Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The opinions are varied, but for those of us in the business, I thought we should put some stats behind the argument. This past week on Focus.com , there was an active discussion regarding if we Should or Should Not leave a voicemail when tele prospecting. Hence, time for a LinkedIn Poll.

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Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 4, 2009

The opinions are varied, but for those of us in the business, I thought we should put some stats behind the argument. This past week on Focus.com , there was an active discussion regarding if we Should or Should Not leave a voicemail when tele prospecting. Hence, time for a LinkedIn Poll.

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Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

What about a personal crusade over a difference of opinion? I'm sure his site traffic was up (I visited several times to try to find value), but I'm also sure his negative branding offset the traffic. Healthy debate draws interest and showcases your thinking abilities. Would you do business or hang out with a mud-slinger?

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Smashmouth Marketing

APRIL 2, 2009

In fact, the last event in San Francisco was, in my opinion, 70% relevant to a b2b marketer's agenda and 30% worth listening to from a marketing perspective as it pertains to sales. Why, you ask, is Smashmouth Marketing interested in Sales 2.0? With the crossover of sales and marketing, the Sales 2.0 event is relevant to marketers too.

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Smashmouth Marketing

APRIL 25, 2009

In fact, the last event in San Francisco was, in my opinion, 70% relevant to a b2b marketer's agenda and 30% worth listening to from a marketing perspective as it pertains to sales. Why, you ask, is Smashmouth Marketing interested in Sales 2.0? With the crossover of sales and marketing, the Sales 2.0 event is relevant to marketers too.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 5, 2009

We also know that we all have opinions. Drawing stimulates a different part of the brain Comment - We all know that blog comments help with organic search results, cross linking, etc. So go leave a few.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 27, 2009

We also know that we all have opinions. Drawing stimulates a different part of the brain Comment - We all know that blog comments help with organic search results, cross linking, etc. So go leave a few.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 16, 2009

If marketers give sales people what they want, they will never have a reason to complain (ok, I kind of know that's a lie, but follow me here). There are lots of terms describing leads. Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL), Sales Qualified Lead (SQL), Sales Accepted Lead (?),

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2008

That was my opinion. Other than the final act of David Cook (left), I think it took some of the fun out of American Idol and I felt as if Simon , Paula and Randy were reaching into my pocket and stealing the ticket money. Melissa and her friends were enamoured by the whole event.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 3, 2009

Acronyms or not, my opinion is that when sales gets a lead or an appointment , it better meet three criteria: It better be a company the rep wants to penetrate. If marketers give sales people what they want, they will never have a reason to complain (ok, I kind of know that's a lie, but follow me here).

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 5, 2008

Mike: Being that you are ab online marketer, what is your opinion of outbound appointment setting? When everyone else cuts back, play offense! Marketing must have a compelling offer. Then you need to go out, generate leads, and SELL. Craig: Truthfully, you should do both: Push and Pull.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 1, 2008

Mike: Being that you are ab online marketer, what is your opinion of outbound appointment setting? When everyone else cuts back, play offense! Marketing must have a compelling offer. Then you need to go out, generate leads, and SELL. Craig: Truthfully, you should do both: Push and Pull.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 26, 2008

The following short twitter discussion between myself, @damphoux , and @siriusdecisions brought up a topic worth blogging an opinion on. These are funny in my opinion. First the tweets, and I reordered them so no need to read bottom up, which tweeps tend to do by default. Join twitter. Throw stuff out there and see what sticks.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 1, 2009

If you recall the word of Muhammad Ali who said, "impossible is not a fact, it is an opinion." Mike : This one is extra credit, it may be a tough one, but I've debated it with many people and am curious of your opinion. They tell themselves "it's impossible." I think social networking is a misnomer, it's Networking 2.0. Sales 2.0,

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Smashmouth Marketing

JULY 12, 2010

For the most part, it's popular opinion that it’s harder to sell during the summer. It got me thinking that there must be some research to support a fact Green Leads is confident about: rather than slowing during the summer, lead generation activities actually heat up. It makes some sense, right?

