markempa

AUGUST 16, 2006

There, I offer some thoughts on organizing and providing open access to more of your web content to successfully improve your lead generation success. There, I offer some thoughts on organizing and providing open access to more of your web content to successfully improve your lead generation success.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 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. Get yours here.

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markempa

MARCH 6, 2006

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. " I agree. " I agree.

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JULY 10, 2006

« BeTuitive Publishing Book Review | Main | How Podcasts Impact B2B Purchase Decisions » Sales Leads Are Too Valuable For Sales People Alone David Meerman Scotts blog post, " Sales Leads Are too Valuable for Sales People ," is worth a read. Every salesperson loves leads.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

If the quantified impact of the business problems exceeds the investment required to solve the problems, a buying decision is easy to justify. The larger the difference is between the quantified impact and the required investment, the easier it is to close the sale. I printed this and passed it out during our last sales meeting.

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markempa

JUNE 14, 2006

« New Book: Lead Generation for the Complex Sale is officially released | Main | PR Has New Rules for Reaching Buyers Directly » Why Most B2B Sites Fail to Convert Sales Leads Most people coming to your website arent coming to your website to buy. They are coming to your site for information.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

My answer: use your customers and sales people to write about, videotape and blog about successes and tips on navigating through the buying process. What are the most successful lead sources? How to create valuable content on a small business budget?

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markempa

JANUARY 19, 2006

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. Heres a summary of Michael Ortners eight points: 1.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

We want to get people to know us, like us and trust us so much that they want to buy from us and stay with us. So…Demand Generation cannot stop at the sale. Real value comes from producing customers who stay and who have an amazing customer experience so they buy more. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

However, it is difficult for companies to gain inbound responders in large volumes, and too many companies do not have an optimal responder program in place to drive whatever responders they receive to an eventual sale. Need to Drive Leads?

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markempa

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

If youre supporting multiple sales channels with lead generation, youll probably like this case study by MarketingSherpa. It explains how GE Access Distribution got their channel to close the loop on 95% of leads delivered. Do you have any other tips on how to get the channel partners to follow-up on sales leads?

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

At the same time, you know that social media has changed the marketing landscape : shouting to prospects with endless email offers may produce leads but you’re worried about the longer term implications to your market. So how do you incorporate social media into the marketing mix?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

Allow your prospects to decide for themselves what the best content is for them for the buying stage they are in at the time. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SEO continues to provide one of the best sources of leads for both B2B and B2C companies.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2006

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.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

As the quality pressure starts to rise, you can only send to sales those opportunities that are further along in the sales cycle. However, you must continue to nurture those leads that are not yet ready to buy. Give them leads they can close and then we can all share in the success of hitting the numbers.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

.&# He also implores us to block the traditional metaphor of the funnel which I also wrote about since it no longer aligns to the consumer buying process. Buying, once a one-way interaction between an informed seller and a curious buyer, has become a conversation between equals, and the revolution in buying behavior is still ongoing.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

The study shows that there are specific keyword combinations used dependent upon the buying stage of the person searching on Google. In phase 1, the 2 companies relied on a Question and Answer format to determine the impact of buying stage on the keyword combinations used by IT buyers.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

« Targeting Your B2B Lead Generation | Main | Podcast: Tradeshow and Event Marketing with Ruth Stevens » Target Marketing: What’s a Lead? Many marketers believe generating more sales leads is the key to hitting revenue targets. Read Target Marketing: What’s a Lead? That’s not always true.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

Instead create personas of people that buy your solutions or products. Understand why your customers buy from you and not the competition and make sure you have the content to support that Use the halo effect to your advantage. Stay away from arbitrary boundaries like SIC codes and Revenue range or employee size. Know them all.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

This way we are engaging prospects earlier in the buying process and never stop engaging them even (or especially) after they purchase from us. For most B2B buying experiences, they expect to speak to a salesperson at some point in their journey. Our customers will tell us when they are ready to speak to a salesperson.

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markempa

JUNE 29, 2007

Listen to podcast now (31 min MP3) Show Agenda Benchmark data that B2B all marketers must know Fresh ideas and best practices for lead qualification Why you should capture and track all web inquiries in your CRM How many buyers/influencers in the typical F500 buying process (hint: its big!)

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markempa

MARCH 27, 2005

« Give Lead Generation Some Respect | Main | Podcast: How Trigger Events improve Lead Generation » Sales Leads Via RSS via Salesforce.com Otter Group CEO, Kathleen Gilroy , pointed me Charlie Woods, Moonwatcher Blog , and his intriguing post on the subject of distributing sales leads via RSS.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

They reported in a separate study by Technorati that blogs are right up there with many traditional media in terms of importance and influence on their buying behavior. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

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markempa

AUGUST 23, 2006

Im a big proponent of educational marketing, because it allows you to reach people early in their buying process. Just remember, they should be EARLY in their buying process ! Early-stage leads - those who are not ready to speak to a sales person yet – can be developed further with an effective lead nurturing program.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Within 10 days of launch, data revealed that respondents from Google were better qualified and were converting at a higher rate than respondents from other search engines in the media buy. We have also had success with creating specific content around each step in the buy cycle on each landing page.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Within 10 days of launch, data revealed that respondents from Google were better qualified and were converting at a higher rate than respondents from other search engines in the media buy. We have also had success with creating specific content around each step in the buy cycle on each landing page.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

To those who are still facing this dilemma, I invite you to read my previous post on gaining Executive Buy-in for Social Media and how to respond to common social media questions. To me this means that in many companies, we are still being asked to justify the time, budget or people required to support social media efforts.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Marketing is all about getting people to know you, like you and trust you enough to buy from you. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. And once you have a customer, you need to keep them.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 22, 2006

This is good news if you are using e-mail and the phone in combination (using e-mail along with the phone is critical in the lead nurturing process too). This is good news if you are using e-mail and the phone in combination (using e-mail along with the phone is critical in the lead nurturing process too).

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markempa

JULY 9, 2007

« Off-Topic: On Selling Ideas in 1776 | Main | Inquiry management and search marketing strategy » Early Stage Leads are too important for Sales People Alone The management of sales leads is critical to generating Return on Marketing Investment. He just wrote (round two) and I think its worth checking out.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Yes, in B2B, the decision process is far longer, the decision-maker is typically more than one person and all of them feel much greater risk (jobs, reputation, etc) than when buying a pack of gum. I am not suggesting it is harder: trying to appeal to the emotions of a teenager to buy the latest line of fashions is hard.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Yes, in B2B, the decision process is far longer, the decision-maker is typically more than one person and all of them feel much greater risk (jobs, reputation, etc) than when buying a pack of gum. I am not suggesting it is harder: trying to appeal to the emotions of a teenager to buy the latest line of fashions is hard.

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2007

During our interview we cover a variety of topics that are relevant to lead generation, PR and marketing. 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market

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markempa

OCTOBER 31, 2006

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.

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markempa

OCTOBER 17, 2006

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.

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markempa

MAY 9, 2007

Lead nurturing is all about having consistent and meaningful communication with viable prospects (those that are “a fit” for your solution) regardless of their timing to buy. It’s not “following-up” every few months to find out if a prospect is “ready to buy yet?” I hope you can make it. Register here. companys focus.

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markempa

OCTOBER 17, 2006

« How to Become a Thought Leader and Attract Customers | Main | E-book: Why Naked CRM Doesnt Work » Lead Generation for the Complex Sale I recently did a phone interview on Lead Generation for the Complex Sale with Nettie Hartsock for Allbusiness.coms Must Read Business Books column.

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