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Chairs are Dead—and Other B2B Marketing Hogwash

Pointclear

In 2015, I wrote this blog for Sales & Marketing Magazine: Dead is Dead (in Sales & Marketing). It seemed like, suddenly, a lot of things were dying: cold calling was dead; telephone prospecting was dead; outbound marketing was dead … many said that even marketing was dead. Maybe I was just sensitive.

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B2B Prospecting Data Just Keeps Getting Better

Pointclear

The most reliable and scalable approach to finding new B2B customers is outbound communications, whether by mail, phone or email, to potential prospects, using rented or purchased lists. B2B marketers typically select targets from prospecting lists based on such traditional variables as industry, company size and job role, or title.

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On Becoming a Top Sales Expert at Top Sales World

Pointclear

Becoming a member of the Top Sales Expert team is an exceptional honor for me as the group is comprised of 31 sales professionals who have joined this exclusive group over the past five years, and a maximum of four new members are elected each year. Thank you!

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Where is Marketing Going. and Growing. in 2015? [PowerViews LIVE Highlights]

Pointclear

2) Newspapers and Magazines: We all know that newspapers and magazines are in a tailspin, but is that entirely accurate? Winterberry group predicts a 9% growth in 2015—most of which can be attributed to the way technology has allowed for the personalization of email communication. Marketing is no longer sequential.

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PowerViews with Rich Vancil: Marketing Ops, Sales Ops & Mashups

Pointclear

My PowerViews guest today is Rich Vancil, IDC Group Vice President for Executive Strategies. As a member of the Executive Advisory Group, he delivers CMO and Sales Advisory Services that provide senior technology marketing and sales executives with insights into how to improve productivity and efficiency in their organizations.

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PowerViews with Ginger Conlon: Trustability & Your Customer's Voice

Pointclear

She is responsible for the direction and day-to-day editorial operations of award-winning publications including the executive journal, Customer Strategist; online business publication, 1to1 Magazine; its e-newsletter, Weekly Digest; and Think Customers: The 1to1 Blog. Ginger has covered the industry for more than 25 years.

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Guest Post: Yikes! We have met the enemy and it is us!

Jonathan Farrington

Neil Rackham delivered the keynote address at this year’s national US Business Marketing Association meeting and is quoted in “BtoB Magazine” as follows: “ Sales and marketing are two functions with an identical mission, so how can they be like ships passing in the night?”. 3 Steps to Align Sales and Marketing. I invite your comments.