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2011 Top Sales & Marketing Awards Nominations

ViewPoint

I am deeply honored to be selected as a finalist in two categories for the 2011 Top Sales & Marketing Awards. Now in its second year, the Top Sales & Marketing Awards combine peer voting with a judging panel of industry experts to recognize leading sales and marketing books, articles, thought leaders, solutions, resources and tools.

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New Infographic: B2B Lead Generation & Content Marketing Trends

NuSpark Consulting

The infographic summarizes key data from a variety of research reports covering B2B and technology lead generation, media strategy, and content marketing trends, from initial solution research to lead nurturing. The Rise of the B2B Social Buyer: How Buyers Consume Information Survey,2011, ITSMA. Hope you find it useful!

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B2B Lead Generation: Are You Killing the Golden Goose?

ViewPoint

This is the first in a series of four blogs about B2B Lead Generation marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. At that time we had one client that depended almost exclusively on webinars and telephone follow-up to drive leads (they also had a relatively generous/loose lead definition).

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Why Lead Generation is Irrelevant

ANNUITAS

According to a 2011 study by MarketingSherpa , 74% of B2B marketers stated that their biggest challenge was generating high quality leads. The next biggest challenge was a distant second: 49% cited “generating a high volume of leads”. However, lead generation is irrelevant in today’s b2b marketing climate.

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Thank You to Our 27 Guest Marketing and Sales Bloggers in 2011!

ViewPoint

You’ll see from the list below that our marketing and sales bloggers are B2B lead generation and lead management thought leaders who share their expertise as business executives, strategists, consultants, speakers, authors, editors and college professors. Lead generation. Outsourcing lead generation.

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Metrics to Drive Lead Generation Performance

ViewPoint

Most B2B lead generation marketers are reporting performance metrics to senior executives but the portion also reporting financial contribution metrics are more likely to be outgrowing their competitors. Marketing strategies improve with better insight into lead conversion to opportunities, sales and revenue.

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Lead Generation Losing Out to Social Media? Not So Much.

The Point

A recent industry study on Lead Management Optimization, conducted by CSO Insights and conducted in partnership with SMEI and Marketo , sheds insight on the relative budget marketing organizations are investing in areas such as lead nurturing, social media, and lead generation.