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Top 5 Email Prospecting No-Nos got an email once saying that someone had once spoken with my SVP about a product that could make my inside sales team more effective. When you get a prospect to pick up your call, the last thing you do is unload verbal diarrhea on them about all of the miraculous things your product can do for them. Promise not to tell anyone? Every. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 Apple's iDilemma: Can Apple Escape the Whirlwind of Disruption? These products are cool but not earth-shattering or revolutionary. And two big potential game-changer products that Apple has been rumored to be working on -- a TV and a smart wristwatch -- have yet to appear. They’re doing the same things that they were doing five years ago. The Dreaded D Word. Two questions arise. The Way Out? -
VOLACCI | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 Content Marketing Explained Of course, we also have recipes inspiring customers to try new ingredients or use products in a creative way. 'This brief video looks at the concepts of content marketing , as applied in a way we''ve all seen before - a grocery store magazine. Anyone know where to get some popcorn? Lets take a look at the magazine. . know H.E. Buddy agrees. -
INSIGHTIQ BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 Mobile Marketing TODAY, Not Tomorrow McFarlane, the VP of Production Innovation & Customer Experience at Redbox, put this in perspective. 'To learn more about becoming a mobile certified marketer, you can read my previous blog post here. Just because you can, does not mean you should (without knowing the impact). -
VOICE-BASED MARKETING | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 The Importance of Real-Time Call Tracking Integration with Salesforce.com Boost Agent Productivity and Improve Conversation Quality. The agent wastes no time searching for, creating, or updating the lead’s record, enabling your team to be more productive. 'Many Salesforce.com customers love how call tracking technologies integrate with their CRM. So what, you ask? Here’s the scenario. The caller ID.
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WRITTENT | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 7 Bright Ideas for Promoting Your B2B Content Marketing on Pinterest It’s a referral traffic powerhouse, and many Pinterest users view the network as a tool for discovering products to purchase. Your company can stand out on the visually-driven network where pins of products with prices reign supreme, but it requires some ingenuity and effort. Sure, but it’s a bit harder. Create Custom Images. -
SYNECORE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 ModCloth: A Rad (and Obvious) Social Media Strategy personal shout-out) rather than information about products and features when judging brands. We don’t see ourselves as a purveyor of specific products," says Eric. And if you take a scroll through ModCloth’s Twitter page, you’ll find several tweets of new products. 'Brands should delight. That’s human nature, baby. PROMISE…). -
The ultimate guide to becoming a blogging superstar If your product sucks, try explaining that it is still a really good cause. They’ll never check out your product, but if they like you, they might give you a generic compliment like this: “She is amazing! If your product sucks, try explaining that it is still a really good cause. Step one. Then, pretend that it’s your own. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 B2B Buyers Don’t Trust Vendors’ Online Content: CMO Council And a former client of Find New Customers that I worked with for a short time was pounding their target customers with product offers – ugh! Their content [tends to be] overtechnical, product-centric, and self-serving”–and buyers sense this. But as this article shows, most companies truly suck at it. No Jim, I cannot. -
SALES INTELLIGENCE VIEW | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 B2B Email Marketing Tips That Work For example, an article in your email newsletter could provide information about how to use a particular product or list other similar resources or recommendations that may be useful to your customers. It will be a product of some trial and error, but as long as you keep track of results, what tends to be more effective will become apparent. -
PAUL GILLIN | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 What Social Media Marketers Should and Shouldn’t Do good rule of thumb is to make about 90% of your contributions relevant to your audience’s needs, regardless of whether they promote your products or company. 'A journalist contacted me with some questions about social media marketing that I hear quite often. thought I’d share my responses here. These Don’t be silent. -
THE POINT | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 Content Selling: How Sales Can Better Leverage Marketing Content DC) Today’s buyers are more educated on markets, products, and competitors than ever. Just as marketers map content to the lead lifecycle (early, mid, late stage), they should also map content to the selling process – industries, products, sales stages, and more. HS) What problem does KnowledgeTree solve? Secondly: measurement. -
