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Five Ways B2B Marketers Can Get the Most from Facebook

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A lot of B2B marketers have chosen not to get on board the Facebook train for fear that Facebook's freewheeling culture clashes with their serious business. There’s a lot of gold to mine on Facebook, however, if you know your objectives and how the community works. LinkedIn is nine-to-five and Facebook is after-hours.

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The Problem with Inbound Leads - A Sales Rep's Perspective (& Solution)

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You know when you get excited about new inbound leads. Well, I called 185 inbound leads like that, in one week. After making that many calls, you start to recognize behavioral patterns in the leads. You start to see unique trends based on the specific source of the leads. What Was Wrong with Marketing''s Inbound Leads.

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3 Steps for Effective Sales Lead Follow Up (none are the Hail Mary)

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The ways sales executives follow up on leads is a little like trying to win games with the Hail Mary. There are three main reasons why sales rep follow-up on leads is relatively ineffective: The leads suck. If you are sending raw, unfiltered and mostly unqualified leads to sales they will never follow-up on them.

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PowerViews with Jamie Turner: Mobile Marketing Leads the Way

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In his experience sales and marketing typically leads the economy. Click to start video at this point — Social media and mobile markets are more than just ways of boosting one''s reach within LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, there are real robust tools for utilizing and analyzing these marketing channels, Jamie expressed.

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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - More CMO/CIO Alliance

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LinkedIn Adds Facebook-Style Mentions In Status Updates And Home-Page Comments. LinkedIn is adding a Facebook-like feature that allows users to link to connections or companies in the status-update field. When published, that connection or company would be notified they have been mentioned. CMOs Set to Spend More on New Tech Than CIOs.

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A 3 Step Process to Make Social Media Produce Sales

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Blogging, engaging, listening to customers on Facebook or Twitter. But doing these things won’t help your business generate leads and convert sales using social media. And who said you cannot use LinkedIn to generate sales leads? They’re generating leads using these 3 practical success principles. Good luck!

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How the CEO Can Enhance Sales, Marketing, and the Executive Branch

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Someone once told me that CEOs don’t care about leads. Unfortunately, as a result of this thinking, marketing spends a ton of money generating leads for sales that are never followed-up. If the CEO does his or her job, there will be a common definition of a lead and clear market definitions… these are missing in most companies today.