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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Lead Management & Integrated Direct Marketing

ViewPoint

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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5 Steps to Improve Lead Generation ROI

Marketing Insider Group

Some examples include: Content marketing. Direct marketing. Content marketing ties into each area of lead generation because it not only provides your team with a landing page of resources to reference in emails and conversations with potential customers, but also offers a way for your audience to find you organically.

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

markempa

« 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

markempa

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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Email Opening Lines That Actually Work

Stevens & Tate

While you don’t want to seem disingenuous in your flattery, it helps if you start out the email by telling them something about them or their business that you like, whether it’s about a new service that they offer, something positive in the news concerning them, or even a post that they made on social media.

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The “Surprise” Solution to Getting More B2B Leads in a Digital World

The Mx Group

Research from the Direct Marketing Association found that, although marketers continue to underestimate the effectiveness of telemarketing, it’s a mistake to do so. Sure, you can make a case that cold calling is dead, at least in the traditional sense. Not your father’s telemarketing….

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Importance of Data Quality in Driving ROI via B2B Lead Generation

Binary Demand

Currently, the majority of businesses combine it with: Event marketing Pay-per-click advertising Cold calling Website optimization Social media promotion B2B email marketing Content marketing Successful lead generation depends on having accurate and current information about potential clients, which is only possible with B2B data quality.