Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix The New Marketing Accountability 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail A B2B Marketing Manifesto? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 63

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix 63

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix The New Marketing Accountability 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail A B2B Marketing Manifesto? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 61

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix 61

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

All this is starting to create massive and revolutionary changes in the way businesses in general and marketers in particular interact with customers. Customer lists provide a tremendous opportunity for selling additional solutions and services or upgrades. Create a compelling offer to lock-in your current customers for a longer term.

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty B2C 75

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Social networking has been around for as long as we have and yet the emergence of social media is changing the face of marketing, media, PR, customer service, advertising and ultimately entire organizations. We have to become social marketers, sales people and customer service reps. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

Telemarketing 69

Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing 69

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 11, 2010

Finally, I provide practical tips for developing your own strategy, gaining the buy-in required to execute the plan and working with your executive team on marketing their own personal brands to your customers. A special thanks to Jeremy Victor and Make Good Media for the opportunity. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

Telemarketing 65

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing B2C 65

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Internet Trends From The Web 2.0 Share: Read more from Strategy marketing plan Click here to cancel reply.

Telemarketing 68

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing B2C 68

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2010

B2B Marketers cannot ignore this channel and need to continue advocating for our brands and with our senior executives to get more involved, become more visible and to engage with customers in this channel. But growth in this space is sure to continue. While not “dead”, email consumption is down.

Telemarketing 80

Telemarketing Customer loyalty B2C Inbound Marketing 80

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 6, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. An example of a Personal URL would be: yoursite.com/Jim.Smith and when “Jim&# visits his personal url, the website will usually be customized to him.

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix Inbound Marketing 75

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The first was the Harvard Business Review’s “ Branding in the Digital Age: You’re Spending Your Money in All The Wrong Places &# written by David C. David starts with this great point: The internet has upended how consumers engage with brands. For marketers, the old way of doing business is unsustainable.

Telemarketing 78

Telemarketing Transform Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 78

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives.

Telemarketing 71

Telemarketing B2C Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 71

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives.

Telemarketing 68

Telemarketing B2C Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 68

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

[link] #mobile #augmentedreality » RT @B2CMKTGInsider : 3 Effective Ways to Use Twitter for Business (Without Annoying People) [link] » The 7 Burning B2B Social Media Questions [link] » Tags Augmented Reality B2B Marketing B2C Marketing Blog Blogwell Brand Management Content Marketing customer Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty Digital (..)

Social Media Marketing 76

Social Media Marketing B2C Telemarketing Whitepaper 76

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 24, 2010

Understand the regional differences and adoption of mobile technologies if you are a global brand. Test : Begin to evaluate the performance of brand awareness and banner ad campaigns such as the Dell mobile deals club. Identify what activities your prospects engage in with their mobile devices.

Telemarketing 76

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Entertainment User-Generated 76

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 77

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing B2C 77

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Sometimes, the CEO wants to “evolve a brand&# and sometimes sales folks want to work under the cover of a massive awareness blitz. Real value comes from producing customers who stay and who have an amazing customer experience so they buy more. That is why customer lifetime value to me is a much more important metric.

New Markets 75

New Markets Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 75

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

our job is to support sales in their goal to acquire more customers and to keep our customers. So when our “customers&# in sales ask for more leads, give them more. Sales thinks pizza is just fine, but customers may prefer more effort. As I stated before in Why am I in Marketing? When they ask for better leads.

Telemarketing 77

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Marketing Marketers 77

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This misses the point, of course, since social media is about customer relationships and not really about the technology at all. In the past, I have written about the challenges of Social Media and The Brand , the power of Integrating Social Media and Search and asked Why Do You Tweet? Social Media And Your Personal Brand.

Whitepaper 76

Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty Social Media Marketing 76

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

He suggests you use the common tools of the trade like Twitter, Facebook and Google Alerts as well as more advanced sources like Google trends and Customer Service data. It is important to utilize quality content in these listings such as videos, customer testimonials and other relevant content along with key business contact details.

Telemarketing 74

Telemarketing B2C Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 74

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

The search queries were clustered into 4 groups: Brand, Issue, Solution and Comparison. So for example, “issue” searches, when the buyer is doing more research of the problems they are facing, were used primarily in the awareness phase and “brand” searches when a buyer is close to a decision are used more in the decision phase.

