| | | Lead + Sales | 9526 articles | - How to Ensure a Successful Inside Sales ‘Nurturing’ Campaign
In the stream of advice and information discussing the inside sales process, I feel that lead nurturing is neglected. What I’ve found as a common theme is that without a proper process Marketing and Sales either lose track of these contacts or inundate them with too much marketing material. When will they be reevaluating? -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013 Joint Forrester, ITSMA, and VisionEdge Marketing Survey Finds Marketers are Operationally Proficient but Strategically Stalled Over half of marketers use measures of operational efficiency such as on-time delivery, budget, productivity, campaign performance and lead data. They work with the world’s leading professional services, technology, and communications providers to generate increased demand, strengthen customer relationships, and improve brand differentiation. -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013 Beyond Lead Generation: How to Use Content for Sales Enablement, Lead Nurturing and Retention 'Author: Caroline Watts Many marketers consider content to be primarily used for top-of-funnel lead generation techniques. Content can help your sales teams engage more deeply with their prospects, can improve the success of marketing automation , and can help educate and retain existing clients. Convert Mid-Funnel Leads. -
VIEWPOINT | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013 Marketing Communications Managers Must Know the Sales Quotas! 'James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. But what about the sales forecast? Accountability and results measurement can be done only through sales lead management. Go figure! -
It’s all about Profit! 'Gossamar has recently changed its slogan from: “More leads of higher quality at lower cost”, to, “It’s all about Profit”. We''ve learned some lessons about Inbound Marketing and Sales and Marketing Automation since we launched our company in 2008 and they''re all encapsulated in our new slogan. Watch our 3 minute video to learn more.
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TRADESMEN INSIGHTS | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013 Why Should You Use Social Media in New Business Development? 'In the traditional sales model, we identify our prospects and then use several tactics to get in front of them, qualify them and ultimately sell them. In most cases, especially for manufacturers who are selling more complicated products, there is a sales funnel you need to take folks through before they are ready to buy. -
B2B MARKETING UNPLUGGED | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013 Got Lead Gen? A Book Review 'Did you know there were rules about lead generation? All these years I’ve been stumbling around generating leads with no idea that I was supposed to be following the rules. The New Rules of Lead Generation by David Scott is an ambitious, comprehensive tour of the dark art and darker science of making the phone ring or the mouse click. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013 Igniting Word of Mouth: How WOM Reduced Teen Smoking in South Carolina Jeff is President of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers. And you have to let your champions lead. Jeff Ogden , the Fearless Competitor, is an award-winning marketing expert and President of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers. By: Dayna Rothman. Backdrop. Purpose. Action. -
BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 Why Your Employees Shouldn't Be Scared of Call Recording They loved the sales performance benefits via call recording. They want to be able to hear employees on the phone, score employees on the phone, and determine where their sales training efforts should be focused. Call recording is a tool you can use to improve your sales skills. Why should sales be any different? -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 Meet @Hubspot Social Media Scientist @danzarrella LIVE On Marketing Made Simple TV this week! Marketing Made Simple TV is a production of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers , and it is hosted by Jeff Ogden and directed by Craig Yaris of Social Ribbit. 'Meet Hubspot Social Media Scientist Dan Zarralla LIVE on Marketing Made Simple TV on May 22nd! Even better, Dan will be taking YOUR questions, LIVE! - How to Get 58% of Your Revenue Via LinkedIn Groups
They use LinkedIn Groups to consistently generate high quality leads from people who already view them as credible resources. In fact, in our 2013 Sales & LinkedIn Survey , we discovered that 50.7% When you combine that with the power of InfusionSoft [our marketing automation software], sales become easy. We’re “Go-Givers.” -
MARKETING ACTION | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 Herding cats? The Hidden Costs of Multiple Marketing Tools How do you use them to know where a prospect is in the sales cycle, and effectively share that information with sales? 'The number and variety of tools marketers have to reach potential prospects has grown exponentially, and many of them work exceedingly well. That’s the good news. How do you find the time to manage multiple systems? -
