Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

People respect their peers first and foremost and the results of the event exemplified this point: high conversion rates from our email promotions, 55% attendee rate, and people stayed for the entire event — very little drop-off. As well, we received a large amount of anecdotal feedback about how great the content was.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 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 17, 2010 Subscribe What Is Marketing Acceleration?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It seems as if the lower our outbound marketing response rates get, the greater the number of emails, phone calls, pop-up ads and other interruptions we throw at our weary populace. As a marketing professional, I am not proud of our reputation as SPAM-ers. As a consumer, I’m fed up. I refuse to answer cold calls at work or home.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

and then provide targeted content based on that information. 5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads. Even with only 30% of the respondents in the target audience, conversion rates still soared 556%, based in large part on the directed paths and audience-specific messaging.

Landing Pages 100

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

and then provide targeted content based on that information. 5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads. Even with only 30% of the respondents in the target audience, conversion rates still soared 556%, based in large part on the directed paths and audience-specific messaging.

Landing Pages 100

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The funnel is a useful way to analyze the rate at which we are capturing and managing demand. Now there were a few main points I tried to get across in my submission: The division between a marketing and sales funnel is a myth. Marketers sell stuff and sales people market stuff. To our customers there is no funnel.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 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 June 18, 2010 3 Subscribe Need to Drive Leads? Follow these 6 Content Marketing Tips That Drive Leads.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Thermometer Close In the Thermometer Close, you ask a prospect to rate their level of interest on a zero-to-ten scale. The usual end result is a list of reasons in the “For” column that is much longer than the list of reasons in the “Against” column. If the prospect answers “Ten”, you’re done!

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Lists became “tired&# as response rates drops. When we start with customer needs and pains and then craft solutions, offers, content and marketing programs towards the customers, our businesses will start to sustain growth. I especially was glad to see content programs listed under your insight-driven marketing comment.

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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. Marketing automation might be used to help setup triggers and automated touch points.

Work Management 100

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

And so we have to fall back on metrics that are easy to come by: response rates, clicks, impressions, registrations, attendees. Step 4: Identify or create valuable content and offers. If you have content- test which pieces work best. We are so focused on tactical execution that we lose focus on the results. Ask your partners.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 31, 2009

by HubSpot Rick Burnes notes that without a strong content strategy to back up social media efforts, marketers risk the "all hat, no cattle" syndrome: lots of attention on Twitter and Facebook, but no compelling content to back it up and turn the curious into the converted. Tags: Web 2.0 Social Tagging.

Social Media 20

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. This translates to a dismal right party connect rate of 1 to 1.5%. Maybe, 10 to 15% of the connects, at best.

Sales Management 100

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 27, 2010

In this post, I will explain how you can use your best content to nurture these early stage leads to the point where they are ready to take the next step in their buying journey – and to take it with your company. One trick is to compile a list of all the best content from previous campaigns that you already have on hand.

Sales Management 100

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 8, 2010

Stickybits lets anyone scan any product barcode and append their own music, text, photos or video content. Users first download the free Stickybits app, then scan a barcode and attach content. Both buyers and sellers remain anonymous, while a feedback system enables participant ratings. #65.

Marketing Management 100

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 8, 2010

Stickybits lets anyone scan any product barcode and append their own music, text, photos or video content. Users first download the free Stickybits app, then scan a barcode and attach content. Both buyers and sellers remain anonymous, while a feedback system enables participant ratings. #65.

B2B Marketing 100

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 7, 2008

E-Business & Web 2.0. SOA & Web Services. At Google, we believe in a simple premise: all of the information you need to be productive at work should be available through one search box, giving users real-time access to content across the enterprise and delivering a single, integrated, secure set of search results.

Enterprise Management 100

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Directive Agency

JULY 26, 2016

Most SEO guarantees I’ve seen state a specific (high) result in a short span of time (months) which encourages shady crash and burn SEO. This helps to ensure your content remains on brand and everything is done as cost effectively as possible. Things like being Moz recommended , having an A+ BBB rating , etc. James Norquay. ~

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Are You Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media?

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