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Inbound Marketing: Are You Attracting Quality Leads?

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A recent study showed that Inbound Marketing generates 54% more leads than outbound marketing campaigns. Sure, more leads sound great, but how do you make sure they are qualified? The following are key factors in making sure your inbound marketing leads are of high quality. Score your leads. Focus your content.

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From Subliminal Madmen… …to Lead Nurturing? Really?

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Buyers want information about products and services when they want or need to buy something. Because of the focus on the buyer, a new term and a new activity has emerged in marketing today – lead nurturing. Buyers are in control. See the difference? Photo from Flickr, Some rights reserved by Katherine_Davis.

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B2B CMOs – Get Out of Your Silo and Lead

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and lead , among other things. Results and information must be analyzed and interpreted, and the closer to the customer or prospect the better. Leading by communicating the marketing strategy is critical. B2B CMOs must break out of the marketing silo (ivory tower?) The way people buy has changed forever. on a real-time basis.

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B2B Marketing: How to Measure Online Conversions

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Didn’t get the information they needed? Didn’t feel safe filling out a form or other information? If your website is still just a static site with stale information – perhaps just an online brochure – it’s time to update it to a dynamic site that attracts and converts prospects into customers.

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The Death of Salesmen, Really

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There was an awkward pause, after which the sales man launched into a fast-paced monologue about how he’s using social media to do lead generation. They need good information (content) from your business, not a sales pitch. But now they can go online and get information when they need it. Someone had to call and tell them.

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B2B Marketers Going Beyond Buyer Personas, Working with Sales

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Marketing must not only attract new prospects but also provide information and content for sales to convert them to customers. In an article in Sales and Marketing Magazine , Tim Reisterer warns that if marketers merely focus on the buyer persona, they miss the information they need to assist in prospect conversion.

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Is Marketing Staffing Going the Way of IT?

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I believe that marketing staffing is becoming more like IT (Information Technology) staffing. Inbound marketing specialists optimize content to attract the right leads and convert leads to customers. Contact us today for more information on how we can help you with your marketing needs.