Telemarketing 70

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Social Media Marketing 70

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 9, 2010

[link] #mobile #augmentedreality » RT @B2CMKTGInsider : 3 Effective Ways to Use Twitter for Business (Without Annoying People) [link] » The 7 Burning B2B Social Media Questions [link] » Tags Augmented Reality B2B Marketing B2C Marketing Blog Blogwell Brand Management Content Marketing customer Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty Digital (..)

Telemarketing 65

Telemarketing B2C Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 65

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

But customers are looking for you to demonstrate an understanding of their needs before they are ready to engage in the sales process. Understand why your customers buy from you and not the competition and make sure you have the content to support that Use the halo effect to your advantage. Know how they rank.

Content Marketing 77

Content Marketing Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 77

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Blogs Influence On Buyers When asked “what is your likelihood to purchase a brand, product or service from these information sources?&# 42% reported that blogs influence their purchase behavior. Such as building up personal and professional brands. The event is part of a series sponsored by the Social Media Business Council.

Marketing Mix 76

Marketing Mix Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing 76

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 19, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Share: Read more from Strategy Personal 2 Comments Post a comment Jessica Aug 24 2010 Wow, that’s a pretty brave thing to post before you take off for vacation!

Telemarketing 71

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing B2C 71

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Share: Read more from Mobile Augmented Reality 4 Comments Post a comment Anol Dec 22 2010 Hey Michael – great post.

Telemarketing 81

Telemarketing Customer loyalty User-Generated Marketing 81

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It means listening to what will make our customers lives better. It means allowing as many employees in our companies to interact with our customers as real people. Umair even suggests that if we can achieve this, our customers might actually love us. .&# It means having real conversations with them.

Outbound Marketing 73

Outbound Marketing Telemarketing Customer loyalty B2C 73

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Share: Read more from Strategy Internet Trends , Marketing Innovation , Mobile , Strategy , Web 2.0 Click here to cancel reply. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

Telemarketing 74

Telemarketing Customer loyalty User-Generated Inbound Marketing 74

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Share: Read more from Strategy B2B Marketing , Content Marketing , Inbound Marketing , Marketing Innovation , Search Marketing , Social Media Click here to cancel reply.

Telemarketing 73

Telemarketing eBook Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 73

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 77

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing Social Media Marketing 77

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The funnel is a useful way to analyze the rate at which we are capturing and managing demand. To our customers there is no funnel. I believe we should align our efforts to customer needs. The earlier engagement and continuous activity level will create more efficient demand management by delivering against customer needs.

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Social Media Marketing 75

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The event titled “How Big Brands Use Social Media&# highlights 8 real-life social media case studies. Many brands are just getting started in social media. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 74

Telemarketing Customer loyalty B2C Marketing Mix 74

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 24, 2010

While marketers have embraced these chats as a way of connecting with fellow marketers and sharing ideas, companies/brands have been relatively non-existent in these conversations. This may be an untapped opportunity for brands to truly connect and build trust with their audiences.

Telemarketing 69

Telemarketing Marketing Mix B2C Inbound Marketing 69

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

“As user-generated content becomes a greater part of professional workflow, it is important for B2B marketers to understand not only where their customers are interacting, but also their motivations when they are consuming or participating in these communities.

Whitepaper 78

Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing 78

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For me, the objective is mainly leadership, personal branding but with an eye toward corporate brand advocacy: I strive to be a positive voice for my personal and employer brand. The timing for you will vary based on the amount of content you read, the amount you want to write and ultimately on your objectives.

B2C 86

B2C Telemarketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix 86

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

Ultimately it comes down to determining where can we achieve the greatest return from people, process and marketing tools to meet customer needs. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Less People.

Telemarketing 72

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix 72

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Opt-outs increased and our brand image suffered — all because we were spamming our customers. What we need is Insight-driven marketing that starts with the customer. It’s about customers and getting them to chose us over the competition because we have better met their needs. Then the economy turned.

Transform 77

Transform Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty 77

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Having started my career and spent 9 years in a B2B company serving some of the world’s top brands in the consumer space, I have often rejected the B2B label because too often, B2B marketers forget to focus on consumers. I am a B2B marketer because I think our job can be made simpler if we simply focus on the customer.

Inbound Marketing 72

Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketing 72

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Think about the entire lifecycle from new product ideas all the way to customer retention. For example, effective demand generation with high quality content that meets customer needs will produce awareness and will drive consideration of your product. It starts with reaching across functional areas.

Marketing Plan 75

Marketing Plan Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 75