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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

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The leads with the highest conversion rate and the lowest costs typically come from inbound activities like search and are then followed up and qualified by our telemarketing professionals. In this article I will summarize a whitepaper Robert wrote on the 11 reasons why outbound telemarketing fails.

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Need to Drive Leads? Try These Traditional Tactics Now

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Try These Traditional Tactics Now Share In a recent article from eMarketer, “ Is Social a Source for B2B Leads? ”, a survey from Leadforce1 is highlighted showing that social media is not producing the kind of engagement that drives leads. You can also look to 3 rd party list sources but expect a lower response rate and thus a lower ROI.

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Lead Generation Programs That Work

Marketing Insider Group

I defined the top tactics for driving leads in today’s environment and listed those that aren’t working as well as they used to. I concluded with a discussion of the tactics to consider in future demand generation efforts. The webcast was one of the best I’ve seen in a long time based on attendance and amount of participation.

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How Social Media Drives Better Email Results

Marketing Insider Group

While integrated marketing approaches are nothing new, email and social media are especially complimentary marketing tactics. Another reason these 2 tactics are complimentary is that email can produce additional followers for your company’s social channels or newsletters through “Follow Us” functionality and subscriptions.

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Be A Hero: Choose Appointment Setting for Your Next Campaign

Marketing Insider Group

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. Cost efficiencies The appointment setting tactic is on a strict pay for performance model. That is so true!

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Holy Cow! That Is A Lot Of Time Spent Online Using Social Media

Marketing Insider Group

The way we consume information is changing rapidly as the growth rate for social media use online and on mobile devices proves. While it is holding its own in the #1 spot on mobile devices, the growth rates of social networks are catching up. Here are 7 points to consider. Social media is being hyped for good reason.

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10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot!

Marketing Insider Group

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.