markempa

OCTOBER 22, 2005

Dimensional mail was close behind at 5.28 percent, and e-mail produced an average response rate of 3.39 The data came from over 500 campaigns from 21 industries and tracked 19 different tactics including: outbound telemarketing, direct mail, search marketing, and e-mail among others.

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Telemarketing Lead Generation Tactics Generation 120

markempa

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

A recent BtoB Magazine article by Carol Krol, " Copy this: Telemarketing big with Xerox " shows that, although the phone may not be as buzz worthy as other lead generation tools, it remains the backbone to successful lead generation. Reconnecting with past customers and leads. Following up on direct mail campaigns.

Telemarketing 120

Telemarketing Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads BtoB 120

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 15, 2012

However, email marketing is much better suited for turning those clicks, likes and fans into deeper discussions, building relationships and converting them into customers. See my post, “Making Industrial E-mail Marketing More Relevant” ).

Social Media 60

Social Media Paid Search Agency Email Marketing Social Marketing 60

Hinge Marketing

JANUARY 14, 2015

The top 10 email clients and their percentage of the market share as of March 2014 are: #1 Apple iPhone 26%* #2 Outlook 14%* #3 Apple iPad 12% #4 Gmail 11% #5 Apple Mail 8% #6 Google Android 7% #7 Outlook.com 6% #8 Yahoo! Mail 5% #9 Windows Live Mail 3% #10 Windows Mail 2% Other email clients include AOL Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird. *It’s

Email Marketing 48

Email Marketing B2B Marketing Planning Mobile Advertising 48

markempa

MARCH 30, 2007

Lets say you want to invite, via e-mail, a specific group of individuals in your database to a webinar or webcast. Or perhaps you’d like to do a targeted, direct-mail campaign to a select group of people on behalf of their salesperson. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profiles Generation Lead Scoring 120

Writing on the Web

JULY 9, 2010

Just last week, BtoB Magazine Online reported that Dow Jones hired an online marketing company. By doing so, Dow Jones’ customers get the privilege of responding to blog posts, news and any mention of DJ in social networks. Links to testimonials are great ways to tell prospective customers about your service. Protect yourself.

Tips 100

Tips Ning BtoB Digg 100

markempa

APRIL 6, 2006

Podcasting is already successfully used for: Talk radio complete with topic and call-in listeners where voice mail boxes can play the audio into the podcast. A new article in BtoB Magazine by Karen J. A new article in BtoB Magazine by Karen J. Ideas or tips of the day. Short interviews with thought leaders and industry experts.

Lead Generation 120

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MLT Creative

MARCH 2, 2012

The company home page and e-mail communications still lead B2B marketing efforts, but mobile and social media are poised to become the tools of the future, according to McKinsey Quarterly data. B2B e-mail newsletters gain highest conversion rate. Catch your B2B customer's attention with eye tracking. Doyle asks.

Mobile Marketing 40

Mobile Marketing B2B Marketing Social Marketing B2B 40

MLT Creative

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Put your customers before the keywords. Social data can improve B2B e-mail marketing. E-mail marketing can be vastly improved by mining data from social networks, writes Kara Trivunovic. BtoB Magazine. Tell stories that compel conversation, establish goals for content marketing and measure the results. TopRankBlog.com.

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing B2B BtoB Planning 40

Paul Gillin

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Last week I got two letters in the mail that appeared to be personally addressed to me in a feminine hand (right). Is it any surprise that forecasters expect direct-mail marketing to decline nearly 40% over the next two years? I unsubscribe from any e-mails that don’t offer clear value to me. Think Like the Customer.

Direct Marketing 50

Direct Marketing BtoB Word of Mouth Conference 50

Paul Gillin

MAY 25, 2010

I was privileged to moderate the BtoB magazine Social Media Awards Breakfast in New York this week. Process Experts was named Best Corporate Blog by BtoB magazine in 2010 and Cahill is now leading the company’s charge into Twitter and Facebook while institutionalizing best practices among all the Emerson Process Management divisions.

