markempa

AUGUST 25, 2014

Before this program was created, the company had a rudimentary Web presence – essentially no Internet marketing and no digital marketing strategy in place. This effort led to lead generation through website form registration, and even phone calls from prospects who initially found the company through the digital marketing.

Case Study 120

Case Study Case Studies Lead Gen Studies 120

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We asked Gordon Graham "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" ” Gordon Graham's Marketing Prediction for 2010. It’s safe to say that in 2010, many B2B marketers will imitate each another. Gordon Graham' s Marketing Action for 2010.

Paper 100

Paper Content Marketo Consulting 100

Ambal's Amusings

MAY 12, 2010

We asked Stephanie Tilton "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Stephanie Tilton is a seasoned white paper and case study writer who helps B2B companies advance the sales cycle by engaging prospects and customers. Stephanie Tilton.

Microsite 100

Microsite Buyer Personas Buying Cycle Emarketing 100

Onalytica B2B

JANUARY 8, 2019

My very first professional job was an inside sales rep for a PC-based software company that sold developer tools in the early 90’s. It was pre-web and the marketing world was wholly focused on direct mail, advertising, tradeshows, and PR. And the buying process needs to be made as easy as possible.

Marketing Budget 108

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Demand Generation Agencies Work Management 108

markempa

MARCH 2, 2006

« Podcast Segment 3: Selling to BIG Companies | Main | Podcast Segment 1: Selling to BIG Companies » Podcast Segment 2: Selling to BIG Companies Segment 2 from my 1-hour live interview with Jill Konrath, Chief Sales Officer and author of Selling to Big Companies. MB) Whats the proper role of marketing?

Segmentation 120

Segmentation Lead Generation Paid Search Agency B2B Thought Leadership 120

Ambal's Amusings

MAY 17, 2010

Why should you engage prospects consistently across the complete buying cycle? Ardath Albee, B2B Marketing Strategist at Marketing Interactions , says that engaging prospects consistently drives more viable sales opportunities. We asked Ardath Albee "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? Over to you.

Emarketing 100

Emarketing Buying Cycle B2B Sales Marketo 100

Ambal's Amusings

JUNE 9, 2010

We asked "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Companies engaged in a complex sale must link thought leadership to intelligent client discovery. " 's Marketing Prediction for 2010. s Marketing Action for 2010. Over to you.

B2B Thought Leadership 100

B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Ideal Customer Profiles Emarketing 100

Ambal's Amusings

JUNE 9, 2010

We asked "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Companies engaged in a complex sale must link thought leadership to intelligent client discovery. " 's Marketing Prediction for 2010. s Marketing Action for 2010. Over to you.

B2B Thought Leadership 100

B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Ideal Customer Profiles Emarketing 100

Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 18, 2010

We asked Joe Pulizzi "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Joe Pulizzi's Marketing Prediction for 2010. Choosing content tactics that tell a brand story that will resonate with customers and prospects. Joe Pulizzi's Marketing Action for 2010.

Marketing & Strategy 100

Marketing & Strategy Marketing Management Content Storytelling 100

Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 11, 2010

We asked Tom Scearce "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Tom Scearce is the founder of Scearce Market Development and a 15-year marketing and sales veteran of leading media, technology, and business services companies. Tom Scearce. Over to you.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Marketo Demand Generation B2B Sales 100

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Sarah Mitchell says that promoting a company through altruistic activity is going to be far more effective than slick advertising campaigns. We asked Sarah Mitchell "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" Sarah Mitchell 's Marketing Action for 2010.

Copywriting 100

Copywriting Sales Cycle Marketo Social Media 100

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Sarah Mitchell says that promoting a company through altruistic activity is going to be far more effective than slick advertising campaigns. We asked Sarah Mitchell "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" Sarah Mitchell 's Marketing Action for 2010.