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2008

The following short twitter discussion between myself, @damphoux , and @siriusdecisions brought up a topic worth blogging an opinion on. Spam Followers I (on Twitter, Facebook, etc.) : These are funny in my opinion. First the tweets, and I reordered them so no need to read bottom up, which tweeps tend to do by default. Join twitter.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 3, 2009

If you recall the word of Muhammad Ali who said, "impossible is not a fact, it is an opinion." Mike : This one is extra credit, it may be a tough one, but I've debated it with many people and am curious of your opinion. They tell themselves "it's impossible." I think social networking is a misnomer, it's Networking 2.0. Sales 2.0,

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 14, 2010

Follow Colleagues - That applications engineer from Calgary that you met last year with all the great opinions on how to demo software, follow that guy -- he's a wealth of knowledge. Reporting - Create feeds from certain reports that trigger when large opportunites change status, or when a company KPI changes.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2009

I'm sure there will be plenty of sales execs out there that will have differing opinions to that stat. Check out the variation of stats between departments. Finance claims to be more receptive to meetings. Final side note: Male respondents were 30% more likely to meet with a vendor than female respondents.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 12, 2009

I'm sure there will be plenty of sales execs out there that will have differing opinions to that stat. Check out the variation of stats between departments. Finance claims to be more receptive to meetings. Final side note: Male respondents were 30% more likely to meet with a vendor than female respondents.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 23, 2009

My gut suggests there is a combination of all the opinions, although I opt for a more immediate (non pouncing) type of followup. •. •. Jill Konrath. •. Mac McIntosh. •. •. Miles Austin. •. Nigel Edelshain. •. •. •. Trish Bertuzzi. •. •. My Gut: •. •.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 22, 2009

(comment below) Pounce Pause Nurture Wait Anneke Seley • • Craig Rosenberg • Jeff Ogden • • Jill Konrath • Mac McIntosh • • Miles Austin • Nigel Edelshain • • • Trish Bertuzzi • • My Gut: • • My gut suggests there is a combination of all the opinions, although I opt for a more immediate (non pouncing) type of followup.

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Smashmouth Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

They really are, in my opinion, the best and the brightest in the industry: Lenny - When calling a list rather than starting at the top with the "A" companies, work the list in reverse starting with companies that begin with "Z". Special thanks to all of those BDR’s who helped put this together.

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Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

In my opinion, as a marketer, there were several that will get the almighty dollar returned in branding awareness. Google posted a nice page of all the ads here. million for a 30 second spot worth the advertising dollar? This year’s Superbowl was right up there as far as ad quality.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JANUARY 16, 2006

Franklin was an incredible innovator, diplomat and entrepreneur, but one idea he had has outlived its usefulness (in my humble opinion. And he was tempted, but gave to good judgement, to almost be one of the first famous vegetarians ? Daylight Savings Time: While in Paris, Franklin was the first to propose the idea of Daylight Savings Time.

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Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 22, 2005

Jerrod Ankenman's because he always has an opinion and can put game theory into words better than most. Here it is, along with some other stuff: Top 3: Matt Matros's , which I find to be as informative as his articles on Cardplayer. Poker: Pokerwire and Pokerpages for live updates of ongoing tournaments. Scrabble: Internet Scrabble Club.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2008

but in my opinion it is just traditional lead generation, demand creation and marketing with some new twists. The question is to reach that senior executive, especially in non-technology fields (where you get less of the geeks and trend setters), how do you reach a C/VP level target? Call it Lead Gen 2.0,

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2008

but in my opinion it is just traditional lead generation, demand creation and marketing with some new twists. The question is to reach that senior executive, especially in non-technology fields (where you get less of the geeks and trend setters), how do you reach a C/VP level target? Call it Lead Gen 2.0,

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Smashmouth Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2004

The best of the lot in my opinion is Pot-Limit & No Limit Poker. Also, I started working on my limit game. I see this as my weakest area. Working through Bob Ciaffone's books. They read like a collection of articles so are very easy to work through.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 21, 2008

Mike: I'm of the opinion that the gray line between business identity and personal identity in Social Media is a good thing. And, I find it to be a nice way to keep track of my friends and business colleagues who, as it turns out, aren’t posting a bunch of photos of themselves at parties. ? What are your thoughts on that? Pam: Absolutely.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 11, 2022

There’s so much crap content out there and there is a need for good writers with personality and opinions based on their own experience. Content that is written as an instruction manual will come across as just that, instructions. That’s what I want to read.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Mike: I'm of the opinion that the gray line between business identity and personal identity in Social Media is a good thing. And, I find it to be a nice way to keep track of my friends and business colleagues who, as it turns out, aren’t posting a bunch of photos of themselves at parties. ? What are your thoughts on that? Pam: Absolutely.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 28, 2004

I decided to try and find photos and articles on them.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

There’s so much crap content out there and there is a need for good writers with personality and opinions based on their own experience. Content that is written as an instruction manual will come across as just that, instructions. That’s what I want to read. Jason Miller ).

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