BtoB 50

BtoB B2B B to B Blogger 50

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

They are combining video, audio and sophisticated tracking tools to deliver email campaigns with highly customized messages that engage prospects in their preferred format and measure interactions beyond just open and click-thru rates and well into website behavior.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The majority of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) consider customer engagement as their top priority according to a recent study done by Forbes Insights and George P. Nearly 97% of the respondents viewed customer engagement as very (67%) or somewhat (30%) important. Just 59% of companies now measure customer engagement; 36% do not.

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel BtoB Peer-to-peer 60

markempa

JUNE 26, 2006

« Podcast: Duct Tape meets Lead Generation for the Complex Sale | Main | Podcast: Interview on the Cullinane & Green Report » Direct mail for the complex sale that really works With the proliferation of e-mail and its resulting abuses, direct mail has become almost a novel approach by comparison.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Sales Work Management B2B Thought Leadership 120

Delivra

OCTOBER 2, 2018

When it comes to B2B marketing, it’s the most effective channel for revenue generation, according to 59% of marketers surveyed by BtoB Magazine. The statistics are just as impressive among B2C retailers, with 80% indicating that email marketing is the greatest driver of customer retention, according to a report in eMarketing.

Email Marketing 40

Email Marketing Marketing Automation Services Ad Building Marketing & Strategy 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 13, 2012

In fact, according to BtoB Magazine*, event marketing accounts for one fifth of the marketing budget. To Interact with Customers and Prospects. So our reasons for hosting our own events were two fold: Interact with our customers, contacts and leads. State of Event Marketing, July 2011). To Build your Brand.

Co-Registration 48

Co-Registration Peer-to-peer Trade Show BtoB 48

markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

Here are some tactics you can use to leverage your lead nurturing content: What can you send via direct mail? The workhorse of business-to-business direct mail is still the one-page, personalized letter sent in a #10 envelope. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Nurturing 120

Lead Nurturing Lead Generation Tactics Lead Scoring 120

Paul Gillin

JULY 15, 2011

The article notes that Epson reported that revenue per visitor nearly doubled after it started including customer reviews on its site. The fact that one out of 10 customers may displeased with product can be looked at another way: 90% are happy. It’s not the concept of the case study I don’t like; it’s the format.

Case Studies 50

Case Studies Case Study Studies BtoB 50

markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

« Cold Calling Tips for the complex sale | Main | Give Lead Generation Some Respect » Paper Direct Mail is Not Dead Jim Logan tells us why Paper Direct Mail is Not Dead. Jim also shares ideas on how to leverage direct mail and combine it with other lead generation modalities to capture a higher response rate.

Paper 120

Paper Lead Generation Generation B2B Thought Leadership 120

markempa

MARCH 2, 2006

How can you make sure your e-mail message gets a response? How can you make sure your e-mail message gets a response? Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Wheres the best place to start when selling to a BIG company? What tactics work and which dont? Does it work? Does it work?

Segmentation 120

Segmentation Lead Generation Paid Search Agency B2B Thought Leadership 120

markempa

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Those who subscribe to this blog via my feedblitz e-mail notification are already familiar with the blogletter concept. Those who subscribe to this blog via my feedblitz e-mail notification are already familiar with the blogletter concept. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Newsletter 120

Newsletter Lead Generation Generation B2B Thought Leadership 120

markempa

SEPTEMBER 15, 2005

« Lead Generation via white papers and webinars | Main | Better Sales and Marketing Integration » Combine Your Cold Calling Efforts With Email Marketing Targeted e-mail combined with outbound calling is the ideal 1-2 punch for increasing leads, sales activity and revenue.

Cold Calling 120

Cold Calling Lead Generation Email Marketing B2B Marketing 120

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

After all, that’s how your prospects and customers will find your blog and/or Web site. I am referring to optimizing customer engagement in B2B marketing. BtoB marketers need to create and deliver content that is relevant to those searching for their solution while mapping it to the prospect’s buying cycle. Why is it important?

