Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

Paid Search While email can have very little cost and ongoing investment in SEO is simply a requirement for today’s business websites, paid search is often the next place to invest if you are looking to drive cost-effective leads.

Telemarketing 74

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty B2C 74

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

How to go from first contact to signed contract faster To go from first contact to signed contract faster, we recommend using campaign landing pages that employ segmentation based on a variety of factors including the type of buyer you’re talking with or his/her place in the buyer cycle.

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing User-Generated 75

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

How to go from first contact to signed contract faster To go from first contact to signed contract faster, we recommend using campaign landing pages that employ segmentation based on a variety of factors including the type of buyer you’re talking with or his/her place in the buyer cycle.

Telemarketing 74

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing User-Generated 74

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2010

And yet it remains “forbidden&# at many places because of cultural, regulatory, organizational and operational barriers. How do you overcome internal fears, politics and budget battles in integrating social media into marketing? That has been answered beyond any doubt. Quite simply: Executive buy-in.

Telemarketing 76

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing Social Media Marketing 76

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Since most of us have found ourselves in a position or a company that is not exactly on the path we imagined when we were younger, it makes sense to ponder what exactly has delivered us to the place we stand. So here I will describe why I am in Marketing. And also explain my view on the role of the B2B Marketer.

Inbound Marketing 72

Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketing 72

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Since most of us have found ourselves in a position or a company that is not exactly on the path we imagined when we were younger, it makes sense to ponder what exactly has delivered us to the place we stand. So here I will describe why I am in Marketing. And also explain my view on the role of the B2B Marketer.

Inbound Marketing 67

Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketing 67

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

If you start with the desired project completion date, then backtrack through project milestones to the point where your company’s product or service should be added, in many cases you and the prospect will discover that an order should have been placed some time ago! Oh, why don’t you take the puppy home and see how the two of you get along?

Telemarketing 79

Telemarketing Customer loyalty B2C Inbound Marketing 79

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

And so here I am hoping to take a journey to the place known as “I know how to build an online brand through blogging&#. I know how to do SEO and paid search and analyze top keywords. I know how to create content that people respond to. I know how to generate a lead. I hope you’ll join me along the way.

Telemarketing 51

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Social Media Marketing 51

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

Assuming all of those activities are neatly in place, one of the most powerful ways to justify a marketing budget is through paid online lead generation and the ROI that follows. I will say it here: every B2B marketer should know how to do this. Step 2: Create your marketing plan. Create a lead scoring system.

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Social Media Marketing Inbound Marketing 75

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

And so here I am hoping to take a journey to the place known as “I know how to build an online brand through blogging&#. I know how to do SEO and paid search and analyze top keywords. I know how to create content that people respond to. I know how to generate a lead. I hope you’ll join me along the way.

Telemarketing 48

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Social Media Marketing 48

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

This allows for a fixed cost program, and can aid in your campaign and budget planning. The company will not incur any expense until the meeting takes place, and you can be assured that if the meeting is valueless, you will not pay for it. There is a place for both services. The “preparatory conversation&# does take place.

Telemarketing 76

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix Social Media Marketing 76

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

However, it is difficult for companies to gain inbound responders in large volumes, and too many companies do not have an optimal responder program in place to drive whatever responders they receive to an eventual sale. The companies that are able to create a sustainable responder generation program will see higher conversions and sales.

Telemarketing 76

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Whitepaper 76

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 10, 2010

Granted, some marketers are being led into the water as we hear cries that their boss told them to “open a twitter account and learn the new ways of marketing&#. But to me this is all good stuff.

Inbound Marketing 70

Inbound Marketing Telemarketing Transform Customer loyalty 70

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 10, 2010

Granted, some marketers are being led into the water as we hear cries that their boss told them to “open a twitter account and learn the new ways of marketing&#. But to me this is all good stuff.

Inbound Marketing 70

Inbound Marketing Telemarketing Transform Customer loyalty 70

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Gather Sales’ Marketplace Insights: which starts with information gathering and ends with sales validation of any marketing plan. I would add that the first meeting for any new marketing person is to sit down with the head of sales and ask “what do you need?” These are all great tips. Funny, but too often times true.

Marketing 77

Marketing Marketers Manufacturing Customer loyalty 77

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 8, 2010

One place I often turn for mental “fresh air&# is the Business-to-Consumer space where there is certainly no lack of bright, creative minds dreaming up the next big thing. Inspiration often comes from considering things outside our normal realm.

Energy 65

Energy Telemarketing Customer loyalty Shipping 65

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 8, 2010

One place I often turn for mental “fresh air&# is the Business-to-Consumer space where there is certainly no lack of bright, creative minds dreaming up the next big thing. Inspiration often comes from considering things outside our normal realm.

Energy 56

Energy Telemarketing Customer loyalty Shipping 56

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 4, 2010

And I totally agree that some functional area needs to take the lead and then orchestrate across PR, marketing, customer service, sales, HR, etc. I also like your point about openness and dialogue which in my opinion is really the main reason we are seeing this revolution take place.

PR 76

PR Marketing Mix Inbound Marketing Telemarketing 76