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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - 5 Buyer Behaviors Reshaping B2B Marketing

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Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. B2B Trade Show Marketing Circa 2013: Everything is the Same, Everything is Different.

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Tell Marketing They Can Keep Their Leads

No More Cold Calling

You can’t depend on your marketing department to generate real leads. Do you really think marketing can qualify your leads? Consider this example from Dan McDade, president and CEO of PointClear: The marketing department for one unnamed company generated more than 9,000 “sales leads” in a year, but only 1.28

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Who We Serve. Why it Matters.

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I spend a lot of time on the phone every day, talking to sales and marketing leaders—including prospects. I’m often asked what kind of companies PointClear serves. What they have in common are complex sales processes, and the need for outbound account-based marketing services that generate high-quality leads for sales.

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Parallels: Social Manufacturing & Outsourcing Manufacturing Lead Generation

Pointclear

Chatter essentially provides a private social network that promotes collaboration, connects people quickly and accelerates information sourcing and sharing. Another major benefit is that our prospect development services provide thorough market coverage, a requirement that few companies are able to address successfully.

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

Pointclear

While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Sales and marketing headcounts have increased to generate new customers.

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

Pointclear

As such, outbound has been replaced by email marketing and marketing automation programs that SPAM CANNON emails to the masses such as the following (I received this one yesterday): I run business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. Any interest in a short chat? 25 per name on the list.

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Most Market Share Battles Are Lost, Not Won

Pointclear

Casey Stengel said, “ Most ball games are lost not won ,” and his comment seems appropriate for most marketers’ efforts in B2B companies. I met with a prospect yesterday. They are not marketers either. They have four salespeople (implied overhead) and a fledgling distributor network. available buyers).

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