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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Lead Management & Integrated Direct Marketing

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There have been more comments from marketing automation vendors that cold calling and other traditional ways of generating sales leads are going away. Click to start video at this point — Commenting on the outbound marketing and inbound marketing mix, Jim says we can’t get away from basic integrated marketing.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Cold Calling Tips for the complex sale

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« Better lead management leads to bigger marketing budgets | Main | Paper Direct Mail is Not Dead » Cold Calling Tips for the complex sale When used correctly, the phone is a powerful way to start and develop relationships. " I’ve received calls like that and it feels a bit… creepy. Thanks Peter.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Combine Your Cold Calling Efforts With Email Marketing

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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. It has long been accepted that combining outbound calling with direct mail marketing dramatically increases results in B2B programs.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Word-of-mouth marketing gets BtoB people buzzing

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Main | Research confirms that B2B Companies Continue to Struggle with Lead Generation and Follow-up » Word-of-mouth marketing gets BtoB people buzzing I just heard that I was quoted in BtoB Magazine on word-of-mouth marketing (WOM). BtoBOnline Link: Word-of-mouth marketing gets people buzzing.

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How Content Marketing Can Affect Your Personal Brand

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A website with well-written, interesting content creates not just followers, but buzz — and says a lot about who you are and what you have to offer. Noted keynote speaker and author of “Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling” Sam Richter takes this approach a step further.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Personal lead generation tools

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prospecting) for yourself you may want to read the WSJ article, " End of the Cold Call? prospecting) for yourself you may want to read the WSJ article, " End of the Cold Call? " by Jeanette Borzo. " by Jeanette Borzo.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Telemarketing big with Xerox

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« Podcast: Marketing and Sales for Big Complex Selling (Pt 1) | Main | Podcast: Marketing and Sales for Big Complex Selling (pt 3) » Telemarketing big with Xerox Do you use the telephone as part of your multi-modal lead generation strategy? Validating direct marketing lists. Building a database.