Pointclear

APRIL 4, 2011

I recently read an article by Jeff Pedowitz about the state of marketing automation and it caused me to think back to a lunch I had with Jeff just a couple of short years ago. If so, why has that occurred and what should marketers do about it? Marketing should embrace it. Can you provide a couple of examples?

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Pointclear

JUNE 28, 2018

Companies with optimized sales and marketing organization achieve results by doing three things well. Just three: Agree on your market, media and message. Here is what you must do to fix it: Agree on market, lead definition, message. While this may seem like an extreme example, it is not so extreme that you should ignore it.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Twice over the past two years I blogged about the dangers of using cost per lead as a metric to measure marketing. B2B sale complexity impacts cost-per-lead —to recap, I have heard marketers (even senior ones) state that cost per lead for anything from life insurance to a $100,000 plus software solution “should be about $300”.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I recently asked fellow industry leaders to weigh in on the rising popularity of Account-Based Marketing among B2B companies. Is ABM the Holy Grail to 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?

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Pointclear

MARCH 22, 2018

Value selling is PointClear's bread and butter. Examples are big companies that have commodity acquisition departments (or purchasing departments); or smaller entrepreneur-run companies that feel that they can do every thing better and cheaper inside. Let’s Take an Example. We are not the low-price leader.)

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Pointclear

AUGUST 22, 2011

And, for many, the goal for 2012 will be to finally implement marketing automation. Unfortunately, too many marketers begin this process with the question, “Which automation tools should we look at?” First, you’ll become more efficient in your marketing and sales efforts. What's the point of that?

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

My guest today is Dave Munn who has been President and CEO of ITSMA since 2000, having led ITSMA's global expansion to become the leading B2B marketing association for technology, professional services, and telecom companies. 2012 Trending: Significant Transformation for Marketing Groups. New marketing channels.

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Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Click to start video at this point — Christopher notes the importance of the maturing of social media marketing in the last year by saying, “It’s no longer a hobby.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 13, 2011

As a lead management software provider, we sit uniquely in the middle because we provide the software that drives the activities of both the end-user as well as professional lead gen and appointment setting companies. Even when they went to the market and recruited outstanding expertise to bring in-house, they still failed.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 15, 2013

Here are some truths you should know about selecting a partner among lead generation companies: Virtually 100% of marketing qualified leads should become sales accepted leads. Students, prisoners (yes, there’s a company out there that does this), appointment setters and offshore call center staff should not be contacting your target market.

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Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

He is former editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and has written for Architectural Record, Inc. Click to start video at this point —Chris notes the importance of the maturing of social media marketing in the last year by saying, “It’s no longer a hobby.

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Pointclear

MARCH 22, 2011

OK, this a consumer example. How does it relate to B2B marketing? Well, let me share another example—and this one is not hypothetical. Last year I was looking for forms software to support CustomerThink. Two years ago, my B2B Marketing 2.0 As I reported in my "Customer 2.0" Lead Scoring is Seller-Centric.

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Jonathan Farrington

JULY 31, 2013

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. The same inbound marketing experts will tell you that it might take 50 blogs to impact your website visits.

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Pointclear

APRIL 24, 2013

Jim is Managing Partner at CSO Insights, a research firm that specializes in benchmarking how companies are leveraging people, process, and technology to optimize the way they market to, sell to, and service customers. Jim has over 29 years of sales and marketing management experience. This makes a more successful marketing campaign.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 9, 2013

An important question all sales and marketing departments should be asking themselves is how they can better communicate in order to follow up on leads. He has decades of experience as a marketing communications manager, marketing manager, and sales manager. Marketing automation in the hands of a fool is still a fool’s tool.”.

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Pointclear

APRIL 15, 2014

Last month I attended the Future of Business conference in New York City, sponsored by international software giant SAP. One example Linkner cited was a celebration of “Failure of The Month,” because it recognizes experimentation. Enterprises marshal the weight of expertise and success to deliver value to the market and themselves.

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Pointclear

JULY 16, 2013

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. The same inbound marketing experts will tell you that it might take 50 blogs to impact your website visits.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 225

Pointclear

MAY 30, 2012

Merger & Acquisition Activity in CRM & Marketing Automation Expected to Increase. Click to start video at this point —Andrew expressed some surprise that last year there weren’t more mergers and acquisitions in the marketing and sales spaces. Look for Greater Process Integration and Alignment in 2012.

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Pointclear

MAY 17, 2018

A senior marketing executive once got so frustrated with his sales counterpart that he offered the following choices for spending $100,000 on a lead generation campaign: Option. To be fair, marketing’s mandate was to generate more leads every year with shrinking budgets. A viscous cycle: Marketing generates leads, sales ignores them.

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Pointclear

MARCH 2, 2011

Today's guest blogger, Jeff Molander, is adjunct professor of digital marketing at Loyola University business school, a content marketing speaker and author of the forthcoming book, Off the Hook Marketing: How to make social media sell. As David Ogilvy himself reminded marketers decades ago “we sell or else!”

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 23, 2012

I appreciate that takes in so many products that in the past have been sold traditionally, for example, I.T. equipment, software, financial products, motor vehicles, clothes, food, etc. Their basic skills-set will include very high levels of commercial acumen, industry/sector/market knowledge.

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Pointclear

APRIL 18, 2012

His focus in the Marketing Effectiveness and Strategy practice helps his clients achieve extraordinary results. Prior to joining Aberdeen Group, he spent years in the trenches with companies including Progress Software, LogMeIn, and SuccessFactors. Video Marketing - A Surprising Trend. ” The Role of Social Media.

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Pointclear

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

We are republishing this blog by Ruth Stevens (originally run January 29, 2014) because she hits the nail on the head about marketing automation. In the opening paragraph she states: “Marketers sometimes see automation as a silver bullet. Marketing automation doesn’t identify your best target audiences. But it’s only a tool.

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Pointclear

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Here are a few examples that will help you understand your cost per lead: Example #1 We once worked with the marketing director at a division of one of the world’s largest software companies. I was having breakfast the SVP of sales one day and he told me that they received no leads from marketing. And guess what?

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Pointclear

MAY 1, 2012

For example, it would be possible to generate a qualified lead for a $10,000 piece of hardware for a couple hundred dollars. But higher lead costs are expected and outcome-based marketing KPIs are needed when the sales process is complex, the sales cycle is long and the solution investment is higher.

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Pointclear

MAY 5, 2015

It's a critical component in the sales and marketing process; yet, most companies aren't implementing it effectively—that is, if they are at all. According to MarketingSherpa research, 64% of B2C and 48% of B2B marketers send out some automated version of this. It’s good to think outside of marketing automation.

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Pointclear

JUNE 15, 2018

Increase the top line while reducing expense—it’s what every CEO wants—and what their sales and marketing leaders are looking for as well. Many execs are realizing that meeting this goal involves increasing investment in sales and marketing with a renewed focus on gaining market share instead of just stabilizing it.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Want free access to 9 in-depth interviews from industry experts and data from 3,400 global marketers? Introducing: Not Another State of Marketing Report [link] pic.twitter.com/CDuB1mF967 — HubSpot Academy (@HubSpotAcademy) February 20, 2020. Heinz Marketing. Closer IQ Blog. Smart Selling Tools.

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