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6 Sales & Marketing Strategy Recommendations for 2012

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Bob is the founder of Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners, a UK firm that engages with B2B companies to improve their sales and marketing strategy and drive revenue. He does a great job of clearly presenting, assessing and recommending solutions for today’s pressing sales lead management challenges. Outsource marketing.

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The Dangers of Using Cost per Lead as a Metric to Measure Marketing

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Twice over the past two years I blogged about the dangers of using cost per lead as a metric to measure marketing. As a foundation, I published three blogs in 2012 in which I outlined three critical elements that impact B2B lead generation costs in the complex sale: 1. Send them 1,000 leads generated at a cost of $23.15

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4 Things to Consider Before You Buy Marketing Automation

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To learn more about The Annuitas Group and their proprietary methodology, the Lead Management Framework™ , go to [link]. For many, the planning for 2012 starts next month, right after Labor Day. And, for many, the goal for 2012 will be to finally implement marketing automation. What's the point of that?

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5 Critical Things to Consider When Evaluating Lead Generation Companies

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Given that I run one of the many lead generation companies it will not surprise you to learn that I believe a 3rd party focused on response management, lead generation and qualification and lead nurturing is capable of doing a much better job of those services than you are likely to find inside most companies.

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Guest Post: Successful Lead Generation – One Size Does Not Fit All

Jonathan Farrington

According to recent research, B2B companies are using multiple lead generation tactics including, email marketing, search engine optimization, teleprospecting, inbound marketing, direct mail and trade shows. The same inbound marketing experts will tell you that it might take 50 blogs to impact your website visits.

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PowerViews with Craig Rosenberg: Growth Hacks & Consumerized B2B Software

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My guest today is Craig Rosenberg, Vice President, Sales and Marketing and Co-Founder at Focus. He is also author of a popular sales and marketing blog, Funnelholic , where he shares B2B content with an edge. Craig specializes in lead generation, lead qualification, and B2B marketing and sales.

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PowerViews with Jeff Ernst: Marketing & Sales Must Work Together

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In this second episode of PowerViews, I have the pleasure of talking with Jeff Ernst who provides advisory services to CMO and marketing leadership professionals as Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. Jeff joined Forrester after spending 20 years in sales and marketing.

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