MARKETING ACTION | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 3 Social Dos, 3 Social Don’ts They share graphical representations of their products, showcasing their brands in a fun, lighthearted manner that elicits response/engagement from their online communities. With these adoption figures, social media marketing is at an all-time high – and so are company expectations. Be prepared and have processes in place for escalation. -
BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 5 Things Every Salesman Should Know About Marketing Monitor when people are talking about your company/product/industry. 'The line between sales and marketing is increasingly blurry. Marketers are being asked to do traditionally sales oriented tasks like interact with leads, send price quotes and even analyze sales data. The lines between marketing and sales are gone. 1) How to use LinkedIn. -
B2B WEB STRATEGY | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 Is your Usability Being Affected by Stacked of Layered Design Watch Product Tour and all the downloads on the right are very clear. Though the Our Product on the right is yet another type of navigation!). 'We have many clients who want their site to emulate other sites. There’s nothing wrong with that! So long as we’re not copying.) While looks are important, usability is much more important. -
BIZNOLOGY | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 Are you a social media forager? 'When you put lots of energy, time, and passion — but no plan — into your social media marketing and PR campaigns, you’re a forager. And you surely won’t starve foraging. You’ll always be fed. As they say, “look under enough rocks and you’ll eventually find a snake” (to eat). Do you want to scale? -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 How charity: water Has Reinvented the World of Charitable Giving Not only does charity: water partner with other organizations across the globe to provide thousands of people with clean water, they also partner with like brands who are willing to contribute a percent of their product sales to fund water projects. 'The IRS lists that there are over 1.1 So, how does a nonprofit stick out from the pack? -
VIEWPOINT | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 All Real Salespeople Love Sales Leads (but there is a tiny caveat) The problem is, in order to get qualified sales prospects out of the other 75%, the sales representative has to filter out students, prisoners, competitors, those who do not have money, and those who want something similar to your product but are not quite a fit. The argument comes when salespeople define a lead. And Marketing’s failure…. -
DIGITAL B2B MARKETING | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 5 Lies About Easy Ways To Create Content If you are looking to present your perspective and incorporate your unique value proposition, you can outsource writing or production activity but the briefing and integration requirements are still significant. 'There are easy ways to create good content, right? Sorry. Creating good content is hard. And it’s getting harder. Your Turn. -
How to Make SaaS Gamification REALLY Work for YOU In this post, I’ll drill down into more detail about exactly how you can apply this SaaS gamification framework to your own marketing and product management efforts to get orders-of-magnitude performance improvement and move the revenue needle. To gamify your SaaS product or marketing, first decide what “prey” means to your users. -
ENGAGE | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 The Future Perfect: 3 Strategies Digital Magazines Can Employ to Provide Ideal User Experiences Plus, this strategy provides more opportunities to showcase and promote related products, like a magazine’s corresponding website or social media accounts. 'When it comes to the digital versus print debate, can’t we all just get along? Recent innovations in digital magazines are certainly helping the cause. Everything Old Is New Again. -
WRITTENT | TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 How B2B Brand Storytelling Can Benefit Your Business His assignment was to create compelling content about one of the most boring products to ever be sold at the market. After 3 weeks of using our product, our client’s operations department didn’t have to work past 6 pm. 'There once lived a valiant B2B marketer named Lance. Stories aren’t just for children. What is a Narrative? Xerox. -
How social media case studies can jeopardize your strategy On paper it makes sense and McKinsey even did a study indicating that there might be billions in productivity savings available through this innovation. On paper it makes sense and McKinsey even did a study indicating that there might be billions in productivity savings available through this innovation. Lots of buzz, no beef. -
SALES CHALLENGER | MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 Overcoming Sales’ Unpredictability But today, that just gets to the commoditization of products and solutions. 'As many of you know from our work over the past several years at the CEB Sales Leadership Council and confirmed by your experiences with buyers, the empowered customer has fundamentally changed the nature of selling. This is how we won. What do we mean? Insights. -
CRIMSON MARKETING | MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 3 Lessons to Improve Customer Loyalty Corporate Marketing Other Interesting Topics Partner Marketing Product Marketing b2b marketing marketing change marketing concepts marketing message marketing solutions targeted marketing value proposition 'As a marketer, the first thing you understand is that you’re not always operating under measurable value and concrete data. -