SAZBEAN | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 Interview with David T. Scott — Author of The New Rules of Lead Generation Scott, author of The New Rules of Lead Generation (amazon link). David talks about why he wrote the book, why lead generation needs new rules, why measurement is vital and why his book is different from the plethora of other marketing books. So tell us, Dave, what inspired you to write The New Rules of Lead Generation? -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 The Ultimate Resource for 2013 Inbound Marketing Stats and Charts [SlideShare] 40) Blogs produce low-cost leads for 24% of the marketing community. 47) SEO delivered 14% of marketers’ total lead sources and 13% of all customers in 2013. 48) SEO is the top channel for sales conversions, with 15% of marketers reporting it produces above average conversion rates in 2013. Lead Generation. Cost per Lead. -
WEBBIQUITY | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 16 Remarkable Web Analytics Guides, Tips and Techniques for tracking specific marketing campaigns, concluding “Now, you are able to track the performance of the marketing message and pinpoint each sale (or other type of conversion) as a result of the tweet directly in Google Analytics.” Which Google Analytics (GA) metrics are most important? -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 10 Things Your CEO Needs to Know Now about B2B Demand Generation This man badly needs the help of a marketing leader well versed in B2B demand generation, who can create a program to fill sales funnels with warm leads. However, setting proper expectations is important, because warm leads don’t simply appear – it’s a lot of work and it takes considerable time. Are you one? -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 Encore: Insights from @TheCMOClub Innovation Summit – @MargaretMolloy on Marketing Made Simple TV Learn what’s on the minds of leading CMOs today in this highly engaging show. Marketing Made Simple TV is a production of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers and it is hosted by show creator Jeff Ogden. Director Want to supercharge your WordPress blog? Margaret Molloy today in this very informative show. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 How ITSMA is Leveraging Marketing Made Simple TV to promote their offerings They simply used their Calls to Action and tracked how many leads they got from people clicking the Call to Action in the show. They told us they want to test how well we generate leads. With minimal support, the test did not generate the number of leads they hoped and the trial ended. Want to supercharge your WordPress blog? -
IT'S ALL ABOUT REVENUE | SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013 How Do Your Contact Engagement Initiatives Stack Up? [CHART] Contact activity is an important metric in terms of Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) generation and conversion. Nurture campaigns coupled with lead scoring helps marketers fuel constant activity generation among contacts. Sign Up now for Chart of the Week to get a sales and marketing performance snapshot in your inbox every week. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013 Weekend Summary of Highlights from the Fearless Competitor blog How to Get More Sales Leads. Jeff Ogden , the Fearless Competitor, is an award-winning marketing expert and President of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers. 'The weekend has arrived and this is a new thing we’re doing on Saturday’s (at least till college football starts). Very smart move! -
SYNECORE | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013 Inbound Marketing: A Salesperson's Perspective After our domination (or lack thereof) on the court, we started discussing the things salespeople talk about: prospecting, leads, how much we hate cold calling, etc. joked about it earlier but yes, it’s true: sales people don’t like cold calling. Turning Sales People from Pushers to Teachers and Consultants. Fair enough. -
INBOUND SALES NETWORK | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013 When Is The Best Time To Send An Email? True lead generation is more than just a one-email touch and with the expectation to get measureable performance. That’s because most B2B sales are a complex, involving two or more people in the purchase decision. So sending one email on one day is not going to truly generate leads for your company. How do you achieve this? -
IT'S ALL ABOUT REVENUE | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013 More Holes Than Swiss Cheese: Why Marketing Automation is Still So Controversial The best quote of the day, in my opinion, was “Marketing automation forced our company to be brutally honest about our lead management process.”. 'by Sylvia Jensen | Tweet this In March EConsultancy held their annual Digital Cream Event in London. was very impressed with the participants on the roundtable and the level of discussion. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013 The Awesome Power of Guest Posts in Content Marketing So if you want to promote a business like the sales lead generation company , Find New Customers , start writing guest posts! Here are some examples of Jeff Ogden’ s recent guest posts: Guest post for Docusign : Stop Chasing Contracts and Get Back to Generating Sales Leads . in his recent book. Boy does it ever! -
