Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

At the time, I was leading a large online demand generation program and had some thoughts about the state of the marketing and sales funnel. And I agree with Craig Rosenberg at Focus, that “every organization should make the effort to depict its revenue funnel on one page. To our customers there is no funnel.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Demand Digital Marketing Funnels Marketing Funnels 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy November 30, 2010 Subscribe Internet Trends From The Web 2.0 Summit Share The 7th Annual Web 2.0

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Paid Content Trends Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

As a marketing professional, I am not proud of our reputation as SPAM-ers. It seems as if the lower our outbound marketing response rates get, the greater the number of emails, phone calls, pop-up ads and other interruptions we throw at our weary populace. Now I know that 2011 planning season is in full swing.

Planning 100

Planning Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction Web 2.0 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 17, 2010 Subscribe What Is Marketing Acceleration? We need to be speed racers.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Planning Budget Programs 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy June 18, 2010 3 Subscribe Need to Drive Leads? So what’s a marketer to do?

Tactics 100

Tactics Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Leads 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

So marketing sends more. So marketing tightens the quality standards and sends fewer but higher quality leads. At the beginning of the year when the funnel is looking light and the end of the quarter or year seems far away, eager sales people see their friends cashing bonus checks and decide they want more, more, more.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

This post also appeared recently in B2C Marketing Insider. Thermometer Close In the Thermometer Close, you ask a prospect to rate their level of interest on a zero-to-ten scale. Author: Robert Krekstein is a results-driven executive with 18 years of experience in both marketing and selling.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Telemarketing Work Management Marketing Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I wish I knew all the secrets so I could transform the world of B2B Marketing forever with a tell-all book. What I do know is that B2B Marketers have a ton of options today. In this post, I will offer a preview of the thoughts I will deliver during the Focus Interactive Summit on Progressive B2B Marketing. It used to be so easy.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads. Results: Upon conducting a post-click marketing segmentation analysis—in real time—the company immediately learned that more than 70% of respondents were not in their target audience of hospital decision makers. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads. Results: Upon conducting a post-click marketing segmentation analysis—in real time—the company immediately learned that more than 70% of respondents were not in their target audience of hospital decision makers. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize. The training is critical to the success as the callers must understand your offering, but this is constant amongst all telemarketing tactics. That is so true!

Sales Management 100

Sales Management Telemarketing Work Management Campaigns 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. I will say it here: every B2B marketer should know how to do this.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Sales Management Lead Ranking ROI 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 27, 2010

Many B2B Marketers just stop here and give up. In some cases, emails like this may be the highest converting and have the lowest opt-out rates of all your email blasts. About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Sales Management 100

Sales Management Paid Search Agency Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 8, 2010

So why is this important for B2B Marketers? Innovation is not necessarily about new products or technical developments but can be just as much about people, marketing approaches, and processes. The wants and needs of the market are not always serious and sometimes are downright frivolous. 10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot!

Marketing Management 100

Marketing Management Peer-to-peer Burn Rate Customer Satisfaction 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 8, 2010

So why is this important for B2B Marketers? Innovation is not necessarily about new products or technical developments but can be just as much about people, marketing approaches, and processes. The wants and needs of the market are not always serious and sometimes are downright frivolous. 10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot!

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Marketing Management B2B Planning 100