Excelsior Research

MAY 24, 2021

LEAD GENERATION. DEMAND GENERATION. LEAD GENERATION. DEMAND GENERATION. What is B2B lead generation, and how to get started? Lead Generation. B2B is a technique implemented by every organization to help them procure leads. What is lead generation? OUR CULTURE. OUR CULTURE.

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The Mx Group

JANUARY 31, 2018

We recently hosted a webinar with two B2B telemarketing pros: Kerry Cunningham, senior research director with SiriusDecisions, and Kelly Olson, our in-house strategic telemarketing expert. What are some other areas, beyond the examples you gave in the webinar, where you would encourage B2B companies to implement telemarketing?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2010

Rob and I support and have adopted what we call the “Tele-Web” concept of driving the most efficient leads for sales through pull-based inbound programs. The leads with the highest conversion rate and the lowest costs typically come from inbound activities like search and are then followed up and qualified by our telemarketing professionals.

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Spiralytics

DECEMBER 21, 2022

These factors heavily affect demand generation and sales. This leads to greater demand generation and ultimately, results in greater sales and profit. Demand generation is the process of creating interest in a product or service through SEO, marketing, and advertising activities.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Sungard® Availability Services™ ( Sungard AS ) in Wayne, Pennsylvania is a global leader in disaster recovery, business continuity, and managed IT services. Spear is a Marketo agency partner.) “A This article originally appeared in Demand Gen Report. Re-posted with permission.

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Only B2B

JULY 20, 2020

Firstly, let’s understand “what a Sales Pitch is”. A sales pitch is essentially designed to be either an introduction of a product or service to an audience who knows nothing about it, or a descriptive expansion of a product or service that an audience has already expressed interest in. Eg 2 – Only B2B.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Last week, Eric Wittlake (@ wittlake ) wrote a great post called Lead Generation is Crippling Demand Generation where he argued that these two marketing activities were working against each other due to the different outcomes each is trying to achieve. We need to generate leads. But they are still in control.

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The Point

JANUARY 9, 2015

I was reminded of this principle earlier today when a colleague forwarded an email received from a inside sales representative at a technology company looking to partner with our agency. B2B Marketing Cold Calling Copywriting Creative Demand Generation E-mail email marketing inside sales lead generation Offer Strategy Sales 2.0

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Unfortunately, as a result of this thinking, marketing spends a ton of money generating leads for sales that are never followed-up. Here are 5 things CEOs need to consider in order to fix what is broken: What is the CEO’s role as it relates to marketing and sales? Isn’t it demand generation with a new name?

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Demand Generation and Inbound marketing: The new couple in town! There are lots of articles that compare demand generation (as an outbound marketing strategy) and inbound marketing only to give a gold medal in marketing Olympics to the latter. Demand generation as a beginning point to inbound marketing?

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 14, 2020

Add to that the fact that many prospects are cancelling face-to-face sales meetings as companies mandate social distancing. Promote the event not just through the most common method, email marketing – augment your outbound efforts with outsourced sales development reps (SDRs). The typical client was a B2B tech company.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Sometimes it’s hard to understand unfulfilled sales target even though you have best of sales personnel for prospect list building. Outdated or missing information, bounced emails, unanswered calls or wrongly answered equals to “ lost moolah ” and “ time not spent in making ACTUAL sales ”. So, you have ONLY two options.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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Directive Agency

OCTOBER 28, 2023

The Oldest Demand Generation Agencies Demand generation is not merely a buzzword. Essentially, it’s a multi-step marketing process, designed to build and nurture interest in a company’s products or services. Today’s demand generation is a refined process, backed by data and technology.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

25+ Demand Generation Terminologies For CEOs and CMOs. Naturally, we all have been through that at least once in our life when we don’t understand the demand generation terminologies used by others. This is one of the most commonly used demand generation terminologies. SaaS: Software as a Service.

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Cost per Acquisition Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation Agencies 87

Directive Agency

OCTOBER 28, 2023

The Oldest Demand Generation Agencies Demand generation is not merely a buzzword. Essentially, it’s a multi-step marketing process, designed to build and nurture interest in a company’s products or services. Today’s demand generation is a refined process, backed by data and technology.