B2B LEAD BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 Demandbase API vs ReachForce Form Appending Solutions SmartForms appends a survey’s worth of B2B data to leads at the moment of acquisition. With SmartForms in place, data is appended and enriched at the moment of lead acquisition, eliminating lead latency in sales routing that can occur with back end data appends. Lead Scoring 'Demandbase or ReachForce? -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 Insights from The CMO Club Innovation Summit – @MargaretMolloy on Marketing Made Simple TV Learn what’s on the minds of leading CMOs today in this highly engaging show. Marketing Made Simple TV is a production of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers and it is hosted by show creator Jeff Ogden. Director Margaret Molloy today in this very informative show. Who cares anymore? About Margaret Molloy. -
GREAT B2B MARKETING | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 In the B2B World, Market Awareness Trumps Sales Skills The VP of sales used to say something to the effect of: “When we get invited to the dance, we can beat our large competitor, but too often, we don’t get invited because they don’t know who we are.”. Although our sales force was just as talented and experienced, they could only win if they had the opportunity to compete. Articles. -
MARKETING ACTION | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 The 9 Immutable Laws of Social Marketing In this webinar, he’ll share the nine most important rules of social media marketing, and the one core, age-old marketing truth that leads to social media marketing success. Create engagement that leads to two-way conversations and sales. Social media’s still a puzzle for many of us. How do you use it to generate heat as well? -
KOMARKETING ASSOCIATES | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 10 of the Best B2B Facebook Pages This is even true in the B2B sector, where 44% of business executives (directors and above) use Facebook, which provides an opportunity for B2B Facebook pages to be seen by decision-making individuals at companies; it also increases chances for leads and sales. The key is to make sure your page is worth your reader’s time. -
CLIENT BRIDGE | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 Nurturing Leads with a Business Blog From Hubspot, here are eleven ways to use your business blog to nurture leads. Show a CTA for an offer that aligns with a repeat visitor''s position in the middle of the sales funnel. Email Blog Content to Segments of Unengaged Leads Share blog content with your leads database and email marketing software. -
DIGITAL B2B MARKETING | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 6 B2B Marketing Mistakes That Are Easy To Make Sales needs leads in order to deliver revenue. So you focus on delivering leads and ensuring sales has what they need to close. What does marketing need to do to ensure sales, account teams and other groups responsible for each revenue segment will deliver? Assuming Your Audience is Just Like You. Logical, right? -
Five tools to help with your social media makeover Social media is not necessarily all about sales but I’m sure you’d like to see some action from the updates you make. Lead Converter is a useful tool for capturing attention. 'By Ian Cleary, {grow} Contributing Columnist. Part of my daily routine is going to the gym. And maybe, just maybe, it’s time for a makeover. percent. -
Why CMO’s Need To Be More Involved in Ecommerce And who should lead the charge? IT tends to lean too heavily toward data for data’s sake, while Sales too often relies on revenue and relationships. It also needs to be a reliable gateway to actions that grow sales beyond the initial purchase, such as cross-selling and upselling. If the $42.3 But online is a big place. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 NPS for Marketing: An Interview With the Creator of the Net Promoter System The only substantial difference is that in B2B, you need to be thoughtful about which individuals in an account (decision makers, influencers, users) should be surveyed, how frequently, and then integrate their feedback rhythm into the sales and service process. 'We’re big followers of Net Promoter Score (NPS) at HubSpot. -
BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 4 Key Metrics Every Data-Driven Marketer Should Pay Attention To 1) Sales Readiness Indicator. How ''sales ready'' are your leads? Specifically, how sales ready are your phone leads? One of the incredible data points that Conversation Analytics extracts from phone calls is a Sales Readiness indicator. Generally scores over 80% would be considered incredibly sales ready. -
VERTICAL RESPONSE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 Unlock Pro Tips to Creating a Successful Webinar 'Webinars are not only fun to host and conduct, but they’re also an excellent tool for generating leads and sales for your business. In fact, according to ClickMeeting.com , 77% of webinars are conducted specifically for lead generation (aka getting more customers). image courtesy of ClickMeeting.com. All rights reserved. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 What Your Traditional Marketing Education Didn't Teach You About Marketing Today Press releases and pitches were tailored specifically toward the end readers (assignment editors, producers, and reporters) versus a wider net of prospects, customers, and leads who could benefit from the news as well. Instead, build ownable assets over time to help you attract, convert, close, and delight prospects, leads, and customers. - 5 Simple Remedies To Heal Your Ailing Email Subject Lines
'Sales Prospecting Perspectives is pleased to bring you a guest post from James Hutto , co-founder of Valeo Marketing. beautiful and finely-optimized website certainly help, but it isn’t quite enough to sustain or grow your sales. This leads us to our first rule for writing better, stronger subject lines. But don’t fret! -