Perceived Business Risks Quickly Become Sales Objections And your ability to tie it in with our new product launch is unsurpassed. 'I''ll never forget my meeting with the VP of Sales for a hot telecom company. They''d loved my proposal, so I figured we were getting together to kick off the project. I''m afraid I have bad news for you," the VP said. Your pricing is fair. My jaw dropped. -
FATHOM | MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 Fathom Core Value Stories: June 2013 Edition hereby present the 19th edition of Core Value Stories : Everyone a Leader, Alan Suchan and Daiv Whaley — For recently going above and beyond to update a home improvement client’s website with new product line information. This space immortalizes their accomplishments for the world to see. -
READYPULSE | MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 ReadyPulse Now Offers Instagram Brand Promotion Capabilities Match photos with products to enable shopping. Use best Instagram photos in your marketing campaigns, Web sites, E-commerce product and shopping pages and within your store. Instagram description tracking – As part of the contest, you may require your participants to take a picture of your product / brand and add a description. -
ONPATH | MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 Deal or No Deal - Recorded Webinar OnPath specializes in B2B Lead Generation and Appointment Setting programs for enterprise clients who sell complex products and services. 'Featuring : Selling Power Magazine Duration : 29 Minutes Link : [link]. The #1 difference between low performing vs. successful sales people is their ability to close. But closing deals is not enough. -
25 Impressive Customer Stats Shared at Neolane Evolution 2013 Most of that material came from the event’s keynote speakers, including Forrester Principal Analyst Shar VanBoskirk, Don Peppers from Peppers & Rogers Group, Neolane Chief Product Officer Surresh Vittal, and Neolane CEO [.]. '[Posted by Ed Hadley, Senior Marketing Manager, Neolane, Inc.] Neolane News & Resources Ed Hadley Posts -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 Driving Conversions Throughout the Customer Lifecycle What percentage of your customers have bought additional products / services / solutions? Apple, Amazon) and their products / services / solutions elicit strong emotional connections and consequential referrals, upsells /cross sells, and renewals, some companies may need a boost to further engage their customers. How many more demos? -
BIZNOLOGY | MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 37 reasons that video content is king Retailers who provide online video to show off their products report that the products with video sell a lot more than products with no video. 85% of people more likely to purchase a product after watching a product video. 12% purchased the specific product featured in the ad (Zabisco). comScore ). Forbes ). -
VERTICAL RESPONSE | MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 Put a Hashtag on It! Do you want to emphasize a specific aspect of your brand/ product? 'Hashtags, those little yet powerful pound signs (#), are a common way of making a social media marketing campaign more effective. ” The following tips will have you hashtagging successfully in no time: 1. Do you want to document an experience? Use lowercase letters. -
VOICE-BASED MARKETING | MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 7 Questions to Ask Your PCI-Compliant IVR Vendor Before Purchasing Customers calling what they think is a correct number for a different company have no interest in buying your product, and they negatively skew your campaign numbers and data on IVR effectiveness. 'Direct response marketers today understand the value of using a PCI-compliant IVR to securely automate the processing of orders over the phone. -
WRITTENT | MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 Best Keyword Research Tools By learning what your target market is looking for and what kind of language they use to find it, you can create products and content that are more attractive to them and that truly deliver what they want. 'Effective online marketing starts with thorough keyword research. That leads to a better reputation and more traffic and customers. -
July Sales Training Tip: YouTube.com Topics should include: sales skills, product/services knowledge, competition and sales operations (CRM, contracts, etc…) BTW: During the first six months of 2013, I have used: Question Based Selling and Demonstration to Win books for many of my clients “book club” study groups. 'Your July Sales Training Tip: YouTube.com. -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 7 Awkward Marketing Moments Guaranteed to Make You Cringe It''s desperately trying to remain relevant while competing with internet electronics retailers who sell the same products at way lower prices. Trying to promote a new Beats by Dre product, RadioShack created an over-the-top sexual ad that reallllly wants you to think it''s young and hip. 'Marketing can be an amazing thing. kind of. -
BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 5 Reasons SMBs Need Call Recording Call recording help a business improve customer experience, increase productivity, and track employee performance. So, call recording can help you improve employee skills, and improvement in sales procedures increases productivity. 'Most SMBs wonder if they really need call recording. They try various ways to do it. What’s going on? -
BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 Marketing Strategy 101: Affinity Marketing Pros: Develop products and services with the insight of an invested outside party. The product development team is doing affinity marketing when they find ways to integrate their service with another product or service. 'Make friends. Make friends on the job. Make friends for your job. Gain access to your partners lead base. -
B2B MARKETING UNPLUGGED | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 Brand Longevity Tips from Mick and Keith At the age of 50, here is a brand at the top of its game, despite no new product releases, no mergers and acquisitions, only one best-selling executive biography and aging assets that can’t be replaced. Here is what we can learn from The Stones: Invest In Your Product. Well this is a trick question. And this band can still play. -
What's the Difference Between Teleprospecting and Telemarketing? Some anonymous person is always trying to solicit my money for products I definitely don’t need. or “Maybe I could talk to someone who knows about the product more” might scare them off.). In layman’s terms, teleprospectors, or inside sales reps, determine if a company is the right fit for their product. Shake Weight? -
VERTICAL RESPONSE | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 The Anatomy of a Great Email Whether you want them to sign up for an event, download a free guide, or buy a product, you’re asking them to do something when they’ve read your email. 'Anatomy class in high school was pretty interesting, fun, maybe even a bit gross at times, but it definitely made an impact on everyone who took it. or you’ll lose your readers. -
SALES LEAD DYNAMICS | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 Are You Pushing Your Prospects’ Hot Buttons? Time –(Greater Productivity) – We get more done faster with fewer people. Time –( Greater productivity)– My people do more and I look good. Productivity. Productivity. Productivity;Growth. An IT services firm keeps clients’ computers running smoothly so employees can work more productively. More T ime. -
Three Ways to Make Repeat Sales Of course circumstances may arise that are beyond your control, but ensure you aren’t the reason a product or service is delayed in its delivery to a new client. Ask how a particular service or product is working out and listen to any concerns that arise. Making a sale is always a challenge. Follow through on promises. Stay in touch. -
MARKETING ACTION | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 5 Key Steps to Selling Through Social Media 'No matter what product you sell, social media can be used to your advantage. Try to be truly interested in your prospect, rather than solely concerned with persuading them to buy your product. You may also hear about how your product works (or doesn’t). Social can work really well for doing product marketing research. -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 How to Write a Fluff-Free Mission Statement The old one wasn''t bad, but the new one addresses something bigger than just selling a product. The new mission statement tells you who they want to reach -- people and businesses -- and what they want to help them do through Microsoft''s products. 'Mission statements. They sound inherently business babbley , don''t they? silly. -
INBOUND SALES NETWORK | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 Leave Your Ego at the Door So instead of trying to sell them a product or a solution, try selling them results to a key problem they have. They usually don’t know enough about all the different ways your products or services can be implemented or used to make that connection. They will go on for hours and hours if you let them….and That’s your job to do that! -
B2B VOICES | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 Download: Aligning Campaign Effectiveness and Content Content Production Resources 'From The Oriella Digital Journalism Study study. continue to be impressed and enthused at the quantity and quality of B2B-focused content online. The discussions around content and analytics continue to drive B2B conversations. Here’s a weekly rundown at what you may have missed. -
FATHOM | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 Using CTAs to “Direct” Your Website Visitors There’s also some good old-fashioned product innovation required in order to really stand-out from your competitors, and some branding never hurt either. 'By now most marketers have heard about personas, buying cycles and lead nurturing strategies to nourish your potential customers as they search and decide whom to buy from, and when. -
SYNECORE | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 New Study: The Widening Digital Gap between the Consumer and Marketer On the other hand, when asked “when companies personalize their communications with you, which features do you prefer the most,” personalized product recommendations (48%) and individualized content (37%) were the most common answers. tend to prefer a more holistic approach. Customization over Personalization. The Power of Process. Not quite. -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 Apple's Product Videos: Corporate Fluff or Brilliant Mission Statements? 'Apple introduced a bunch of new products this week , including a new Mac Pro, new Mac operating system, a new streaming music service called iTunes Radio, and a new version its iOS mobile operating system. The videos Apple made to go with those products. The videos weren’t about products. They’re all interesting enough. -
BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 Must-Have Characteristics of Successful Marketers Today''s marketers needs to use various SaaS products to get the job done. '- Curiosity - Marketers must be curious. They need to be constantly searching for ways to improve, gather better data, make better decisions, drive more leads, and improve critical marketing metrics. Why does this landing page do better than that landing page? -
BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 5 Biggest Marketing Time-Wasters How many marketers have created some sort of product collateral or informational document--something they spent hours writing and designing--and then no one reads it? '1) Getting Bogged Down in Technology. CRMs, analytics solutions, and marketing automation tools are incredible. They''ve made marketing easier for everyone. They just won''t. -
BIZNOLOGY | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 Content Marketing and Your Buying Cycle Here’s where your content needs to be highly targeted to the keywords your audience is using when they search for the products/services you offer. 'Photo credit: Shannon Paul. Relevance will most certainly depend on the specifics of your audience, which is why smart content marketers think in terms of audience segments. Detective. -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 15 Pearls of Wisdom From the Legendary David Ogilvy [SlideShare] You’ve got to believe in the product.” 'Let''s face it -- it''s really easy to have Shiny Object Syndrome in marketing today. With such a rapidly changing industry , we''re always trying to stay up on the latest and greatest. New tools! New social networks! New audiences! Gotta try them all!". We try to write in the vernacular.” -
TRADESMEN INSIGHTS | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 From MAGNET: Determined Innovators Face Risk to Reap Rewards The more innovative the product, the larger the uncertainty of success—but usually the higher the payoff. 'Each month we’ll be featuring a blog post from our friends at MAGNET (Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network). You can visit MAGNET online at manufacturingsuccess.org. Determined Innovators Face Risk to Reap Rewards. -
FATHOM | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 6 Simple Steps To Optimize Your Product Listing Ads 'Comparison shopping engines (CSEs) have always been part of strategies to drive revenue and promote products for e-commerce companies. Google’s Product Listing Ads, introduced as a paid service last year, allows companies to strategically market their products in a more prominent position on the results pages. -
The Radiohead Guide to Branding Excellence Take your brand to the limits in the areas of customer service, product design, and delivery. 'By Christopher Craft, {grow} Community Member. Radiohead’s masterful management of their brand is a blueprint for excellence. They record creatively. They market creatively. They distribute creatively. They perform creatively. Push The Envelope. -
VOLACCI | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 The Main Thing [Podcast] productivity , focus Google Plus One Tweet Widget Linkedin Share Button Facebook Like 'Tip of the day: Focus on the most important things, and the other things will fall into place. . . . Ben Finklea CEO Volacci. -
BLUE FOCUS MARKETING | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 Facebook Home – The Pursuit of Social WOW for Brands Brands of any size can learn a lesson or two about transforming a perceived weakness into a strength—or in this case a product’s big selling point. 'On April 12, in an exclusive partnership with AT&T, HTC released the exciting new HTC First. The Facebook Home platform aims to do just that. Leave your family at the table. It’s powerful.”. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 How 7 Experts Solve Their Most Painful Email Marketing Problems Jenn Schlick , Product Designer, POP-Market. 'Planning email marketing campaigns can be, well, a pain. As much as you may love your job, it can still become tedious and difficult to plan email campaign after email campaign. And what happens when you have more emails on your plate than you can manage? just send the same email to everyone!". -
SYNECORE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 Social Commerce: I Know You’re Selling Me Something 'A new study sponsored by Lyris and published today by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EUI) looks at both consumers and marketing executives in consumer product industries in order to analyze the effectiveness of different marketing channels. to get coupons and 22% of this cohort use these social sites to research products. Takeaway. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 7 Keys to Lead Scoring Success – for your sales lead generation programs visit to an online demonstration of your product might be worth 25 points, while a visit to your careers page is worth -10. '7 Keys to Lead Scoring Success. How do you separate the good leads from the not so good leads? How do you ensure you don’t give unqualified leads to Sales. The answer: Lead Scoring. -