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PureB2B

JUNE 21, 2022

Godin’s book, Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends, and Friends into Customers , espoused this new marketing medium as an alternative to the time-honored and frankly annoying practice of having whatever you’re watching, reading, or browsing be continually interrupted by sales pitches. What is interruption marketing?

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markempa

APRIL 5, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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The Mx Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Sales Empowerment. B2B Marketing Strategy. Demand Gen and Lead Management. B2B Telemarketing. Sales and Marketing Alignment. If you’d benefit from aligning your sales and marketing against a list of specific companies rather than a profile of companies, then it could be an effective tactic for you.

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The Mx Group

AUGUST 16, 2017

Sales Empowerment. B2B Marketing Strategy. Demand Gen and Lead Management. B2B Telemarketing. Sales and Marketing Alignment. Your Top Ten Questions About B2B Buyer Personas. Recently, we partnered with Demand Gen Report to present a webinar about the power of personas. News & Events.

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markempa

APRIL 18, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve already published my B2B Marketing predictions for 2011 and while I think I captured a good mix of new and traditional issues, I realized that one thing was missing: a common theme. And so this led me to the conclusion that the broader future of B2B Marketing is Social! Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?

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The Point

JANUARY 27, 2016

Demand Gen Report just published “ Top B2B Marketers Measure Lead Nurturing Effectiveness to Boost Performance ,” a special report in which they address the whys, whats, and how tos of measuring lead nurturing’s true impact. You can download a free copy of the report here.

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markempa

AUGUST 15, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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Televerde

OCTOBER 22, 2019

While it’s not exactly America’s favorite pastime (63% of salespeople say cold calling is what they dislike most about their jobs ), it’s been an integral part of sales and marketing since man uttered the first elevator pitch. Kudos to the inside sales rep that took the call though, she handled it with professionalism and grace!”.

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Cold Calling Demand Generation Agencies Telemarketing Demand Generation 60

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

The companies that are able to create a sustainable responder generation program will see higher conversions and sales. In my 20 years of marketing, sales and Telemarketing experience I have created many “Tele Web” programs, and here are the top reasons they succeed.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

My sister blog B2C Marketing Insider recently ran this article called Where Search Meets Social: Integrating Social Media into Organic and Paid Search Can Generate Exponential ROI written by Kent Lewis, President and Founder of Social Media and Marketing agencies Anvil Media and Formic Media. Monitor and repeat.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2015

My 2012 Marketing predictions included the challenge of CMOs struggling with talent, a hope that marketing would increase their focus on supporting sales (dead wrong). I also predicted the need for content strategists, social sales leaders and data scientists. But these trends did not become main stream in 2013, or even 2014.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 21, 2010 4 Subscribe Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy June 22, 2010 1 Subscribe 10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot! Summit Holy Cow! Need to Drive Leads?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The following guest post is another important topic for sales and comes from my colleague, Rob Krekstein. Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 19, 2009

The next interview in the B2B Marketing thought leader interview series is with Sean Donahue , Senior Reporter for MarketingSherpa in charge of MarketingSherpa's newsletters that cover business-to-business marketing, mobile marketing, online publishing, search, subscription sales and great minds in marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The following excerpt is certainly important to sales and comes from my colleague, Rob Krekstein. I have been a student of selling and sales management for more than twenty years, and I have used a grand total of five “closes” during that time. This post also appeared recently in B2C Marketing Insider.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy June 18, 2010 3 Subscribe Need to Drive Leads? You want to be found when they do.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 15, 2010 Subscribe The Secret To B2B Social Media? Why am I in Marketing?

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

The debate often goes like this: Sales wants more leads. Sales complains that the quality stinks. Sales says they want better leads. As the end of the fiscal period comes to a close and the pressure to hit the sales goals becomes tangible, the debate begins. Help sales fill their pipeline funnels.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

I often talk here about the need for better alignment between marketing and sales. In fact, it is often cited as the biggest challenge for B2B marketers. It is because of this that I like to reach out to some of my friends in B2B Sales AND Marketing to provide their perspective. Not being trained in how to sell.

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