IT'S ALL ABOUT REVENUE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 4 Tactical Takeaways from Case Studies Presented at SiriusDecisions Summit 2013 He currently runs B2B Fusion , a vendor neutral business helping business-to-business sales and marketing leaders accelerate revenue growth by connecting marketing investment to new revenue opportunities. CDW’s Joe Levin highlighted how CDW reduced content to 92% and a 4:1 reduction in partner portals to increase sales effectiveness. -
BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 Ironman Exclusive: Did Tony Stark Create Advanced Call Tracking? Following are 5 evidences that lead us to believe Tony Stark invented conversation analytics and that LogMyCalls and Bernard Beaver are merely benefitting from Tony and his hard work. 'Ironman 3 has made $994 million dollars. It is expected to eventually earn nearly $2 billion dollars in theaters alone. 1) Ironman uses speech analytics a lot. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 Meet @Hubspot Social Media Scientist @danzarrella LIVE On Marketing Made Simple TV! Marketing Made Simple TV is a production of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers , and it is hosted by Jeff Ogden and directed by Craig Yaris of Social Ribbit. 'Meet Hubspot Social Media Scientist Dan Zarralla LIVE on Marketing Made Simple TV on May 22nd! Even better, Dan will be taking YOUR questions, LIVE! -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 How a Sales Coaching Program Can Grow Your Business in Turbulent Times Even though the economy is showing signs of turning around and sales organizations are ramping up their efforts, there are still significant challenges to overcome. Confronted with this gauntlet of challenges, where should sales reps go for support, revitalization, encouragement, and guidance to be successful? 'Selling is hard work. -
FOLLOW THE LEAD | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 How much Web form do you really need? 'Still sending partial leads to your sales team – ones you’ve collected from your Web form with only an email address and maybe a name? Before you create a longer Web response form on your landing pages, check out our latest ZoomInsights article. What’s the best length for a Web form? Are there other ways to get the info you need? -
MARKETING ACTION | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 Two Concrete Ways Sales Can Benefit from Marketing Automation Marketing automation has become the secret weapon of the sales department. Forward-leaning sales teams have figured out how to benefit from marketing automation, beginning with integrating it into their CRM systems. Through behavioral and attribute profiling, marketing can create segments that have meaning for sales messaging. -
BRN.SK | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 6 Product Video Stats Every Marketer Should See While B2B organizations are more likely to employ a traditional purchasing track through their sales teams rather than an online purchasing method, this statistic highlights an important point for all organizations: consumers are spending more and more time researching products on their own to inform their purchase decisions. Sales. -
WRITTENT | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 25 Success Tips for Writing Irresistible Customer Success Stories Stock photos are typically 95% less effective at converting leads and customers than images of real people. Customer success stories have the potential to lend credibility to your company’s solutions and enhance your sales. 'Your company’s best advocates aren’t in your marketing department; they’re your current customers. Avoid Jargon. -
THE FORWARD OBSERVER | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 How to Arm Your B2B Blog for Maximum Marketing Firepower 'Artillery B2B Marketing Blog > The Forward Observer With the right aim, B2B companies can use blogging to increase awareness and preference, attract qualified leads, boost sales and grow their business. And, companies that blog get 70% more leads than those that don’t blog. Your blog has huge lead generation potential. -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 What Would a 'Mad Men' Era Ad Campaign Look Like Today? In 1950, just 7% of women admitted to dying their hair -- six years after the launch of the campaign, sales for the brand had increased 400%. On the landing page, they''d also see calls-to-action encouraging visitors to shop Clairol’s ecommerce site -- leading interested people closer and closer to making a purchase. The Results. -
VIEWPOINT | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 PowerViews with Michael Brenner: The Battle for Customer Attention Michael is also the author of B2BMarketingInsider.com , where he discusses content marketing, demand generation, mobile strategy, and sales alignment to name a few. Sales is Still Important. It’s the aim of marketing to assist salespeople and the aim of sales is to enable buyers to buy. The Battle for Customer Attention. -
