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Go through the motions

Sales 2.0

The research also recommends mixing up the media you use to connect with your buyer, by using email, phone, social media and direct mail. Make a phone call (most likely leaving a voice mail.) The amount of time and effort you put into reaching a particular contact depends on the upside of doing so.

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Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers

The ROI Guy

Overcomes Marketing Information Overload, Transforming Traditional White Papers into Dynamic, Personalized Engagement Tools Alinean, the leading creator of value-based interactive sales and marketing tools for B2B vendors, today launched a new demand generation tool for B2B marketers – Alinean Interactive White Papers.

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Successful Lead Generation - One Size Does Not Fit All

Pointclear

According to recent research, B2B companies are using multiple lead generation tactics including, email marketing, search engine optimization, teleprospecting, inbound marketing, direct mail and trade shows. Remember that high-quality persuasive content is not your corporate brochure or a sales pitch, thinly disguised as a white paper.

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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

Pointclear

According to the Direct Marketing Association’s Power of Direct Marketing study, B-to-B marketers spent $14 billion in 2011 on telephone marketing for lead generation in the U.S. That compares to $7 billion spent on direct mail and $4.5 billion on search marketing for the same purpose.

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Creating Crap At The Speed Of Light!

Partners in Excellence

Rather than investing the time and expense in developing traditional materials–white papers, brochures, flyers, etc.–we In the “old days,” we might invest in a fairly expensive direct mail program, we’d wait–a week or two. The ability to reach them quickly and cheaply has skyrocketed.

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Sales tactics encyclopedia: 15+ strategies for prospecting, qualifying, and closing

Nutshell

Examples include sending them a white paper prior to the call, being mentioned as a referral from another client, commenting on some of their social media posts, or shaking their hand at a networking event. Direct Mail. Targeted B2B direct mail has a response rate of 4.4%—nearly 12%) (Source).

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Sales and Marketing Alignment Engagement Platforms: Sales Enablement Defined

Showpad

Much of a sales representative’s job is maintaining ongoing correspondence with buyers through various channels like phone, email, direct mail, social media, video, and mobile communication. An effective engagement tool tracks all these touchpoints to give a clear picture of where a prospect is in the buying cycle.