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Leads are Hard 

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According to Wikipedia: “a reader service card or bingo card" was a reply card inserted in a magazine and used by readers to request free samples and literature from businesses who advertised in the issue. Many advertisers were listed on the reply card. I recently wrote a blog called How Much Does a Lead Cost. Sound familiar?

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Persistence Pays—How 42 Lead Qualification Touchpoints Won a $1 Billion Deal

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PointClear is known for its perseverance. While some sales people stop after placing one or two calls (if they don’t get the prospect on the phone or don’t get a call back, they deem the lead no good) our sales support associates keep trying. Here’s What PointClear Persistence Looks Like. Case-in-Point. We didn’t stop.

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Is it Fraudulent to Spend Money on Lead Gen Without an ROI?

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Naturally, not every lead gen program will be a success. Hopkins’ book Scientific Advertising , published in 1923. Yes, you read correctly - 95 years ago he took the mystery away: “The only purpose of advertising is to make sales. It is written as a text book for students and a safe guide for advertisers.

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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Advantages of LinkedIn in B2B Marketing

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The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. Weber Shandwick is creating a new unit to capitalize on content marketing --a channel which advertisers have been increasingly interested in investing. The B2B Marketing Advantage of LinkedIn.

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PowerViews with Jamie Turner: Mobile Marketing Leads the Way

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Jamie was recently profiled in Advertising and Promotion , the world''s best-selling college-level marketing textbook. In his experience sales and marketing typically leads the economy. I recently read an article that the more average sales reps flock to inbound leads and the more successful strategic reps go after outbound leads.

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Is Account-Based Marketing the Holy Grail for Lead Generation Nirvana? [PowerOpinions Part 4]

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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? Neither is using advertisements to target and retarget a group of people because they work at a company and came to your web site.

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Is Account-Based Marketing the Holy Grail for Lead Generation Nirvana? [PowerOpinions Part 5]

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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? Here's the thing: Account-Based Marketing is not really about lead generation at all. It’s also more than just lead generation.