WEBBIQUITY | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 30 Awesome Blogging Guides, Tips and Resources Following up on an earlier post on the same topic, Gini Dietrich (again) offers 10 more ideas to increase engagement on your blog, from writing book reviews and rants to covering the latest trends and answering questions commonly heard by your sales force or customer service reps. Why Blog. Reporting that “the number of Inc. IT DROPPED! -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 How to Get More Sales Leads – SalesOpTV with marketing experts @eriklurs, @iannarino, @fearlesscomp and @gerhard20 'In this fun and engaging video show, four sales and marketing experts share their best ideas for. Generating Sales Leads. Lead Nurturing. Improving leads with social and business intelligence. Qualifying leads and lead scoring. Lead distribution. Marketing automation. What do you think? -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013 How to Fix 6 Failing Marketing Metrics Your CEO Actually Cares About Revenue and cost efficiency are the primary concern of upper management, so while Sales may be closing deals, further analysis shows that your marketing budget is rendering your customer acquisition cost high. First off, your sales cycle may be too long and laborious, which results in your sales team having to do most of the nurturing. -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013 6 Marketing Automation Lessons I Learned the Hard Way Let me you give you a real-life scenario: A three-person marketing team for a large technology company is struggling to supply inside sales reps with good leads. In addition, a lot of the work to hand leads to sales is very manual, due to a lack of integration with their email provider and CRM. This is a good thing! -
BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013 Phone Calls: Where Da Gold At? It can measure things like lead score, sales readiness, pricing sensitivity, competitor mentions, and a host of other things. 'Do you remember this video? Chances are you''ve seen it. It has over 22 million views on YouTube. This is hard hitting news story in Mobile, Alabama about a leprechaun hiding, possibly, in a tree. Of course. -
MARKETING ACTION | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013 Content Marketing Lessons Learned, from the Content Marketing Institute That means less-expensive online and social marketing gained power as sales enablement tools, using content as the critical factor of attraction. Instead of converting from content to an immediate sales opportunity, we’ve found that converting from content to more content is the best way (for us).”. Learn more about CMI ). It’s not. -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013 How Marketing Legend Guy Kawasaki Manages His Social Media Presence The reason for repeated tweets is to maximize traffic and therefore advertising sales. Think of this as crowdsourced story leads. Many people know that I’m on the hunt for good content, so they send me leads. 'Guy Kawasaki is a special advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google. He is also the author of APE, What the Plus!, -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013 Marketing Strategy to Revenues and Social with three top marketing experts Two quick video clips kick off a conversation between four sales and marketing experts. Two quick video clips kick off a conversation between four sales and marketing experts. We invite sales leaders and sales operations managers to join [link] to collaborate with us and help improve salespeople, sales processes and technology. -
A different way to think about social media ROI It is a legitimate part of a mix of communications that leads to a customer relationship. We build our emotional attachments with companies and brands like the way we build our friendships — through lots of small, consistent interactions that lead to deeper forms of engagement. First, I am going to give you ONE view. by Mark W. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 Encore: Rise: 3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out As a Leader & Liking Your Life – Patty Azzarello on Marketing Made Simple TV Marketing Made Simple TV is a production of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers and is hosted by Jeff Ogden. It '(We realize not everyone got to enjoy Marketing Made Simple TV when it premiered on Thursday. So we post an encore show on Sunday, so you have another chance to watch.). Patty Azzarello. -
LEDGER BENNETT | SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 Sirius Decisions Summit summed up in tweets However, content should always be around the needs of your buyers, not what we have always produced, or what sales like to use. cdw reduced their content by 93% as part of their sales enablement transformation - good content, not more via @ joe_levin #SDSummit. And, we mustn’t think that social selling is just sales. Sales. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013 A Find New Customers client story – Why it didn’t work Feel free to see what he saw, Jeff Ogden on LinkedIn ) He wanted to crank up marketing, create a sales lead generation program , and drive more sales leads. This software firm’s idea of marketing was to continually email sales pitches to their marketing database. But the deal did not last long. ” Uh-oh! -
BRN.SK | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 Mobile Sales Strategies Reduce Costs, Boost Productivity [Report] Home Ideas Blog Brainshark Articles Mobile Sales Strategies Reduce Costs, Boost Productivity [Report]. Mobile Sales Strategies Reduce Costs, Boost Productivity [Report]. Now that more organizations have adopted tablet technology for sales enablement, the clear ROI picture has begun to take shape. eBook: Sales Enablement. - Top Seller LinkedIn Strategy: Monitor Customer Job Changes
