder of the list. As usual, we look forward to your thoughts and feedback. Your customer becomes your biggest competition. More specifically, your customer’s ability to learn what their business needs are, and options to act on those needs. Then they call you in to present. Congrats you’re in the consideration set! Why not? Just ask. MORE >>

There's no question that landing pages -- and the lead-capture forms that come with them -- are two of the most important elements of lead generation. Without them, marketers would be much more limited in their ability to convert website visitors into leads -- and generate reconversions, too. That's because landing pages enable us to direct site visitors to better targeted pages that have the ability to capture leads at a much higher rate than forms on other web pages. Visitors are on a landing page for just one single purpose: to obtain an offer by completing a lead-capture form. MORE >>

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In B2B marketing organizations, content marketing aims to help buyers buy. Right? Content marketing provides the information buyers need to determine the type of solution they need, develop internal support for a change, create a short list of providers and address objections , all while positioning your company as a trusted resource. Wow, that sounds amazing. But is your content really what stood between a prospect and a purchase? had the opportunity to speak with Sharon Drew Morgen a couple times recently. Each time I came away thinking we can do so much more. MORE >>

Sales Prospecting Perspectives is pleased to bring you a guest post from Ryan Corey , Sales and Marketing Director with TrainAce and Co-Founder of SalesRepMarketing.com. Over the past several years many major sales industry superstars have been telling sales professionals to build their online presence. In particular, the focus has been placed on building a strong social media base. The obvious reason for this is that a sales professional with a healthy and active social media presence can use that base of followers to move their message and generate more leads for themselves. MORE >>