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Five Ways to Avoid Getting Burned by Outsourced B2B Sales Lead Generation

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As such, outbound has been replaced by email marketing and marketing automation programs that SPAM CANNON emails to the masses such as the following (I received this one yesterday): I run business development for XYZ, Inc. - There is no strategy in their market approach. I get at least one like this every day.

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B2B Lead Gen: Can you do it cheaper and better inside?

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As a business-to-business marketing or sales leader you have numerous options for lead generation tactics and tools. Top choices include teleprospecting, direct marketing, search engine marketing, website, and trade shows.

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Lead Generation Lies That are Wreaking Havoc with Your Sales

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Outbound calling is interruption marketing. Automated systems accurately score (prioritize) leads. More leads are better than fewer leads. Here’s what they had to say: Ardath Albee | Marketing Interactions. A form completion is a lead. Write it and they will come. Give up after 1 – 2 calls.

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eMarketing Expert Ardath Albee on the Limitations of a Lead Gen Mindset

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PC: Ardath, you’ve written a lot about the importance of using lead nurturing to engage leads across the entirety of the buying process. Yet B2B marketers seem to be more focused on lead generation than the rest of the process. This is why so much lead wastage is going on. Is that a problem?

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PowerViews with Brian Carroll: The State of B2B Lead Gen & 2012 Recommendations

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Click to start video at this point — Asked about what has or hasn’t happened in marketing and sales this year that’s surprising, Brian talks about the way many companies haven’t fully embraced optimizing their effective selling time by looking at marketing, lead generation and aligning sales and marketing.

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Is Lead Generation Slipping Away From Marketing?

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” But in a recent post on the Sales Lead Management Group on LinkedIn, Kevin McArdle, the regional sales manager for Eloqua (Chicago), advocated that sales departments should take over lead gen and he makes the following points: Sales departments are responsible for revenue. Marketing’s plate is full.

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Three “Lies” That Plague B2B Businesses Today (Part One of Three)

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Marketing and sales are aligned. The team of experts includes: Ardath Albee, Marketing Interactions , CEO and Business Strategist. Matt Heinz, Heinz Marketing , President. Cold calling is dead” is as big a lie as “outbound marketing is dead.” B2B marketers ignore it at their peril.”. Cold calling is dead.