MARKETING ACTION | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 Customer Experience Rules: 15 Stats customer is four times more likely to defect to a competitor if the problem is service-related than price- or product-related – Bain & Company. Colin Shaw is founder & CEO of Beyond Philosophy , one of the world’s first organizations devoted to customer experience. We thought you’d be interested. White House Office of Consumer Affair. -
BIZNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 Are You a Good Online Spokesperson For Your Company? Be non-promotional : You will also be tuned out if your every social media utterance is an ad for your product or services. 'Photo credit: IAEA Imagebank. Employees, executives and spokespeople had to figure it out too. But those fears were overblown, as employees have turned out to be largely self-policing. Don’t have key messages? -
WRITING ON THE WEB | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 Better Blog Writing: Attract Clients, Make Sure Your Posts Get Read! If you have a product or a service that can help your customer solve a particular problem, share this information with your readers. 'Make Sure Your Posts Get Read!" The Internet may be constantly chirping with activity, but that doesn’t mean that all content is worthy of users’ attention in the same manner. -
Re-thinking the future of TV in the Age of Binge Sure, advertisers will use product placement as one tactic. Product placement alone offers only limited opportunities, though. Advertisers can also come up with ways to provide facts, trivia, and behind the scenes information in a way that engages users while marketing their products. Image from Umami. But there’s more. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 What You Need to Know This Morning: June 12, 2013 The product was launched along with a video of the following bizarre, over-the-top publicity stunt. This time, reports Business Insider , it''s about failing to disclose their product endorsements in social media. 'Hump day! Unless of course you work Tuesdays through Sundays like my husband, in which case you''re not even close. Again. -
IT'S ALL ABOUT REVENUE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 6 Ways To Maximize Your Webinars With Automation Technology Live webinars are appealing for marketers because an online event provides an effective way to support brand awareness, demonstrate thought leadership and credibility, and support an engagement entry point through the sales cycle (all the way to product demonstrations). Marketing automation adds a power punch to your webinars. -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 7 Trailblazing Brands That Won By Being First The ones that were the first in their industry to take a leap of some sort -- be it with marketing techniques, messaging, product, or branding -- and for lack of a better word, "won" because of it. That shows ubiquitous PayPal''s product is. For instance, this new product had a touch screen that was the first of its kind. -
B2B LEAD BLOG | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 Email Marketing: Learn to avoid the common pitfalls ass… 'From the email marketing “glad this wasn’t my campaign” files, just received this: The full subject line reads: “Learn to avoid the common pitfalls associated with a new product launch.” Understand the role the new product has for your organization and its product portfolio. B2B Marketing Ideas -
Quality Data is the Key to Success for Inside Sales Could it be the product? 'As with any growing organization, we often debate different ideas that will allow us to scale. big challenge is attempting to maintain a consistent lead volume from each new inside sales rep as we add to the team. Changing a comp plan, making a change in management, adding more management.the list goes on. -
SYNECORE | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 Moneyball: Lessons on Effective Inbound Marketing for Business With fewer resources, smaller businesses need to take a more methodical and quantifiable approach to attract prospects naturally interested in their products and services. Using inbound marketing techniques, the little guy is able to take such knowledge and apply it to improve their offensive production, or bottom line, in a very real way. -
WRITESPARK | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 Packaging Case Studies to Increase Their Promotional Value First, on the web page that lists your case studies, organize the title links by the categories most relevant to your customers, e.g. by industry, product, world region, etc. 'Go to the website of many technology companies and find the link for case studies. What a lost promotional opportunity! Case Studies Content Marketing Sales Materials -
MARKETING ACTION | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 The 5 (Reasons) and 10 (Ways) to Nurture The buyer researches a product for longer, without getting in touch with a vendor, for longer. 'Companies that nail lead nurturing generate 50% more sales-ready leads, at 33% lower cost per lead, according to a report by Forrester Research. This means a stretched-out period of consideration. 2. Communication can be a key differentiator. -
