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Ruth Stevens: Spotlight on the expert

Martech

Ruth Stevens found her way into B2B marketing by accident, as many B2B marketers do. Her route took her through the publishing industry, then grad school, before diving into the intersection of marketing and technology by learning database marketing. Q: B2B marketing seems to be in this constant state of change.

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Lead Gen: Don’t Go for the Quick Sale

The Point

Here’s an interesting post by Mike Damphousse of Green Leads that I found through Funnelholic (thanks Craig) on how lead nurturing impacts the effectiveness of calling campaigns designed to secure qualified sales appointments.

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B2B Lead Generation Companies – Right Way to Choose

Binary Demand

(Marketing Donut) 40% of marketers believe their lead generating technologies need to be updated. Forbes) Marketers place high importance on focusing on lead quality rather than quantity. A firm that generates leads compiles consumer and commercial data, which it then sells to businesses seeking new leads.

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B2B Lead Generation Companies – Right Way to Choose

Binary Demand

(Marketing Donut) 40% of marketers believe their lead generating technologies need to be updated. Forbes) Marketers place high importance on focusing on lead quality rather than quantity. A firm that generates leads compiles consumer and commercial data, which it then sells to businesses seeking new leads.

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How the Answer to One Question Can Tell You How to Market Your Technology

The Point

Whether a company should predominantly use inbound or outbound marketing; 2. The type of content most likely to work best for demand generation. I’ll explain: For a company selling a commodity-type product, or close to it, there’s little need to educate the market on why a particular company needs that product.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

problem: 1) Web analytics – typically the stronghold of companies like Coremetrics, Omniture, and WebTrends, the analytics area bleeds over into lead management as companies go online to generate demand. My point: B2B marketers are looking elsewhere for help generating demand. The trick is to know how to improve.