Inbound Marketing, Marketing Plans, Telemarketing and Tips

11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2010

Rob and I support and have adopted what we call the “Tele-Web” concept of driving the most efficient leads for sales through pull-based inbound programs. The leads with the highest conversion rate and the lowest costs typically come from inbound activities like search and are then followed up and qualified by our telemarketing professionals.

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How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

It’s that time of year for creating your marketing plan. Having crafted a few myself, I am writing this article to share my experiences and tips on what has worked and what didn’t. The Hunter – Gatherer Model One of the biggest mistakes a marketer can make is to create a plan in a vacuum.

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7 Tips For Successful Lead Follow-up

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

However, it is difficult for companies to gain inbound responders in large volumes, and too many companies do not have an optimal responder program in place to drive whatever responders they receive to an eventual sale. He has demonstrated success in the creation and active management of aggressive marketing and sales plans.

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. So here are my 6 tips for creating content that drives the leads that sales wants… Define your audience on their terms not yours. Get creative.

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Lead Generation Programs That Work

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

My answer: spend your budget on great content that the market will value, then use low cost tactics like SEO, email and social media to push that content out. My answer: use your customers and sales people to write about, videotape and blog about successes and tips on navigating through the buying process.

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B2B Marketers Hold Off on Killing Traditional Media

The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Their latest study points out that “The majority of B2B organizations are increasing marketing budgets for inbound marketing tactics, including social media, virtual events and webinars, SEO and PPC&#. link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention?

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The Role of B2B Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix The New Marketing Accountability 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail A B2B Marketing Manifesto? How has your role changed? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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The Role of B2B Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix The New Marketing Accountability 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail A B2B Marketing Manifesto? How has your role changed? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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November: The Five Links You Need

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

In a departure from the typical B2B marketing tips, advice and musings, I am simply sharing a series of links we all may need this November – as consumers, cooks and citizens. Plus one shameless backlink to a story of my own on marketing planning. Home Depot is already stocking Christmas decorations.

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Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing Mix

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

When you accept that social media is more than “just another marketing channel” you can begin to see what you get when you combine “interruption” and “distraction.” Try These Traditional Tactics Now About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

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8 Essential Social Media Resources

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2010

These resources include everything from how to get started, tips for building a social media community and how to calculate key social media metrics – just to name a few. Here are the few tips which can help you to get yourself heard and noticed amongst your target audience using social media.

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Need to Drive Leads? Try These Traditional Tactics Now

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

Many B2B marketers make the mistake of trying to push product details on prospects too early in the process. Follow these 6 Content Marketing Tips That Drive Leads. There are other traditional techniques that many B2B marketers can use to drive leads today such as telemarketing, blogs, and others.

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9 Essential Social Media Resources

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2010

These resources include everything from how to get started, tips for building a social media community and how to calculate key social media metrics – just to name a few. Here are the few tips which can help you to get yourself heard and noticed amongst your target audience using social media.

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B2B Social Media Strategy and Executive Buy-in

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 11, 2010

And also discuss the 4 main objectives of a comprehensive plan. Finally, I provide practical tips for developing your own strategy, gaining the buy-in required to execute the plan and working with your executive team on marketing their own personal brands to your customers.

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5 Sales Closing Techniques

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

He is currently focusing on managing all marketing campaigns, Tele Vendors, and a direct sales force in North America to drive sales pipeline and demand generation through strategic marketing with proven results and a clear ROI. We’re a sales blog that offers tips and advice to b2b sellers. Click here to cancel reply.

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A B2B Marketing Manifesto?

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

.&# I would love to hear your thoughts on this creative perspective on the world of B2B Marketing! Related Posts: The Role of B2B Marketing The Future of B2B Marketing: It’s Social Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Social Media: The Journey Begins With You

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 9, 2010

Essential Twitter Tips from Guy Kawasaki Top 5 Social Media Books Top 10 Common Social Media Mistakes to Avoid Author: Brian Rice *This post originally appeared on B2C Marketing Insider and was reposted with the permission of the author. Bit.ly – use this tool to create shortened URLs and track clicks.

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Be A Hero: Choose Appointment Setting for Your Next Campaign

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize. The training is critical to the success as the callers must understand your offering, but this is constant amongst all telemarketing tactics. That is so true!

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7 Common B2B Social Media Marketing Mistakes

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

Ignoring synergy between different media – It is important that you do not silo your social media activities from your corporate website, public relations activities or your online marketing campaigns. Be sure to check out these tips for creating a successful Social Media marketing campaign.

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The Secret To B2B Social Media?

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

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Whatever Happened To The Business Case

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Too often, budgets and marketing plans are simply based on last year (minus some standard percent). So as you finalize your marketing plans for 2011 , ask yourself if you have a solid business case. Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

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Why am I in Marketing?

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

I plan to share these inside tips and more with you here on B2BMarketingInsider.com. I’ll focus on topics like Social Media, Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty, Inbound Marketing, Content Marketing, Sales Alignment, Online Demand Generation and more of the coming evolutions in business and marketing.

