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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Are You Achieving High Performance Marketing?

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Online content in the sales and marketing industries is constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. High Performance Marketing: It’s Not What You Think. Every CMO wants a high-performance marketing team.

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics

Sales 2.0

Nice post today on the Pipeliner CRM blog from that smart man Dan McDade of Pointclear about how you should not buy into the proposition that waiting for your prospects is the right sales strategy. You need to go out and talk to your market early. It’s fine to be too early.

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Why would a company ever outsource anything?

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These are the words of author and professor Sydney Finkelstein, whose article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal maintains that companies should hire teams, not individuals. That’s essentially what PointClear clients do when they engage us for outsourced lead generation. Want more info? As always, your comments are welcome.

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Internet Radio - Its Time Arrived Several Years Ago!

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In a recent article by Ryan Faughnder in the Sept 23 rd edition of the LA Times under the title “ Internet radio''s drumbeat is getting louder,” said that half of Americans (consumers) who go online listen to Internet radio and that the industry is becoming mainstream. Mike Schultz of the Rain Group. Phil Fernandez of Marketo.

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Why Marketing Management Must Master Deep Digital Analytics

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The director of marketing, 20 years into her career, was confronted with a bewildering cornucopia of reports, making her heretofore creative life difficult. She needs a bigger picture of the marketing return on investment, which is only available by looking deeply into the digital analytics. It wasn’t an easy conversation.

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

Pointclear

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. Lower rates typically indicate a breakdown between marketing and sales.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

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While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Sales and marketing headcounts have increased to generate new customers.