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Leads are Hard 

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Readers circled the advertisers they were interested in and mailed back (or faxed back) the card to the publisher which then provided their advertisers with the appropriate leads. Not surprisingly, the “leads” advertisers would get from the magazines were a mixed bag. I recently wrote a blog called How Much Does a Lead Cost.

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What Do You Sell, Who Do You Sell It To and Why Everyone Has to Have The Same Answer

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How to define a lead and gain agreement is the first of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. All because the CEO did not insist on a common definition of a lead.

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Does Your Sales Team Know How to Follow-Up on a Lead?

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Nurture leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales is the sixth of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. Set sales straight—it’s a win win.

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B2B Lead Generation: Are You Killing the Golden Goose?

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This is the first in a series of four blogs about B2B Lead Generation marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Something else not well understood in many marketing and sales departments is the importance of certain metrics. A Greek fable tells of a man who possessed a goose that laid golden eggs.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

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Top 47 B2B Marketing Posts - Hot Topics Ning and Facebook - July 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Best of B2B Marketing. The 20 craziest things you can do on Twitter - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , July 7, 2010 OK, we’ve heard all the great business success stories about connecting and learning through Twitter. July 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010. Featured Sources. Like hooking their toilet up to Twitter. Bloody great idea.

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The Skinny on Lead Nurturing - 11 Experts Weigh In (part 2 of 2)

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The marketing word of the year is Nurture. Nurturing is one of the most effective, yet underutilized, activities in the sales and marketing process. Telemarketing jumped into the system when a large recession devastated their business model of lead generation, and appointment setting was not enough to keep them going.