Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I also need to mention that I cannot take credit for my funnel depiction as there was much discussion by the leaders in our organization about the shape of our funnel and the need to increase the velocity of our demand activities by moving from a wine-glass shaped funnel to one shaped more like a champagne flute or a shot glass.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Demand Digital Marketing Funnels Marketing Funnels 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

If you use your CRM system to track marketing activities from inquiry to close, then you know how many opportunities you have created and how much sales pipeline that has generated. For example, effective demand generation with high quality content that meets customer needs will produce awareness and will drive consideration of your product.

Planning 100

Planning Marketing Plans Work Management Budget Programs 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Time Line Close The Time Line close is effective when a product or service will impact a prospect’s project plan, especially if the purchasing decision is a prerequisite to other activities in the project plan. He has demonstrated success in the creation and active management of aggressive marketing and sales plans.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Telemarketing Work Management Marketing Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

They show how brands with high loyalty and strong social currency command a price premium confirming the need for the tighter coordination of social brand activities. In simpler words, a brand’s social activities need to help your prospects with something that is relevant to your brand.

Social Media 100

Social Media Brand Identity Branding Media 100

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Content: in building strong customer relationships, you have to provide valuable information that meets your customer needs. In social media content is not necessarily about creating white papers or videos. And something that is often overlooked: simply sharing the valuable content of others. The reason is context.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Customer Satisfaction Web 2.0 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

The question is whether we are actively participating in it online. I know how to create content that people respond to. I know how to generate a lead. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning B2B 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

The question is whether we are actively participating in it online. I know how to create content that people respond to. I know how to generate a lead. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning B2B 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

Online lead generation is one of the best ways to identify customers early in the journey and produce a solid and predictable return on investment. Marketing needs to be the engine to identify qualified leads for sales. This is a foundational activity. Step 4: Identify or create valuable content and offers.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Sales Management Lead Ranking ROI 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

Lead scoring is a key component so that once a lead meets a quality threshold, it is sent to sales with all the relevant history such as marketing tactics responded to, content viewed, solution interest, budget or timeframe. hot lead management. Bottom line is that marketing needs to be flexible.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 9, 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 December 9, 2010 9 Subscribe Finding The Time To Tweet or Blog? This takes no more than 15 minutes.

Peer-to-peer 100

Peer-to-peer B2B Thought Leadership Paid Search Agency Social Media 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2010

This is one of the most positive outcomes of the social media activity in B2B marketing. Which is more important: channel or content strategy? It’s all about content! ROI: How do you link social media activity to the bottom line? Social media is just another channel and just another tool to reach customers.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media B2B Budget Programs 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

The Representative must specifically address the content that was viewed Each person that searches the web has a specific purpose. The search term used and the content they found are big clues.” The Representative also needs to have the specific piece of content available in case the prospect would like it re-sent.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Anything Goes Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Don't miss these great opportunities to build marketing content. Having the right content for automated lead nurturing programs can be the most difficult part of a lead nurturing campaign. You don't need to just focus on pushing out new content, you probably have some gold nuggets that may be hidden on your site.

Lead Ranking 100

Lead Ranking Top of Funnel RSS Lead Nurturing 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Related Posts: 7 Tips For Successful Lead Follow-up 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail 5 Sales Closing Techniques What Is Marketing Acceleration? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Sales Management 100

Sales Management Telemarketing Work Management Campaigns 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 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 10, 2010 15 Subscribe Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy? Who should we market to?

Marketing Strategy 100

Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Planning Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2010

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Marketing Strategy 100

Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Planning Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 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 October 14, 2010 16 Subscribe Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?! Search is really hard to explain.

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Budget Programs Marketing Budget 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 29, 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 July 29, 2010 8 Subscribe Why Do You Tweet? It is not another vehicle to SPAM unwanted content.

Social Media 100

Social Media Personalization Brand Identity Branding 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

While some have predicted the consolidation of Twitter and Facebook or the demise of Foursquare, I am sticking to the practical topics most B2B Marketers I know are talking about: Marketing automation and automated lead nurturing will become a foundational B2B marketing activity as we are expected to accelerate deals through our funnels.

Paid Content 100

Paid Content B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency B2B 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 17, 2010

Yet, how many of us measure it, take steps to improve it, and hold ourselves accountable for ensuring this feedback loop is active, constructive and ultimately effective? The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing Why Do You Tweet? It is not highly complex. It makes sense to anyone who hears it.

Customer Satisfaction 100

Customer Satisfaction Loyalty B2B B2B Thought Leadership 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 17, 2010

Yet, how many of us measure it, take steps to improve it, and hold ourselves accountable for ensuring this feedback loop is active, constructive and ultimately effective? The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing Why Do You Tweet? It is not highly complex. It makes sense to anyone who hears it.

Customer Satisfaction 100

Customer Satisfaction Loyalty B2B Thought Leadership Paid Search Agency 100

LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

Creation of buyer-centric content. 1) We’re at a point where we have lot of data about marketing performance, but it’s a big challenge to turn it into actionable information (2) we’re actively tweeting, blogging and using LinkedIn, but how can that be effectively managed, and how can it be measured?

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Sales Management Automation 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 4, 2010

Finally, the post from Daniel Flamberg, “Who Owns Social Media Monitoring” , suggests marketing should orchestrate social media for the organization and bring together a “collective” of functional silos in marketing, PR, and across our agencies to add value to marketing and communication activities. See my recent article for more.

Social Media 100

Social Media Demand Generation Agencies Media PR 100