'In Cracking the LinkedIn Sales Code , which highlights the results of our 2013 Sales & LinkedIn survey, we discovered that top sellers had significantly more LinkedIn connections with their customers than everyone else. This is a strong trigger event that can lead to untapped opportunities. That''s a huge difference. -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 Random Thoughts From Marketers Like You just LOVE it when my sales team tells me ALL the leads are bad. 'We all have an inner monologue. In fact, sometimes those internal thoughts even get their big break as spoken words -- oftentimes verbalized in a snarky, frustrated, or sarcastic tone. Here''s what we''ve all been thinking. 45 Random Thoughts From Marketers Like You. -
THE ROI GUY | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 3 Key Findings from SiriusDecisions Summit 'This week Alinean was in San Diego with 1,500 of the best marketers and sales execs to network, and hear SiriusDecisions present their latest research and best practice findings. However, if you are like most, your sales reps continue to struggle with articulating and quantifying the financial value your solutions can provide. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 My Real Passion. It’s not what you think. 'Jeff Ogden, the award-winning marketing expert and President of sales lead generation company Find New Customers is a proud graduate of the University of Notre Dame. Graduates of Notre Dame are called “domers” and there’s a saying too. “Tradition never graduates.” What do you think? Brian Kelly. -
MARKETING ACTION | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 Five Ways CRM + Marketing Automation = Sales What began as a suite of capabilities that relieved marketers of certain manual tasks has turned into a genuine sales enablement tool. When CRM and marketing automation are integrated, sales gets a seat at the table to view the strategic customer information that can make all the difference when the sales rep is trying to close a sale. -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 Revenue Acceleration Through Content Marketing Is A New Opportunity For Marketing Service Providers Just 15% (each) is collected from either the vendor’s marketing department or the sales contacts. I suspect that many enterprise marketing teams will be happy to see their content marketing and lead-to-revenue management become externally provided managed services. Discover and Explore. How do they achieve this success? Peter. -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 A Chat With a Marketer Who Has to Fight for His Budget My day-to-day includes a few core concepts which consist of PR, content , co-marketing, lead gen, marketing partnerships, working across the sales, product, and customer success teams and anything else that comes up along the way. Me: Historically I feel like people are more likely to hire in Sales or Dev. Me: Hey Dan! That''s. -
IT'S ALL ABOUT REVENUE | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 Eloqua Wins CODie Award for ‘Best Marketing Automation Solution’ Oracle Eloqua’s platform provides marketers with a way to target and segment the right audience, nurture and score leads to improve lead generation, execute global marketing campaigns, and track and manage campaign performance, including revenue growth. Oracle Click here for more information about the CODiE Awards. -
INBOUND SALES NETWORK | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 Branding is NOT Demand Generation At the heart of this whole issue is the difference between trying to build awareness of your company versus actual, measureable, leads that your sales team can convert into sales. The Executives'' Guide to Building a Lead Generation Engine. Download our free The Executives'' Guide to Building a Lead Generation Engine -
WRITTENT | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 Current Inbound Marketing Trends: 10 Things You Didn’t Expect Without lines of communication between sales and management, marketers are unable to generate a sufficient volume of the right leads. Did you know that 66% of marketers consider lead generation, conversion, and reaching the right audience more important than creating quality content ? Marketing and Sales Really Need to Talk. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 Rise: 3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out As a Leader & Liking Your Life – Patty Azzarello on Marketing Made Simple TV Marketing Made Simple TV is a production of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers and is hosted by Jeff Ogden. It Please note that Patty was also the keynote speaker at the Marketo Marketing Summit. Patty Azzarello. You will learn in this show: Why working harder is a mistake. The critical need to develop good mentors. -
BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 Q&A with Content Marketing Expert Jeff Molander: Selling with Content Jeff was kind enough to answer a few questions about content marketing, social selling, and how to get leads with both. define failure, or under-producing, as "not generating sales leads." Most are struggling to create leads with content because they''re measuring content over structuring or designing it. Awesome. -
CLIENT BRIDGE | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 SLIDESHOW: Disruptive Inbound Marketing Discoveries Inbound delivers on ROI promises, providing more and cheaper leads. Establishing an agreement with Sales is as important -- possibly more so -- as simply measuring the effectiveness of inbound. From the Hubspot blog, here''s a presentation with ten inbound discoveries from the report that will disrupt marketing forever. -