Optimization 60

Optimization Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle 60

markempa

JUNE 27, 2006

« Direct mail for the complex sale that really works | Main | The B2B Lead Generation Blog Wins Best B-to-B Marketing Blog in MarketingSherpas Readers Choice Awards » Podcast: Interview on the Cullinane & Green Report I was interviewed by podcasting experts Joe Cullinane and Roger Green on the Cullinane & Green Report.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Thought Leadership Generation Work Management 120

markempa

JUNE 26, 2006

« Sales and Marketing as a Team: Five Tips to Improve Performance | Main | Direct mail for the complex sale that really works » Podcast: Duct Tape meets Lead Generation for the Complex Sale Im a guest on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast today hosted by John Jantsch.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Sales Generation B2B Thought Leadership 120

markempa

NOVEMBER 22, 2006

« E-mail and the phone have high response rates, DMA report finds | Main | Where do Your Email Newsletters go? Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Generation B2B Thought Leadership 120

markempa

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Main | E-mail and the phone have high response rates, DMA report finds » Podcast: Tradeshow and Event Marketing with Ruth Stevens Are you finding that trade shows or events are a “waste of time” for lead generation? Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Event Marketing Trade Show B2B Marketing 120

markempa

JANUARY 3, 2006

« E-Mail Marketing Relevance Tips And Resources For B2B Lead Generation | Main | Top Six Lead Generation Challenges for the Complex Sale in 2006 » Its a New Year for Lead Generation for the Complex Sale Greetings and happy New Year! I got this milestone e-mail (for a first time author) from my editor at McGraw-Hill.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Sales Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

The ROI Guy

JUNE 22, 2010

In the time it took me to read the B2B article, I received 15 unsolicited marketing e-mails, 3 tele-marketing calls, and 2 dozen tweets - none of which were of interest or relevance to me. Carone is that “Marketers must “break through the barrier” of simple personalized communications into more relevant one-to-one interactions with customers.”

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Buying Cycle Peer-to-peer Paper 40

markempa

APRIL 18, 2005

The best lead generation techniques are: Your website Search engine marketing Outbound telemarketing Direct mail Trade shows (if the audience is highly qualified) Nigel includes a link to Ruths PPT slides via PDF. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Generation Telemarketing 120

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

How do you shift the focus from you or your company to your prospects and customers? Customize them to suit your particular product line, which makes it much easier to specify and buy your valves. Your own engineers, technical and R & D team members are great resources for generating fresh content that is more customer-focused.

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

The recently released B2B Marketing Skills Survey jointly done by Genius and BtoB Magazine reveals some new trends and contradicts certain popular beliefs. Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Get the free “Step-by-Step Guide to Website (re)Design” now.

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing 60

markempa

JUNE 29, 2007

They also have practical data on search, email, PR, direct mail, lead generation, trade shows, podcasting, telemarketing, budgeting and more. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Work Management Generation Telemarketing 120

markempa

MAY 21, 2007

Build an ideal customer profile – Focus your energy on leads that best fit your ideal customer profile. Both the companies and the individuals you covet as customers. What separates your best and worst customers? Talk to your best customers – How much do you really know about your customers?

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Sales Sales Qualified Leads 120

markempa

JUNE 27, 2006

from marketing-blog.biz Marketing für Besserwerber Es war eine Riesenüberraschung, als uns gestern abend folgende E-Mail erreichte:Youre a Best Blog Winner!Hello Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Hello - Congratulations!

B to B 120

B to B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Generation 120

markempa

MARCH 18, 2005

« Paper Direct Mail is Not Dead | Main | Sales Leads Via RSS via Salesforce.com » Give Lead Generation Some Respect Dean Rieck argues that lead generation is the Rodney Dangerfield of marketing - some give it no respect. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Generation Leads Lead 120

markempa

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

Jill Konrath: Selling to Big Companies Jill Konrath: SNAP Selling: Speed Up Sales and Win More Business with Todays Frazzled Customers Josiane Chriqui Feigon: Smart Selling on the Phone and Online: Inside Sales That Gets Results Michael W. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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B2B Sales Lead Generation Sales Leads Sales Qualified Leads 120