markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

Here are some direct mail content ideas: personal letters, dimensional mailers, books, newsletters, press releases, white papers, event invitations, research reports, case studies, success stories, article reprints and third-party articles. What can you send via email? How can you leverage events?

Lead Nurturing 120

Lead Nurturing Lead Generation Tactics Lead Scoring 120

markempa

JULY 21, 2005

« New and Improved Lead Nurturing Article | Main | Getting into big companies » New Lead Nurturing Webinar Startling as it may seem, recent research (and even studies from ten years ago) shows that longer-term leads (future opportunities), often ignored by salespeople, represent nearly 80% of potential sales.

Lead Nurturing 120

Lead Nurturing Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Webinar Metrics 120

markempa

MAY 9, 2007

Startling as it may seem, recent research (and even studies from ten years ago) shows that longer-term leads (future opportunities), often ignored by salespeople, represent almost 80% of potential sales. In a complex sale, my experience is, most of the selling actually happens when the sales person isnt there.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Lead Nurturing ROI Generation 120

markempa

JUNE 14, 2006

Research shows shows that if you require registration on your website to download content such as articles, white papers, studies or other "free" resources, you could be losing 75%-85% of your potential leads! I saw a press release for a study last week completed by the Nielsen Norman Group , which also supports this finding.

B2B Sales 120

B2B Sales Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

markempa

OCTOBER 11, 2006

RainToday recently released the results of a new, year-long research project called How To Become A Thought Leader. " As I wrote a while back in my post, " in defense of thought leadership ," there are just a few select thought leaders in every industry and field of study. Become a thought leader !

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Generation 120

markempa

JULY 13, 2006

They just announced the results of a joint research study on the emerging role of new media, particularly podcasts , on B2B technology purchase decisions. To learn more about the Emerging Media Series study visit, Podcast Study Report. To learn more about the Emerging Media Series study visit, Podcast Study Report.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Purchase B2B Thought Leadership Generation 120

markempa

DECEMBER 21, 2006

According to their research, " only 17% of B-to-B marketers we queried were sure their CFOs understood the value of lead generation programs." A study by the CMO council showed this is a key reason CMOs are losing influence at the executive table. Bottom line: its the numbers. So why not begin with that?

Budget Programs 120

Budget Programs Lead Generation B2B Sales Sales Qualified Leads 120

markempa

FEBRUARY 1, 2006

This new case study by MarketingSherpa demonstrates the practical application of the halo effect. We see the halo effect demonstrated in places like the Harvard Business Review where its quite common to see business executives collaborate on papers with a professor or sponsor research projects.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Generation Leads Lead 120

markempa

MARCH 30, 2007

A study by John Coe and the Sales & Marketing Institute showed, “70.8% Even with these expanding options in list building sources the drudgery of careful research is sill the most productive course of action, because you best understand the nuances of your ideal customer profile. My experience has been been around 45%.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profiles Generation Lead Scoring 120

markempa

MAY 24, 2005

Take sales lead follow-up for example, research shows that sales people do not fully pursue around 70% of leads generated by marketing. KnowledgeStorm and The Artemis Group just completed a benchmarking study of best practices for pursuing online leads (registration required).

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads B2B Sales Marketing Analytics Tools 120

Webbiquity

JANUARY 17, 2011

the sources below provide a vast wealth of data, statistics and research results, as well as a bit of interesting social media trivia. Discover the answers to all of these questions and more here in more than 40 of the best resources for social media and marketing stats, facts and research of the past year. by eMarketer.

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Stats Social Media Marketing Budget 100

SnapApp

DECEMBER 4, 2017

And as the content marketing landscape continues to rapidly evolve, it makes sense to look to research to identify trends and patterns that can help guide your strategy. 76% of B2B marketers blog, and 73% publish case studies - Content Marketing Institute. . . 45% of marketers say blogging is their #1 most important content strategy.

Paid Content 122

Paid Content Top of Funnel Stats Marketing Budget 122

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

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.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management 40