SAZBEAN | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 The Importance of Content Distribution to B2B Brands Producing quality content can help B2B companies connect with potential customers and build up relationships that may lead to a sale. 'newspapers (Tehr?n) n) (Photo credit: birdfarm) We all know that the B2B buying cycle is much longer than the typical B2C cycle (hello, <5 mins?). News & Notes -
MARKETRI | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 Why B2B Online Marketing Doesn't Work Is it reasonable to expect the website to bring in direct sales? Or is it more about leads, endorsement and referrals? 'This guest post is courtesy of The Marketing Eye , our partners in the UK. It originally appeared on The Marketing Eye Blog. Many businesses are now completely sold on the benefits of online marketing. way out. -
BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 How to Convince Your Boss to Invest in Call Tracking This is a question nearly every BtoB sales person has to wrestle with. In many cases the BtoB sales person will hear these words on the other end of the phone: "I love it, I just need to convince my boss.". The research shows that calls convert to customers 12x to 15x more than web leads. 'How do you get executive buy-in? -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 Igniting Word of Mouth: How WOM Reduced Teen Smoking in South Carolina Jeff is President of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers. And you have to let your champions lead. 'by Dayna Rothman I’d like to welcome Jeff Ogden as today’s guest blogger. He’s also the Creator and Host of the syndicated TV on the Web show, Marketing Made Simple TV. Backdrop. Purpose. Action. -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 How to Revive a Soured Sales & Marketing Relationship 'The story of sales and marketing animosity is so common it''s cliche. From Sales yelling at Marketing about spending money and generating terrible leads, to Marketing yelling at Sales for being lazy and not working its leads, the list goes on and on with the classic complaints indicative of a soured SMarketing relationship. -
VIEWPOINT | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Protect Your Online Reputation 'Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. Lead Generation Poses Biggest Challenge for B2Bs. Generating more leads still tops the list of B2B marketing challenges, but reaching a target audience is on the rise, according to a BtoB survey. Via Marketing Land. Via ClickZ. -
DIGITAL B2B MARKETING | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 15 People Every B2B Marketer Should Follow On Twitter Championing efficacious sales support & marketing for B2Bs – figurative middleware for B2B Sales & Marketing Alignment. sales, marketing, demand discovery/generation, social media, lead gen, painter, golfer. 'As a B2B marketer, it is easy to find people to follow on Twitter, right? Ryan Skinner @rskin11. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 Why You Should Not Believe Ads on TV – the Need for Trust Jeff Ogden is an award-winning BtoB marketing expert and the President of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers. 'Don Peppers. More and more I’m finding ads on TV completely unbelievable. They fail the Trust Test! Many times I watch TV ads boast about products that I know don’t live up to the hype. -
B2B LEAD BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 Funnelnomics: Four Steps to Accelerating Your Marketing and Sales Funnel – Step 2: Filling Your Funnel with Qualified Buyers It provides a framework for integrating your marketing lead generation programs with sales execution processes to drive growth and profitability. Be sure to read Step 1: Mapping Your Marketing and Sales Funnel. Improving lead quality. Generating more leads. Sales and Marketing Tips The Right Approach. -
B2B LEAD BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 Funnelnomics: Four Steps to Accelerating Your Marketing and Sales Funnel – Step 2: Filling Your Funnel with Qualified Buyers It provides a framework for integrating your marketing lead generation programs with sales execution processes to drive growth and profitability. Be sure to read Step 1: Mapping Your Marketing and Sales Funnel. Improving lead quality. Generating more leads. Sales and Marketing Tips The Right Approach. -
B2B LEAD BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 3 Ways (Smart) Data Maintenance Can Improve B2B Marketing ROI It covers email best practices, targeting and segmentation, and sales and marketing alignment, and will be released in the next couple of weeks. B2B Marketing Ideas Database Marketing Email Marketing Marketing and Sales Alignment B2B Marketing Marketing ROI sales and marketing alignment Segmentation Targeting Brunner Inc., -
B2B LEAD BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 3 Ways (Smart) Data Maintenance Can Improve B2B Marketing ROI It covers email best practices, targeting and segmentation, and sales and marketing alignment, and will be released in the next couple of weeks. B2B Marketing Ideas Database Marketing Email Marketing Marketing and Sales Alignment B2B Marketing Marketing ROI sales and marketing alignment Segmentation Targeting Brunner Inc., -
