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Enjoy A Demand Funnel Cocktail

Marketing Insider Group

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. Now there were a few main points I tried to get across in my submission: The division between a marketing and sales funnel is a myth. Marketing spend is much more efficient.

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Lead Generation Programs That Work

Marketing Insider Group

During my presentation titled Lead Generation Programs That Work I walked through the 5 Steps to Achieve Lead Generation ROI. I defined the top tactics for driving leads in today’s environment and listed those that aren’t working as well as they used to. How do you balance the need for quantity of leads vs quantity?

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

Marketing Insider Group

If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. So here are my 6 tips for creating content that drives the leads that sales wants… Define your audience on their terms not yours. Know how they rank.

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The best of micro-influencer marketing and long tail blogger outreach articles

Biznology

. “When it came to the tools being offered for prospecting, managing, and tracking online engagement and outreach, the quality had been dubious, the licensing too expensive, and of limited value. “In this free 30-minute Biznology® webinar, Chris talks about earned media marketing: how to get off your duff and get out there online.”

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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

Marketing Insider Group

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And when quality is required, you need to be able to deliver leads that convert. The debate often goes like this: Sales wants more leads. So marketing sends more. Sales says they want better leads. When they ask for better leads.

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5 Steps to achieve Lead Generation ROI

Marketing Insider Group

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”. Why is this important? This is a foundational activity.

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The New Marketing Accountability

Marketing Insider Group

You can review both How To Align Marketing With Sales and Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity for more detail on the emerging need for marketing to drive real sales and to quantify efforts. Late last week, I responded to a post by my new friend Adam Needles, VP Marketing of Left Brain Marketing.