SAZBEAN | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 How to Ensure Your Social Media Campaign Succeeds As you interact with followers, engage with industry influencers and follow other companies that complement your product, you will improve your overall reputation online. 'This is a guest post by Sean Gallahar from i7 Marketing. successful social media campaign has a few components that make it profitable, worthwhile, and useful. -
3 Step Approach to Marketing Analytics: Step 2 – Execute '[Posted by Christophe Kuhner, Senior Product Manager, Neolane] In a previous post, “A 3-Step Approach to Marketing Analytics”, we outlined a simple methodology for the application of measurement and analytics in marketing. We followed that up with a more detailed look at the first step of the process: Understand. -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 How to Make Sure Your Designers Stay Ahead of the Curve Design-focused conferences can be expensive, but there''s no denying how effectively their production value and scale can give designers that jolt of motivation they need to continue improving their skill sets. 'Great designers don’t get that way by accident. The Danger of Stagnant Designers. This is perfectly fine. -
How SaaS Gamification REALLY Works 'SaaS gamification can be a powerful way to design great SaaS products and create highly successful marketing campaigns, but there’s a lot more to it than just badges and leaderboards. To gamify your SaaS product or marketing campaigns, take some lessons from the game industry itself. Gamifying Both Marketing & Product Management. -
WEBBIQUITY | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 How to Get Found Where Your Buyers are Looking: Web Presence Optimization It starts with a well-optimized website of course, but there’s much more to it than that; a website isn’t the only way to show up in a search, and traditional search engines aren’t the only online tools that buyers are using to learn about products and services. Provides referral visits to your website. It’s work, but well worthwhile. -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 What You Need to Know This Morning: June 11, 2013 If you do not believe your understanding of markets, products, customers, and positioning plays a vital role in shaping strategy then you are not a modern marketer.” 'and we''re back! Thanks to your fabulous feedback last week, we''re going to keep rolling with this new format every morning Tuesday through Friday. That''s right, free stuff! -
B2B VOICES | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 Can B2B Brands Inspire? At the end of the day, we want our stakeholders to really want to do business with us; to recommend our products or services; to help us tell our story. As HubSpot points out in this post, “ B2B products don’t tend to be inherently visual “, but this shouldn’t be the case. Think of a few right now. visuals -
WRITTENT | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 How To Build Your Online Community and Then Keep It m not saying you need to make a big production every time someone new signs up, but a quick message saying “hi,” or a nice comment on their first post goes a long way, and can encourage others to do the same, increasing participation in the community. 'Guest post from Elissa Smith. How to build your community. Check your site’s appearance. -
PUZZLE MARKETER | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 Blogging Leads to Sales Getting a press release out into the media can be a much more daunting task then publishing a quick post announcing the release of a new product or the hiring of a new sales person. 'Originally posted here on USSCO Speaks blog. Business owners sometimes treat their online marketing like flossing. How’s that going to grow my business?”. -
THE POINT | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 Does a Demo Ever Make Sense as a Demand Generation Offer? 'Anecdotally, I’ve been noticing a minor trend in technology marketing circles of late – namely, that a high percentage of demand generation campaigns seem to be presenting a product demo as the primary offer. Worse yet, I fear the condition (let’s call it “demo-itis”) may be contagious. Secondly, what sales rep doesn’t like demo leads? -
BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 The 6 Steps to Effective Mobile Landing Pages They don’t need a White Paper or information about a product. Let them purchase a product or make a phone call fast. 'As click-to-call mobile marketing and SMS mobile marketing continue to increase in popularity (and they are), the next logical place for the ''mobile wave'' to hit is mobile landing pages. Hence, mobile landing pages. -
Playing the Inside Sales Game of Thrones You are armed with information about your product and services, and have a list of fresh names to call upon for your clients, much like the soldiers of fictional Westeros are heading to battle for their beloved houses. 'I am a huge fan of the HBO series, “Game of Thrones.” The daily activity of cold-calling is a little like preparing for war. -
MARKETING ACTION | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 The 10 New Rules for SEO It entails putting content in front of people who overtly and explicitly express a desire, via keywords, for a particular product, service, or piece of information. List product names (and generic equivalents). Ask your customers what they would type into a search engine if they were looking for your product. Is it someone who…. -
