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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

Marketing Insider Group

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. In this article I will summarize a whitepaper Robert wrote on the 11 reasons why outbound telemarketing fails.

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Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing Mix

Marketing Insider Group

At the same time, you know that social media has changed the marketing landscape : shouting to prospects with endless email offers may produce leads but you’re worried about the longer term implications to your market. So how do you incorporate social media into the marketing mix? Hold tweetups or tweetchats.

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Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix

Marketing Insider Group

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.

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Social Media and The Brand

Marketing Insider Group

Brands are valuable assets that companies create, nurture and maintain with great care, right? But how do you measure brand value in the social age? And what role do marketers play in cultivating the brand and maintaining some level of consistency in our brand image? It is so much bigger.

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The Secret To B2B Social Media?

Marketing Insider Group

Share Today I presented on the Focus webinar titled “ The Secrets to B2B Social Media Success Revealed&# where I discussed how to integrate social media into your marketing mix. The bottom line: the question is no longer “Should we?” but rather “How?” we begin to align our organization around the new/old social world.

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Be A Hero: Choose Appointment Setting for Your Next Campaign

Marketing Insider Group

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. The training is critical to the success as the callers must understand your offering, but this is constant amongst all telemarketing tactics. That is so true!

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How Would You Answer “Why Does Most Marketing Stink?”

Marketing Insider Group

The statistics do not paint a pretty picture: Consumers are bombarded with over 5,000 marketing messages a day, up from around 2,000 just a few years ago – Tweet This! Two-Thirds of us are on the “Do Not Call List” to avoid telemarketing – Tweet This! ” It’s Time For Brands To Become Publishers.