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Lead Generation Lies That are Wreaking Havoc with Your Sales

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I received a lot of positive feedback about the article and decided to ask our PointClear PowerViews Alumni (those who have been on the PowerViews show ) for their input on the most dangerous lead gen lies out there. And today, that consistency needs to reach across channels. More leads are better than fewer leads.

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Top 3 Tips on How to Validate, Calibrate Marketing Automation

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Whether or not they have assigned junior staff to do research, it pays to reach out directly to your decision maker—in the way he or she prefers. It should come as no surprise that I recommend against email as the exclusive channel to reach prospects: Automating the right process is smart. Using automation exclusively is not.

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Is It Really B2B, Or Something Different All Together?

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They target the purchase decision-maker. Social media is a different marketing channel than all those that came before it. Who wins if you connect with a prospect in a noticeable, meaningful way using social channels like LinkedIn or Facebook before they do? We pitch them to Gloria or Bob.

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An Allbound Marketing Approach Closes Your Revenue Gaps

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Inbound drives smaller deals that often involve lower-level decision makers : Marketo said it best: “It’s unlikely that CXOs are going to spend time trolling the web for blogs and other content.” times more responsive to quality voicemails and personalized email than other marketing channels. But obviously not enough.

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

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Marketers must fully integrate with their sales colleagues combining data and processes to: Profile and prospect the right companies and the right decision makers (beyond personas—the actual people) within those companies. Develop and deliver an integrated, cross-channel communications plan. I could not agree more!].

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PowerViews with Jamie Turner: Mobile Marketing Leads the Way

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Click to start video at this point — Social media and mobile markets are more than just ways of boosting one''s reach within LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, there are real robust tools for utilizing and analyzing these marketing channels, Jamie expressed. There are also real measureable ways to track social growth and trends now.

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Best of PowerViews: Are You Tenacious About Sales Follow Up?

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Each interview is available on our blog and YouTube channel. I feel that marketing automation can be a good thing and we use it ourselves, however, the reality is that the more senior decision makers are more averse to giving up their digital body language. Today''s Featured Guests.

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