VOLACCI | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 The Advent of Tumblr and Its Place in Social Media Marketing Considering the vast amount of products IBM has--all of which may seem irrelevant, too cold or complicated for the layperson-- IBMblr has taken the approach of humanizing said products, giving a short explanation and example of how its use applies to everyday life. Perhaps you should, too. What’s a ‘Tumblr’? . -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 The Changing Role of the CIO and Aligning Organizational Priorities We exist to support our business counterparts in delivering business results and differentiation; to help Sales sell more effectively, to help Engineering deliver a better product to the market faster and error free, to help our Marketing teams market better, etc. IT in a Silo. In the bad old days, IT tended to work in a bit of a silo. 02, G. -
BIZNOLOGY | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 6 Things Digital Marketers Can Learn From Internet Stars Her product was a shadow of what it is today. Most Internet celebrities have also mastered the art of creating products that can be created once and sold to many. 'Jenna Marbles (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore). I’d always thought of the Web as a giant, chaotic mess, dominated by techies, hacks, flacks, and marketeers. They CREATE. -
B2B Lead Management: Taking It beyond Prospect Marketing '[Posted by Jeremy Viault, Product Marketing Manager, Neolane] Marketing is evolving. Gone are the days of marketing success built solely around traditional marketing tactics and measurements like traffic and conversion rates through single channels. Lead management today is more difficult and oftentimes more expensive than ever. -
SAVVY B2B MARKETING | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 Making allies of your enemies - Kona DataSearch By then layering their product on Salesforce’s platform, Kona created a combined voice that speaks far louder than any individual sound ever could. 'Innovation. We all know it’s important for business growth but how do we get to it? Where does it come from and how do we grab that elusive minx? Much better. See problems as allies. -
SAVVY B2B MARKETING | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 Making allies of your enemies - Kona Data Search By then layering their product on Salesforce’s platform, Kona created a combined voice that speaks far louder than any individual sound ever could. 'Innovation. We all know it’s important for business growth but how do we get to it? Where does it come from and how do we grab that elusive minx? Much better. See problems as allies. -
SYNECORE | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 Why Amazon is Killing it with Millennials (and Advertisers) Plus, since millennials appear to be online looking for deals and products, as seen in the “Online CPG Shopping Behaviors” graph, it’s a quick transition to Amazon to purchase the product. 'Does Amazon have the winning formula when it comes to connecting with millennials? Amazon is “Most Liked”. Looks like Amazon’s the cool kid. -
SYNECORE | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 Amazon is Killing it with Millennials (and Advertisers) Plus, since millennials appear to be online looking for deals and products, as seen in the “Online CPG Shopping Behaviors” graph, it’s a quick transition to Amazon to purchase the product. 'Does Amazon have the winning formula when it comes to connecting with millennials? Amazon is “Most Liked”. Looks like Amazon’s the cool kid. -
B2B LEAD GENERATION BLOG | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 Lead Generation: How well do you really know what your customers want? Chris Beall, Chief Product Officer, ConnectAndSell. 'Tweet “It is absolutely necessary. Don’t base your marketing on assumptions and allow your customers to identify your success.”. Alex Corzo, Manager of Brand Integration, Orlando Health. How important is value prop testing? So, how can you discover your value proposition ? -
Six Steps to Exceed Your Summer Quota Then based upon your existing line of Microsoft, Citrix or other products and services you offer, review each customer. Ken provides Keynotes, consulting services and products designed to improve business performance. 'Exceeding your Summer Quotas. Now is the time to act. Drop those lines. Second: Develop a plan of attack. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 Encore: The Science of Marketing – @danzarrella Social Scientist of @hubspot on Marketing Made Simple TV Marketing Made Simple TV is a production of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers The show is produced by Craig Yaris of Social Ribbit. New 'We realize that not all of you watched the premiere on Thursday. So as a service to you, we post an encore show on Sundays. How a blog is the center of your marketing. -
HUBSPOT | SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013 Twitter Testing a New Look For Threaded Conversations, and Other Marketing Stories of the Week Google Web Designer is built to be a stand-alone creative product for agencies and designers. 'You''re smart. You''re already aware that content plays a huge role in today''s world of inbound marketing. This week, a number of companies made progress by honing their digital content to be more beautiful, shareable, and easier to digest. Enjoy! | |