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A prospect raises their hand and fills out a contact form for a salesperson to contact them. Woohoo, a marketer’s dream, but do you know how quickly your sales team responds or if they respond at all?  More...
Now I’m not talking about sitting your dying leads down and giving them a pep talk to help them see the light. When I say “giving your dying leads a new purpose in life” I simply mean “give them that ever so important email address they are missing” and give them some new purpose by putting them back into your lead nurturing cycle.  More...
Typically, a company engages a firm when it lacks time or internal resources to accomplish certain tasks. While this reasoning is effective and can deliver results, the most significant value of working with a third party is the opportunity to gain an unbiased perspective and deep subject matter expertise.  More...
Lead lists and business contact data are an integral need of almost every marketer or sales person in some form or the other. Whether you need to build a list of target customers or you simply need to locate one decision maker within your target account along with contact details, here are some sources you should take a look at to find what you ne  More...
This fabulous article is by Mark Tewart, whose websites include: www.marktewartlive.com,superstar www.marktewart.com and www.howtobeasalessuperstar.info He’s on a virtual tour for his book, How To Be a Sales Superstar. 1. Manage things and lead people Processes should be defined and managed daily. People should be lead by example daily.  More...
The research of Catalyst.org, a non-profit based in New York, has consistently shown that the top 25% of companies with the largest share of women Directors on a public-company Board beat the bottom quartile companies with a return on equity 53% higher.  More...
Those of us who are dorkily passionate about the power of community jump up and down all the time about the importance of connecting with customers because it builds your business. This is true enough. But today, I’d like to pause for a few moments of professional gratitude. It’s a rather thankless world right now and it seems that blessings are f  More...
With economic times the way they are today, it is more important than ever that Marketing and Sales teams be aligned. Together you must decide and figure out what activities make the most impact to the top line of the business. Focus on all types of initiatives 1. To retain, cross-sell and up sell current customers 2. New customer acquisit  More...
The lack of a strong lead nurturing discipline can cost your organization substantial unrealized revenue. Without lead nurturing in place to capture and cultivate early-stage leads, your marketing funnel misses out on valuable opportunities. The true value of lead nurturing comes from the technique of staying in touch with prospects while providi  More...
While technology can eliminate many inefficiencies and time-wasters from sales and marketing organizations, some problem areas tend to be outside the reach of technological solutions. More time is wasted as a result of poor strategy, bad hiring, unqualified leadership, and a lack of performance management than from flawed sales tactics. Companies  More...
A great DemandGenReport article by Kenneth Krogue, President of InsideSales.com titled Picking 5 Of The Top 5 Time Wasters of Inside Sales & Lead Generation simply echoes our belief that spending more on building better lists translates to spending less time looking for people and more productivity. Among the ‘5 Time Wasters’ that Ken brings acros  More...
It hasn’t been too early for any number of bloggers and analysts to proclaim 2009 the “year of social networks.” With more than 60 million Facebook accounts already tagged and more than 30 million business network entries on LinkedIn, it’s hard to argue the momentum. But as 2008 draws to a close it might be more accurate to see 2009 not just as th  More...
Inspired by Matt McGee’s Twitter list on The Local Search Industry I thought it would be great to start putting together a list of our own on the B2B Marketing & Lead Generation “Twitterati” (The word that I just came up with for the who is who on Twitter). Twitter has been a great source of communication, networking and also keeping up with the l  More...