Remove 2011 Remove Burn Rate Remove Marketing Plans Remove Telemarketing
article thumbnail

11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

Marketing Insider Group

The leads with the highest conversion rate and the lowest costs typically come from inbound activities like search and are then followed up and qualified by our telemarketing professionals. In this article I will summarize a whitepaper Robert wrote on the 11 reasons why outbound telemarketing fails.

article thumbnail

Lead Generation Programs That Work

Marketing Insider Group

People respect their peers first and foremost and the results of the event exemplified this point: high conversion rates from our email promotions, 55% attendee rate, and people stayed for the entire event — very little drop-off. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Share your thoughts, post a comment.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Role of B2B Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

In order to meet new revenue and ROI goals, marketers need to improve their strategic skills (50%) and sales skills (40%). 58% of respondents said their role, as marketers did not end even after they handed off qualified leads to sales. Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

article thumbnail

The Role of B2B Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

In order to meet new revenue and ROI goals, marketers need to improve their strategic skills (50%) and sales skills (40%). 58% of respondents said their role, as marketers did not end even after they handed off qualified leads to sales. Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

article thumbnail

Holy Cow! That Is A Lot Of Time Spent Online Using Social Media

Marketing Insider Group

The way we consume information is changing rapidly as the growth rate for social media use online and on mobile devices proves. Should marketing spend in social media come close to matching the nearly 25% of online time spent there? Blog more, email market less.” Summit B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011 Need to Drive Leads?

article thumbnail

How Social Media Drives Better Email Results

Marketing Insider Group

A recent study by GetResponse showed that adding social sharing in an e-mail increased click-through rates by 30%, adding a twitter share option increased response rates by 40% and adding as many as three sharing options increased response rates up 55%. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

article thumbnail

Marketing, Death and Taxes

Marketing Insider Group

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. – we accept the reality and plan for it.

Planning 100