Copywriting 100

Copywriting Sales Cycle Marketo Social Media 100

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Sarah Mitchell says that promoting a company through altruistic activity is going to be far more effective than slick advertising campaigns. We asked Sarah Mitchell "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" Sarah Mitchell 's Marketing Action for 2010.

Copywriting 100

Copywriting Sales Cycle Marketo Social Media 100

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Sarah Mitchell says that promoting a company through altruistic activity is going to be far more effective than slick advertising campaigns. We asked Sarah Mitchell "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" Sarah Mitchell 's Marketing Action for 2010.

Promotion 100

Promotion Copywriting Sales Cycle Marketo 100

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

We asked Britton Manasco "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Companies engaged in a complex sale must link thought leadership to intelligent client discovery. " Britton Manasco's Marketing Prediction for 2010. Britton Manasco.

Thought Leadership 100

Thought Leadership Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Thought Leadership Emarketing 100

ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This time we are going to talk about managing the “No Response” rate and the importance of having patience when it comes to working prospects—including resting them and then recycling re-segmented prospects to improve overall results. Based on over 60,000 completed company dispositions per year (annualized for 2012).

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Generation PointClear 120

Hubspot

AUGUST 20, 2019

There are many options when it comes to raising money for a nonprofit — however, there are two major ways to raise money: individual fundraising or company and corporation fundraising. Also, donors might be motivated by one method but submit their donation via another method (such as seeing a direct mail piece but donating via text).

Co-Registration 91

Co-Registration Peer-to-peer Multi-Channel Paid Search Agency 91

Ambal's Amusings

APRIL 14, 2010

We asked Steve Woods "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " As buyers gather the information and insights they need online, the role of field sales will fall precipitously " Steve Woods' Marketing Prediction for 2010. Steve Woods.

Buy 100

Buy Process B2B Thought Leadership Eloqua 100

ViewPoint

MAY 23, 2011

Ruth is Founder of eMarketing Strategy , a consulting practice that assists companies build their customer acquisition and retention strategies. Business marketers are always suspicious of the data they are getting from list and data companies, whether its prospecting lists or data elements purchased for “append,” to fill in gaps.

Resources 120

Resources B to B Work Management Marketing Management 120

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

With social media, we can join conversations previously hidden, but what we need is the same as ever: a way to reach you – the places you metaphorically live, the clubs you frequent, the places you hang out, the company you keep. Foremost, we need a way to convert with whom we interact in social media into real prospects.

Social Media 123

Social Media Work Management Marketing Management Media 123

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

To keep this from happening, companies like Reputation.com , provide ORM as well as Internet privacy protection to clients. Reputation companies also works to protect a person’s privation information from being made public. ORM companies can decrease visibility by pushing negative results lower on a search-engine results page.

Privacy Policies 100

Privacy Policies Privacy Protection Business Ideal Customer Profiles 100

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 20, 2010

By far the leader was “outbound prospecting”, which is a bit frightening given the high cost of such leads. I suspect that sales people have always felt they must rely on their own outbound prospecting to be successful. The most interesting information was what respondents saw as their largest source of qualified opportunities.

Lead Scoring 120

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Customer Surveys Sales Qualified Leads 120

B2B Marketing Traction

JANUARY 19, 2010

Why should you consider Inbound Marketing in your 2010 marketing programs? Inbound Marketing Is… …the art of creating inbound marketing interest from your prospects when they have a need or interest in your product or service. Do you think I’ve been drinking more than Kool-Aid?

Inbound Marketing 100

Inbound Marketing B2B Marketing B2B Paid Search Agency 100

markempa

NOVEMBER 22, 2006

The DMA report found that the phone and e-mail produced the highest response rates respectively—among direct marketing media channels in terms of generating leads. The report also found that e-mail continues to have a high response rate too. The report also found that e-mail continues to have a high response rate too.

