markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

Here are some direct mail content ideas: personal letters, dimensional mailers, books, newsletters, press releases, white papers, event invitations, research reports, case studies, success stories, article reprints and third-party articles. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Lead Nurturing Lead Generation Tactics Lead Scoring 120

markempa

MAY 9, 2007

Startling as it may seem, recent research (and even studies from ten years ago) shows that longer-term leads (future opportunities), often ignored by salespeople, represent almost 80% of potential sales. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

JULY 28, 2006

In the meantime, I do want to quickly share some interesting research from MarketingSherpa. They conducted their third annual study of business technology marketing. Youll find a link below to the complete study, but they made this interesting chart available immediately: [link]. Stay tuned. Stay tuned.

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markempa

JUNE 14, 2006

Research shows shows that if you require registration on your website to download content such as articles, white papers, studies or other "free" resources, you could be losing 75%-85% of your potential leads! I saw a press release for a study last week completed by the Nielsen Norman Group , which also supports this finding.

B2B Sales 120

B2B Sales Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

markempa

JULY 21, 2005

« New and Improved Lead Nurturing Article | Main | Getting into big companies » New Lead Nurturing Webinar Startling as it may seem, recent research (and even studies from ten years ago) shows that longer-term leads (future opportunities), often ignored by salespeople, represent nearly 80% of potential sales.

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markempa

MARCH 30, 2007

A study by John Coe and the Sales & Marketing Institute showed, “70.8% Related Article: BtoB Magazine: Unisys gets boost from good data I recommend you start by collecting all of your existing in-house marketing lists into one place. A study by John Coe and the Sales & Marketing Institute showed, “70.8%

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

What do you do when the bulk of your marketing content, with the exception of case studies is product focused? BTW, it recently won BtoB Magazine’s BtoB Social Media Awards 2010 in the blog category. How do you shift the focus from you or your company to your prospects and customers? Do you have any strategies for this?

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

markempa

DECEMBER 21, 2006

According to their research, " only 17% of B-to-B marketers we queried were sure their CFOs understood the value of lead generation programs." A study by the CMO council showed this is a key reason CMOs are losing influence at the executive table. Bottom line: its the numbers. So why not begin with that?

Budget Programs 120

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markempa

JULY 13, 2006

They just announced the results of a joint research study on the emerging role of new media, particularly podcasts , on B2B technology purchase decisions. To learn more about the Emerging Media Series study visit, Podcast Study Report. To learn more about the Emerging Media Series study visit, Podcast Study Report.

Lead Generation 120

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markempa

FEBRUARY 1, 2006

This new case study by MarketingSherpa demonstrates the practical application of the halo effect. We see the halo effect demonstrated in places like the Harvard Business Review where its quite common to see business executives collaborate on papers with a professor or sponsor research projects.

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markempa

MAY 24, 2005

Take sales lead follow-up for example, research shows that sales people do not fully pursue around 70% of leads generated by marketing. KnowledgeStorm and The Artemis Group just completed a benchmarking study of best practices for pursuing online leads (registration required).

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New Graphics and Refined Research Weve just updated the Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator with some hot new graphics, and refined value quantification research and analytics. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Indeed, early cloud computing case studies reveal the potential for better cost savings, scalability, agility, performance and more. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 VMware launches Realized ROI toolkit, powered by Alinean Provides quantifiable proof to customers of the realized ROI from prior VMware deployments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. Latest Research.

ROI 40

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 VMware launches new version of ROI / TCO Calculator Virtualization is one of the key cost savings initiatives that IT executives are implementing in order to tighten their belts in these uncertain economic conditions. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Although Forrester was predicting 8-9% IT budget growth earlier in the year, its latest survey of 2,800 global CIOs and other IT decision-makers, revealed that their predictions, as were others, were overly optimistic, with the vast majority of respondents indicating that their budgets remained the same in 2010 as they were in 2009.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 How TCO is a common sense sales and marketing Tool for Today’s Chaotic Economy My friend and board member Bill Kirwin, original father of TCO analysis with Gartner, put it best when he wrote this article for us on the power of using TCO as a sales and marketing advantage to win deals in these tough economic times.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? As TCO studies have taught us however from the time Bill Kirwin first developed these models for Gartner, it is important to look not only at purchase cost of the solution, but the ongoing costs over the entire ownership lifecycle. Latest Research.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Buyers, Fueled by the Internet, Firmly in Control With a wealth of information from vendors, analysts and peers, buyers are doing more research on-line. At the same time, buyers are indicating that sales is often not prepared for meetings, and not adding value above and beyond what they can research on their own. Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

In this session we discussed some important value selling and content marketing research for technology marketers, much of which extends to other B2B segments, with trends and advice you need to excel in 2011. In this blog post, I present a few of the key research metrics and advice.

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. Latest Research.

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Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010 Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 2011 according to new Harte-Hanks research Technology marketers are challenged today with handling proliferating marketing channels to reach and engage more overloaded, skeptical and frugal buyers than ever before.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Budget 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 25, 2010

Yet according to CSO Insight’s 2010 Sales Performance Optimization study, only 52% of sales reps met quota in 2009, and companies achieved only 78% of their revenue plans. The way buyers research and buy solutions has changed forever , and the old sales process can’t keep up. But things change. Learn More.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

As today’s buyers are empowered by the Internet to do their own research and drive their own purchasing due diligence – engaging sales later than ever, or not at all – easy to use versions of these diagnostic tools need to be on-line, readily available, interactive and personalized to empower self-service research.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

From our research and best practices work with leading B2B sales and marketing groups, Alinean provides its top 5 predictions for 2011: 1. The consumer is now in charge: researching specifications, configuring and customizing solutions, getting peer reviews and advice, comparing prices, and “buying now&#.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Study participants reported that on average a database administrator could manage over 30 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 databases, while Oracle 10g implementations required one DBA per 10 databases. To assure similar comparisons, the study examined potential differences in the application, load and complexity of the database instances.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Automation Services 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 40

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

According to recent research , 92% of marketers consider email to be one of their “most important marketing tools” and 54% plan increased spending on it in the coming year. 3 items that should be in your 2010 email budget by BtoB Magazine. by BtoB Magazine. Email Marketing Research and Stats. by eMarketer.

Marketing Budget 100

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. This kind of content shows your prospects that you’ve done the research and that you know the industry inside and out. Highlight new industry research. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Cashing in With Content (a classic by David Meerman Scott).

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing 100

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 14, 2005

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Estimate the Benefits of Windows 7 Professional Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 Alinean Research Reveals Best Practices to Fight F. Latest Research.

ROI 40

ROI Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs 40

Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. He holds the Certified Business Communicator (CBC) designation awarded by the Business Marketing Association and was designated by BtoB magazine as one of its “Top 100 in BtoB Marketing.” B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. MarketingSherpa.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency 100

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « We’re renaming the blog | Main | New networks in the news » April 16, 2008 Numeric Scoring: The Key To Lead Management Success [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Recently I saw a preview of Eloqua’s spring release and it got me thinking about the role lead scoring plays in determining campaign effectiveness.

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Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Enterprise Management Work Management 40

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

So click here to find out whether they changed my mind… Read more… Stan Woods | June 16th, 2009 | one comment The Content Marketing Workbook It’s here. Read more… Doug Kessler | June 11th, 2009 | 3 comments Choose your patients carefully The most respected surgeons in the world have the best survival rates.

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