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Goal-Directed Marketing: How Marketers Can Help Buyers Achieve Their Goals

Tony Zambito

Marketers can employ a simple litmus test on the authenticity of buyer personas – if they are not based on qualitative research eliciting goals and goal-directed behaviors, as well as, created within a goal-directed framework, then they should be considered buyer profiles, not buyer personas.).

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B2B: Where Social Media Meets Direct Marketing

Biznology

One of the reasons social media is working so well in B2B, in my opinion, is that business marketers tend to wear their direct marketing hats when they strategize and plan how to apply social media to their marketing objectives. By this definition, a direct marketing message can be delivered anywhere.

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Sales Lead Generation

Sales Lead Insights

Mac" McIntosh is described by many as one of Americas leading business-to-business sales and marketing consultants and marketing speakers. He is president of Mac McIntosh Incorporated, a marketing consulting firm specializing in helping companies get more high-quality sales leads and turn them into sales.

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Database Marketing: Five Important Things to Know

Webbiquity

A form of direct marketing , database marketing uses business and consumer databases to generate targeted recipient lists. What distinguishes database from direct marketing is the awareness to the analysis of data. Business Database Marketing. Guest post by Nick Rojas.

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The Benefits of Using a Part-Time Sales Development Company for Small B2B Businesses

SalesGrape

In the competitive landscape of B2B (business-to-business) commerce, small businesses often face significant challenges in growing their sales pipeline and expanding their customer base. Its effectiveness lies in the personal connection it can establish, which is often lacking in other forms of communication.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Webinar: A Multimodal approach to Lead Nurturing for Complex Sales

markempa

« 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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6 Steps to a Successful (B-to-B) Direct Marketing Campaign

MLT Creative

A current campaign I’m involved with got me thinking about my roots in consumer direct marketing. Whenever we launch a campaign that relies heavily on direct, I’m reminded that the rules in business-to-business direct marketing are really the same as they are in the consumer space.

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