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Is Account-Based Marketing the Holy Grail for Lead Generation Nirvana? [PowerOpinions Part 3]

ViewPoint

Is ABM the Holy Grail to lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before? Today in part 3, we hear from James Obermayer , Executive Director of the Sales Lead Management Association. Less than 50 beds.

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Quick Tips for Lead Generation Success (Podcast)

The Point

With the new year almost upon us, here’s a quick way to increase the effectiveness of your lead generation programs in 2011. Take 7 minutes out of your day to listen to the first part of a podcast I recorded recently with social media expert Steve Farnsworth about trends and best practices in B2B lead generation.

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From a Challenging Marketing Past to the Most Promising Marketing Future: Top Takeaways from the 2011 B2B Roundtable Webinars

markempa

Some people say I’m an expert in B2B lead generation because I wrote a book on it, but you know what? This past year has been especially illuminating thanks to the brilliance of smart marketers who are expanding and perfecting the lead-generation concepts I wrote about years ago. What would you like to know more about?

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Lead Gen Tactics from 4 MarketingSherpa Case Studies

markempa

Tweet Our sister publication, MarketingSherpa, publishes three weekly newsletter case studies, and in the B2B beat in particular, those weekly articles routinely feature a story covering marketers tackling lead generation for the complex sale. Case Study #1 – Local B2B Marketing: 150% boost in lead generation.

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Marketing Automation Vendors Added Webinars, Social Media, and Dynamic Content in 2011

Customer Experience Matrix

This brings considerable good news: the micro and core vendors are indeed adding features, especially in lead generation, campaign management, and reporting. Each chart below has three columns: ‘change’: the change in feature availability among core vendors, compared with the January 2011 VEST.

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Three Top Challenges for B2B Tech Marketers

Webbiquity

Scott Brinker’s marketing technology supergrapic has grown from just 150 tools in 2011 to almost 7,000 today. But some challenges are common across segments. Marketing technology has progressed exponentially over the past 10 years, and it’s only going to continue. Image credit: Scott Brinker, Chief Marketing Techologist.

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A Conversation on 7 Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011

Tony Zambito

  My recent post entitled Seven Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011 is one of those instances for me personally.  Trend 7: 2011 will be The Year of the Buyer. I truly believe that 2011 will be the year B2B businesses begin to devote time and resources to developing strategies that are focused on the buyer.