Response Rate 120

Response Rate Lead Generation BtoB Telemarketing 120

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 5, 2010

For example, the typical buyer receives over 20 e-mail marketing messages a week, up 32% over the past 4 years. The Bottom-Line With so much being invested in content marketing, the question any B2B marketer needs to ask - Are your content marketing efforts adding to the clutter, or engaging with prospects to advance the buying cycle?

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency Companies Buying Cycle Budget Programs 40

markempa

JUNE 26, 2006

« Podcast: Duct Tape meets Lead Generation for the Complex Sale | Main | Podcast: Interview on the Cullinane & Green Report » Direct mail for the complex sale that really works With the proliferation of e-mail and its resulting abuses, direct mail has become almost a novel approach by comparison.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Sales Work Management B2B Thought Leadership 120

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

Free Marketing Stuff Can Sell As marketers our job is to generate brand awareness, educate our prospective customers on the benefits of our products and get them to purchase. And how do you reach even greater number of prospects? Will I get sales calls from each company that is presenting a class? Give away free stuff.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Budget Programs Marketing Management 100

markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

Here are some tactics you can use to leverage your lead nurturing content: What can you send via direct mail? The workhorse of business-to-business direct mail is still the one-page, personalized letter sent in a #10 envelope. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Nurturing 120

Lead Nurturing Lead Generation Tactics Lead Ranking 120

markempa

MARCH 30, 2007

Lets say you want to invite, via e-mail, a specific group of individuals in your database to a webinar or webcast. Or perhaps you’d like to do a targeted, direct-mail campaign to a select group of people on behalf of their salesperson. Companies don’t buy; people do. My experience has been been around 45%. What data is included?

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profiles Generation Lead Ranking 120

markempa

MAY 21, 2007

This is particularity true in small companies. And instead of calling it lead generation, sales people will probably call it prospecting. All of which means investment of time and proficiencies frequently beyond their realm, and sooner or later, one way or another, there must be a shift from prospecting back to selling.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Sales Sales Qualified Leads 120

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

They are combining video, audio and sophisticated tracking tools to deliver email campaigns with highly customized messages that engage prospects in their preferred format and measure interactions beyond just open and click-thru rates and well into website behavior. Go beyond the high-level demographics of SIC/NAICS codes and company size.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Unify Your Team The first step is for companies to devise a coordinated strategy that uses email and social communication synergistically. Today, most contact preferences center around phone, email (HTML or text), and direct, postal mail. Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. Great article!

Social Media 114

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 114

markempa

OCTOBER 22, 2005

Dimensional mail was close behind at 5.28 percent, and e-mail produced an average response rate of 3.39 The data came from over 500 campaigns from 21 industries and tracked 19 different tactics including: outbound telemarketing, direct mail, search marketing, and e-mail among others.

Telemarketing 120

Telemarketing Lead Generation Tactics Generation 120

markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2005

« Getting your sales channel to really follow-up on sales leads | Main | Its a New Year for Lead Generation for the Complex Sale » E-Mail Marketing Relevance Tips And Resources For B2B Lead Generation Universally, marketers love to use e-mail marketing for nurturing and cultivating future opportunities with their target audiences.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Relevance Resources B2B Marketing 120

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

This post was originally published on the WebMarketCentral blog in January 2010. Staying in touch with customers on Twitter is not only more real-time than many other techniques, it’s also far more cost-effective than direct mail, attending trade shows, picking up the phone, or even maintaining a customer newsletter.

Twitter 100

Twitter Business Digg Thought Leadership 100

Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

Instead of spending most of their marketing budget on traditional industrial marketing channels like trade shows or direct mail, Vico produces webinars and creates content that site visitors download and others link to. an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

Budget Programs 60

Budget Programs Education Marketing Budget Lead Ranking 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

Given the current state of the economy, I find companies in the industrial sector only recognizing SAL’s and SQO’s. Company news and industry SIC codes tied for third. Some of the findings match what I am hearing from my industrial clients and one really surprising result.

Sales Cycle 60

Sales Cycle Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads B2B Sales 60