markempa

OCTOBER 2, 2006

« Podcast: Marketing and Sales for Big Complex Selling (pt 3) | Main | White Papers and Lead Generation, Key for BtoB Marketers » Webinar: A Multimodal approach to Lead Nurturing for Complex Sales Join me for a complimentary webinar hosted by the American Marketing Association and sponsored by WebEx.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

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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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

MAY 23, 2005

« 2 New RSS Feeds for the B2B Lead Generation Blog | Main | Blogging & RSS Events » Tips for better webinars, webcasts and improved ROI Webinars have reached critical mass and most B2B marketers, it seems, have added them to their marketing mix. But lately, Ive watched some really bad webinars and webcasts.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Some of the other topics include: New B-to-B Search Marketing; Maximizing White Papers, Ezines Webinars & Podcasts; Marketing to Fortune 500; Video, Viral & Web 2.0 Register here FREE lead generation consultation from InTouch Just Tell Us How To Contact You First and Last Name Company Email Telephone Ext.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The bad news — more than a quarter (27%) have no specific strategy for customer engagement, and more than a third (34%) feel their companies do only a fair or poor job engaging their audiences. Marketers are getting in their own way when it comes to drafting their engagement strategies. That was the good news part of the study.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

In the recent BtoB magazine article, " Tech Media Evolution a Bellwether ", the major technology publishers were examined to understand how quickly the shift to interactive marketing was occurring. The age of Internet fueled buying decisions means that traditional print publications just don't meet buyer or seller needs.

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markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

A lead nurturing program can leverage existing investments that you have made in other marketing tactics such as events, white papers, contributed articles, or any other thought leading content. What can you send via email? Leverage past archived and recorded (archived) events with email links. How can you leverage events?

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Digital B2B Marketing

MAY 22, 2012

In the past year, 88% of people report using white papers for business research, followed by 73% for webinars. White papers are rated “most valuable” more frequently than any other format (56% of those that rated white papers). White papers have the largest spread between very valuable and little value.

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markempa

JULY 10, 2006

Kate Maddoxs article in BtoB Magazine , " Integration Key to Lead Generation ," emphasizes the need for close sales and marketing integration. The article is based on a recent white paper , as well as research by CSO Insights. The article is based on a recent white paper , as well as research by CSO Insights.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 17, 2010

Optimizing your marketing content around keywords or phrases is the first step in your content marketing strategy. 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. See Do I Really Need a Content Strategy?)

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

And that reality of the flooded inbox is very evident from steadily dropping response rates of only 1% to 3% range for traditional email marketing. The old email marketing strategy of batch and blast or spray and pray is no longer effective. However, there’s no denying the low cost of email marketing.

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markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

« Small companies blogging for leads while big companies watch | Main | Revised Lead generation strategy map for complex sales » Should blogs and RSS be a part of your lead generation strategy? Well examine each and provide tips on how a Blog or RSS strategy can compliment what you are doing today."

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. This white paper aims to change that perception of them. Get Engineers Can Sell white paper now.

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markempa

OCTOBER 11, 2006

« White Papers and Lead Generation, Key for BtoB Marketers | Main | Lead Generation for the Complex Sale » How to Become a Thought Leader and Attract Customers Would you like to be more visible and generate sales leads on a limited budget? 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market

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markempa

AUGUST 22, 2007

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Ardath, thanks for the tag.

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markempa

JUNE 19, 2006

Contrarily, my research shows that for the complex sale, it is far more effective to support proven sales people with good lead generation than hiring additional sales people. I interviewed Barry Trailer, Partner of CSO Insights about their White Paper, "Optimizing Lead Generation - Whats the Payback?

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

« Using White Papers for Lead Generation | Main | Podcast: Marketing and Sales for Big Complex Selling (Pt 1) » E-Book: What Sales Really Needs from Marketing The biggest challenge most sales pros with a complex sale face is getting access to executives, especially those in BIG companies.

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The ROI Guy

JUNE 22, 2010

One of the best ways we have found to connect with customers one-on-one is through interactive white papers. The results – interactive white papers are more than 65% more effective than their static counterpart at attracting qualified leads and speeding up the sales process. But how can this be accomplished easily and where to start?

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markempa

FEBRUARY 1, 2006

« Podcasts vs. Webinars which is better? We see the halo effect demonstrated in places like the Harvard Business Review where its quite common to see business executives collaborate on papers with a professor or sponsor research projects. These experts can become a source of speakers and webinar presenters.

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markempa

MARCH 30, 2005

« My Mention In Writers Digest | Main | Word of Mouth Marketing relies on reputation not branding » New PDF Tracking Gives Us Pause If you require registration on your website to download white papers or other "free" resources, youre losing up to 75%-85% of your potential sales leads (2004 MarketingSherpa Report ).

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 8, 2005

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market

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markempa

JULY 13, 2006

Nearly 60 percent of respondents said that information on business or technology topics, currently delivered as white papers or analyst reports, would be more interesting as podcasts. 55 percent of respondents would be more likely to consume white papers and analyst reports if they were delivered as podcasts.

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markempa

JUNE 14, 2006

Research shows shows that if you require registration on your website to download content such as articles, white papers, studies or other "free" resources, you could be losing 75%-85% of your potential leads! Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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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.

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markempa

AUGUST 10, 2005

« Getting into big companies | Main | Lead Generation via white papers and webinars » Two new reports on marketing and lead generation If you sell complex services or technology solutions I encourage you investigate these reports, I think youll find a ton of value.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2009

BtoB Content Marketing: Six Places to Find Hidden Content Gems - Savvy B2B Marketing , July 27, 2009. Ebooks and White Papers: A Complementary Pair - Savvy B2B Marketing , July 23, 2009. Blogging Benchmaks: In Search of the Missing Metrics - B2B Marketing Savvy , July 30, 2009. Why you need to build your Social Capital?

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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

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

Work Management 40

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markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

« Better lead management leads to bigger marketing budgets | Main | Paper Direct Mail is Not Dead » Cold Calling Tips for the complex sale When used correctly, the phone is a powerful way to start and develop relationships. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

MAY 20, 2005

Over time, as you build your lead generation program, your experts may be interested in co-developing white papers, special research reports, articles, and events with you. 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

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2005

When I visited their so called “thought leader” section, it contained just a few ‘white papers’ which required user registration to download. When I visited their so called “thought leader” section, it contained just a few ‘white papers’ which required user registration to download. They said they were thought leaders.

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2009

Content Strategy: The Future of Marketing (via Joe Pulizzi with Christine Halvorson). Her company Marketing Interactions helps companies with complex sales and quantify marketing effectiveness by using interactive e-marketing strategies driven by compelling content. It’s all about engaging your audience. via Beth Harte).

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Delivra

OCTOBER 23, 2018

As a B2B marketer, email is one of your leading strategies for driving growth for your business. If you aren’t already prioritizing it as one of the main ways to increase revenue, consider this statistic from BtoB Magazine: 59% of B2B marketers cite email as the most effective channel for generating revenue.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JUNE 9, 2010

Is The White Paper Dead for B2B Marketing? Buzz Marketing for Technology , May 26, 2010 In a recent conversation I was having with the Bloom Group they believe “the practice of publishing white papers must come to a close because of the utter proliferation of white papers, and the poor content contained within so many of them.”

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