Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2010

The way we consume information is changing rapidly as the growth rate for social media use online and on mobile devices proves. B2B Marketers cannot ignore this channel and need to continue advocating for our brands and with our senior executives to get more involved, become more visible and to engage with customers in this channel.

Social Media 100

Social Media Web 2.0 Burn Rate Media 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2010

According to the report, mobile internet growth is significantly faster than the internet desktop growth of the late 90s compared to the growth rates of both AOL and Netscape. In this post, I will summarize the 10 main reasons why Mobile is one of the biggest technology trends ever seen and why you need to pay attention. Mobile growth is hot.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Web 2.0 Paid Search Agency Mobile Advertising 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

Ultimately it comes down to determining where can we achieve the greatest return from people, process and marketing tools to meet customer needs. Program Acceleration: the rate at which we move from a marketing concept to a campaign that is driving results. Traditional Pipeline Acceleration.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Planning Budget Programs 100

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. It means listening to what will make our customers lives better. As a marketing professional, I am not proud of our reputation as SPAM-ers.

Planning 100

Planning Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction Web 2.0 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize. The training is critical to the success as the callers must understand your offering, but this is constant amongst all telemarketing tactics. That is so true!

Sales Management 100

Sales Management Telemarketing Work Management Campaigns 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Commerce: Mary talks about how the rate of product improvement is unprecedented. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Mary thinks mobile usage will help fill this gap. Click here to cancel reply.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Paid Content Trends Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The funnel is a useful way to analyze the rate at which we are capturing and managing demand. To our customers there is no funnel. I believe we should align our efforts to customer needs. The earlier engagement and continuous activity level will create more efficient demand management by delivering against customer needs.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Demand Digital Marketing Funnels Marketing Funnels 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position. The faster you determine each customer’s perspective, and can mirror their concerns with benefits, the faster you’ll both move on to the next step. 5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads.

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position. The faster you determine each customer’s perspective, and can mirror their concerns with benefits, the faster you’ll both move on to the next step. 5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads.

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

our job is to support sales in their goal to acquire more customers and to keep our customers. So when our “customers&# in sales ask for more leads, give them more. Sales thinks pizza is just fine, but customers may prefer more effort. As I stated before in Why am I in Marketing? When they ask for better leads.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Lists became “tired&# as response rates drops. Opt-outs increased and our brand image suffered — all because we were spamming our customers. What we need is Insight-driven marketing that starts with the customer. Then the economy turned. Squeezed out. “The best laid plans…&# We did not plan for this.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. Customers decide when and how to engage with us in the buying journey. If you need to create content – research the top trending keywords, article titles, and customer pain points.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Sales Management Lead Ranking ROI 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 27, 2010

Include thought leadership whitepapers, customer videos, podcasts, case studies, demos and product comparison guides. In some cases, emails like this may be the highest converting and have the lowest opt-out rates of all your email blasts. Make sure you cover each buying stage.

Sales Management 100

Sales Management Paid Search Agency Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 8, 2010

Shortomatic is a California-based company that invites consumers to upload their own art to create customized swim shorts. Customers indicate their waist size then upload, position and size the art, choose their colors and add text for use on the waistband. For each task sold, the seller receives $4; Fiverr keeps the rest.

Marketing Management 100

Marketing Management Peer-to-peer Burn Rate Customer Satisfaction 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 8, 2010

Shortomatic is a California-based company that invites consumers to upload their own art to create customized swim shorts. Customers indicate their waist size then upload, position and size the art, choose their colors and add text for use on the waistband. For each task sold, the seller receives $4; Fiverr keeps the rest.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Marketing Management B2B Planning 100