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Why am I in Marketing? | B2B Marketing Insider

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

I plan to share these inside tips and more with you here on B2BMarketingInsider.com. I’ll focus on topics like Social Media, Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty, Inbound Marketing, Content Marketing, Sales Alignment, Online Demand Generation and more of the coming evolutions in business and marketing.

B2B Marketing

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The New Marketing Accountability

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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The Objectives for the B2B Marketing Insider blog

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

And while we’re on this topic, here are 3 B2B Marketing Insider tips for this post: Set clear and concise objectives for your initiatives. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

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The Objectives for the B2B Marketing Insider blog | B2B Marketing.

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

And while we’re on this topic, here are 3 B2B Marketing Insider tips for this post: Set clear and concise objectives for your initiatives. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

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Integrating Social Media and Search

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

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Marketing, Death and Taxes

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

So how do we pull Marketing out of its downward spiral: the same way we deal with death and taxes. – we accept the reality and plan for it. Now I know that 2011 planning season is in full swing. And then there are truly strategic plans that will move our organizations forward. Finding The Time To Tweet or Blog?

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The Future of B2B Marketing: It's Social

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

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Life Is Short!

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 19, 2010

Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy? Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. Take personal accountability and decide what to change. And change it now.

Web 2.0

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What Is Marketing Acceleration?

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

And ultimately, this will translate into your marketing team making a greater contribution to sales. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

Top of Funnel

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How To Use Paid Search To Target Buyers By Stage

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Enjoy A Demand Funnel Cocktail

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. This is great stuff.

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Social Media and The Brand

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

While this sounds very much like the common definition for Integrated Marketing Communications, the author is suggesting that we need to go farther and deeper in coordinating marketing plans. There is so much noise out there and figuring out tips really work.

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How Social Media Drives Better Email Results

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 6, 2010

Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

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The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

Some creative marketers call these lists suspects. Inbound marketeering requires 2 simple things: First you need to be found and that requires the basic techniques of understanding how prospects search and the keywords they use. So these are the top 4 most common mistakes B2B Marketers make in Content Marketing.

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10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot!

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2010

Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

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Tweet Chats: Organized Chaos or Untapped Marketing Opportunity

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 24, 2010

imcchat – Moderated by @bethharte & @abarcelos, this chat focuses on integrated marketing communications and runs every Wednesday night at 8pm EST. Here are some great tips on how to create a successful tweet chat. Would you incorporate tweet chats into your marketing campaigns? What do you think?

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Top 5 Social Media Trends For The B2B Marketer

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

7 Tips For Successful Lead Follow-up The 4 Cs of Social Media 6 Steps to Prepare for the Mobile Revolution 10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot! About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

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Holy Cow! That Is A Lot Of Time Spent Online Using Social Media

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2010

Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Social Media

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What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The article from Mallary and the insights from Preston offer some more tips that I think are worth repeating: No one is an expert in social media so just get started. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

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What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The article from Mallary and the insights from Preston offer some more tips that I think are worth repeating: No one is an expert in social media so just get started. Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Social Media

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Internet Trends From The Web 2.0 Summit

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Paid Content Trends Paid Search Agency

6 Steps to Prepare for the Mobile Revolution

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 24, 2010

Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Web 2.0

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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

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Webinars

Trending Sources

7 Tips For Successful Lead Follow-up

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

Lead Generation Programs That Work

B2B Marketers Hold Off on Killing Traditional Media

The Role of B2B Marketing

The Role of B2B Marketing

November: The Five Links You Need

Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing Mix

8 Essential Social Media Resources

Need to Drive Leads? Try These Traditional Tactics Now

9 Essential Social Media Resources

B2B Social Media Strategy and Executive Buy-in

5 Sales Closing Techniques

A B2B Marketing Manifesto?

Social Media: The Journey Begins With You

Be A Hero: Choose Appointment Setting for Your Next Campaign

7 Common B2B Social Media Marketing Mistakes

The Secret To B2B Social Media?

Whatever Happened To The Business Case

Why am I in Marketing?

Why am I in Marketing? | B2B Marketing Insider

The New Marketing Accountability

The Objectives for the B2B Marketing Insider blog

The Objectives for the B2B Marketing Insider blog | B2B Marketing.

Integrating Social Media and Search

Marketing, Death and Taxes

The Future of B2B Marketing: It's Social

Life Is Short!

What Is Marketing Acceleration?

How To Use Paid Search To Target Buyers By Stage

Enjoy A Demand Funnel Cocktail

Social Media and The Brand

How Social Media Drives Better Email Results

The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing

10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot!

Tweet Chats: Organized Chaos or Untapped Marketing Opportunity

Top 5 Social Media Trends For The B2B Marketer

Holy Cow! That Is A Lot Of Time Spent Online Using Social Media

What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

Internet Trends From The Web 2.0 Summit

6 Steps to Prepare for the Mobile Revolution

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