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OCTOBER 1, 2015

There’s no doubt that Account-Based Marketing is on the up-and-up. What are sales and marketing leaders saying about it? Is ABM the Holy Grail for lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Account Sales Qualified Lead 100

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MAY 19, 2015

Outbound marketing is dead. Many say that even marketing as a whole is dead. Here are a few more things that are, according to some, dead: design, privacy, advertising, fur, Hollywood, Bitcoin, craft beer, punk (well, maybe), Google Glass, 3D and the American Dream. Here are a few things in sales and marketing that are not dead.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Cost per Lead Cold Calling Marketing 100

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

I consider SiriusDecisions to be the gold standard when it comes to best practices in B2B marketing and sales processes. Is ABM the Holy Grail for lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Lead Rank Account 100

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MAY 10, 2012

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Social Media’s Maturing: In-House Resources & Social Advertising. Companies are hiring social media people through their existing marketing budgets or recruiting social mavens in-house.

CRM 133

CRM Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Social Media 133

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MARCH 19, 2015

On March 3, 2015, Direct Marketing Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Ginger Conlon, joined me on PowerViews LIVE to talk about “Where Marketing is Going … and Growing … in 2015.” A sales, marketing and customer experience expert, Ginger shares her perspective on current and future marketing trends.

Direct Mail 100

Direct Mail Marketing Lead Rank Buying Cycle 100

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Yet it isn’t the time lost but the things unaccomplished in that time which become a huge problem for sales and marketing people. Let’s take a look at how this affects Sales and Marketing. The reason for setting monthly goals (either sales or marketing quotas) is based on the principle of the irreplaceable past.

Marketing 160

Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Quota Cancellation 160

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MARCH 6, 2014

Social media marketing is now precariously ensconced as a more-or-less mainstream marketing channel. And even with concerns over social metrics, the rise of content marketing has rushed in to boost social’s street cred. Some of it is direct marketing, such as email, display, and PPC search. And YouTube in 10th place?

Paid Content 252

Paid Content Social Media Survey ROI 252

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MARCH 27, 2014

Co-hosts Paul and Allan tee up the show by discussing several hot news items relevant to the B2B market - Here’s what they noshed on, on Episode #5: According to the latest CMO Survey, 85% of CMOs either have not shown any impact from social media spending or have only a qualitative sense of its effectiveness. Voicemails work.

Social Media 223

Social Media Media B2B Decision Maker 223

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

B2B marketers typically select targets from prospecting lists based on such traditional variables as industry, company size and job role, or title. My colleague Bernice Grossman and I recently conducted a new study indicating that B2B marketers now have the opportunity to target prospects more efficiently than ever before.

Harte Hanks 232

Harte Hanks Lead Rank B2B Data 232

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

Chris Selland is CMO at Terametric , a company focused on maximizing marketing ROI by helping marketers capture and measure all their channel marketing data. However, that difficulty does not absolve marketers from making an effort. However, that difficulty does not absolve marketers from making an effort.

ROI 178

ROI Demand Generation Agencies Salary Demand Generation Targets 178

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MAY 30, 2012

Working with a wide variety of clients from tech firms to sports properties and lifestyle brands, Andrew has crafted successful campaigns built around white papers, event-based advertising and sales training materials for clients such as Major League Baseball, Canon, DuPont, SAP, Business Objects, Oracle and many others.

Cost per Lead 154

Cost per Lead Top of Funnel Outbound Sports 154

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JULY 12, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Asked about what is happening or not happening in marketing and sales that is surprising this year, Ann references research that MarketingProfs did with the Content Marketing Institute last year. I pay attention to people who are broadcasting and advertising there.”

Strategy 171

Strategy Social Media Inbound Outbound 171

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JULY 10, 2013

Social Listening, Content Management, Social Advertising—advertising in social? It''s becoming harder and harder to manage a robust social media campaign, so tools like HootSuite.are critical." ( Jamie Turner, 60 Second Marketer ). Isn’t that an oxymoron? I think not…” ( Rich Vancil, IDC ). My list: LinkedIn, Blogs, Google.

Social Media 239

Social Media Media Tools InsideView 239

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MAY 8, 2012

Jeff is the authority on making social media sell, adjunct faculty at Loyola University business school, a social selling speaker and author of, Off the Hook Marketing: How to make social media sell. Most of us fail to create sales engaging social media because we’re building content marketing on an outdated foundation.

Lead Rank 183

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Media Leads 183

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JUNE 12, 2018

Start pumping up qualified leads in October and the results will be higher marketing costs, crappy discounted margins, poor sales results, but a great start for the coming year.”. __. Why it’s Important: “The increase in the marketing for qualified leads is pocket change compared to the punishment of not making quota.”. _.

Forecasting 113

Forecasting Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead Discount 113