HubSpot Releases Social Inbox and Reveals So Much More 'I spent yesterday afternoon at HubSpot ’s “Open House” in Cambridge, MA, during which they briefed the community on their business progress, introduced their new Social Inbox, described their approach to marketing and sales alignment, explained their “ culture code ”, and answered questions. The system has a will of its own. -
LEDGER BENNETT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 The top 10 B2B marketing research papers you should read 'If you only read 10 B2B Research Papers this year make it these, and in turn your marketing campaigns will be better-rounded, direct and thoughtful, helping you to capture the ‘Holy Grail’ of marketing – more sales opportunities and more closed deals at a lower cost! Lead Generation Marketing Trends. The freebies…. and the paid ones! -
BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 The Big Hole in Your Marketing Metrics, Call Tracking Fills It So, not only will call tracking track where the calls came from, but it will track lead score, close rate, sales readiness of the caller, missed opportunities, phone skills of the employee, and a variety of other metrics. 'No one likes a big hole. No one. If you have a big hole in your yard, you try to fill it. No one likes big holes. -
INBLURBS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 42 Profitable Reasons to Consider Inbound Marketing Strategy for Business 'The proven and successful inbound marketing strategy is a great way to generate high quality leads. Why is this inbound marketing such a great way to generate leads? Helps to generate a massive amount of leads. Gets you up to 55% higher lead conversion rates. Increases your customers and sales. per new customer. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 Why I Made Our CEO Pay $600 to Monitor Social Media For a Day This is also to say that Marketing, Sales, and Support should all be considered in every action you take. As a social media manager, I think about visits, leads, and customers on a daily basis, and how I can continue to improve those numbers. As HubSpot’s social media manager, I was a little uh. how do I say this. Oh boy. Be Vigilant. - 5 Keys Ways The Smartest CEOs Use Outside Contractors
'Sales Prospecting Perspectives is pleased to bring you a guest post from Helen Nesterenko, founder of Writtent.com. In an era where 96% of first-time visitors to a website aren’t ready to buy, branded content can be key to turning organic search visitors into leads. Lead Data and Qualifying. Content Creation. Social Media. -
VIEWPOINT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 Should Marketing Be Held to the Same Quota Standards as Sales? 'Andy Gray is a senior marketing professional with proven expertise in directing, centralizing, and strengthening how customers are acquired and retained as well as how companies are positioned through marketing strategies, demand generation, sales support and enablement programs, market research and product development. Should we go further? -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 Why Using a Telemarketing Call Center is a Great Idea 'Summary – Imagine a sales force that never calls in sick or misses a day because of bad weather. Now imagine a sales force that is there where and when your customers want them and need them. An effective sales program is a numbers game. You’ve just imagined a telemarketing call center. Hope you like it.). -
WRITTENT | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 How Much Do Quality Copywriting Services Cost? Over 90% of marketers are currently using custom content to generate leads, and sales, according to research by the Content Marketing Institute. It won’t help you rank high on Google, convert leads, or gain a bigger share of voice on social media. 'Normal. false. false. false. Content marketing is serious business. hourly. -
B2B LEAD BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 SiriusDecisions Summit 2013 – The Million Dollar Case Study Learn how adding ReachForce SmartForms to lead generation programs at LeadMD Increased Inbound Lead Quantity and created $1 million in additional revenue in on year for 104X ROI. Mary Firme, Chief Lead Accelerator, ReachForce. B2B Lead Generation This one: . Where: Room : Cunningham A. About ReachForce. -
B2B LEAD BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 SiriusDecisions Summit 2013 – The Million Dollar Case Study Learn how adding ReachForce SmartForms to lead generation programs at LeadMD Increased Inbound Lead Quantity and created $1 million in additional revenue in on year for 104X ROI. Mary Firme, Chief Lead Accelerator, ReachForce. B2B Lead Generation This one: . Where: Room : Cunningham A. About ReachForce. -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 HubSpot Announces Social Inbox: An Integrated App to Make Social Media Personal Again Why don''t they tell you which tweets are from your customers, and which are from your leads? With Social Inbox, HubSpot takes your contacts database of leads, opportunities, and customers , and merges it with your social media interactions. So when you get a tweet from someone, you know if they are a customer or a lead. -
3 Ways Social Media can Boost Sales Success Facebook Lead Generation Lead Nurturing People Sales Social Business Intelligence Social Media Social Networking Strategy Thought Leadership Twitter. But a new RAIN Group report proves otherwise and shows that sales people that truly “connect” with buyers in this “always on” environment we live in to win more often. | |