Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 15, 2015

Calculating return on a marketing investment (ROMI) is something of an art form. Unlike capital investments, which have a fixed, upfront cost and clear results, marketing investments evolve over time and have both empirical and intangible results. But marketers are eager to “hack” the process. Practice Social Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Brands are valuable assets that companies create, nurture and maintain with great care, right? 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? The reason: because putting social messaging into the proper context is important.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2015

No, it’s time for content prognosticators and marketing futurists to get out their crystal balls and start predicting the biggest trends for content marketing for 2016. Here’s a quick review: My Previous Marketing Predictions. I thought augmented reality marketing might become a reality (boy was that wrong.)

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 4, 2012

In my Marketing Prediction post from last year, I did not break any new ground when I predicted that 2012 would be all about social, content and mobile. I predicted more CMOs would move to change the marketing mindset from one of promoting products to one of creating valuable customer-focused content. We have to provide value.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

She continued by asking me a number of questions which all boil down to: Why Does Most Marketing Stink? 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! ” It’s Time For Brands To Become Publishers.

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Hubspot Marketing

JANUARY 13, 2023

It’s a telemarketer asking about your oven preferences. Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL). Marketing qualified leads are contacts who've engaged with your marketing team's efforts but aren't ready to receive a sales call. Lead generation falls within the second stage of the inbound marketing methodology.

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Rock Content

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Website violations can undermine brand reliability, compromise third parties’ personal data, stop the entire operating system, and even generate legal issues for the company. Mitigating threats requires speedy detection to identify and properly neutralize them before cyber-criminals exploit any system vulnerabilities.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

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? Amplify good news. Make every campaign social.

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Orbit Media Studios

JULY 13, 2022

We prefer to get our marketing on our own terms. These are really the three types of marketing: content marketing, advertising and spam. Here we’ll measure the size of the spam problem for each channel, then we’ll ask for input from top marketing experts: what should the legitimate marketer do? We love advice.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

How to Add Sales to Each Stage of the Customer Journey written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Instead, people have the opportunity to interact with your brand in a wide variety of ways: on your website, in-person, over the phone, via email, in Google search, or on social media. Getting to Know You.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

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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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 21, 2015

Marketing (As We Know It) Is Doomed! The explosion of channels we all use to gather, consume and share information is having a dramatic impact on the methods of modern marketers. This is putting much more focus on the content brand marketers create ahead of the channels they use. So just go order it!).

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

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. Download 7 Tips For Successful Lead Follow-up About the author: Robert Krekstein is a results-driven executive with 18 years of experience in both marketing and selling.

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Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Whitepaper 76

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

So marketing sends more. So marketing tightens the quality standards and sends fewer but higher quality leads. My advice is to B2B Marketers is to follow this natural ebb and flow. Maybe this works for your company as long as the number of marketing touches does not annoy the prospect to the point that they want to walk away.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 7, 2009

  While they often imply use of email and online marketing, they have been used to improve the success of marketing efforts long before today’s marketing technologies were available.   Metrics used in drip marketing will include email open rates, email click-through (when combined with offers), and opt-out rates.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

You can review both How To Align Marketing With Sales and Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity for more detail on the emerging need for marketing to drive real sales and to quantify efforts. Late last week, I responded to a post by my new friend Adam Needles, VP Marketing of Left Brain Marketing.

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New Markets Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 75

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

This post also appeared recently in B2C Marketing Insider. Author: Robert Krekstein is a results-driven executive with 18 years of experience in both marketing and selling. He has demonstrated success in the creation and active management of aggressive marketing and sales plans. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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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

MAY 18, 2010

To help out my fellow B2B marketers, here is a list of 7 common mistakes that B2B marketers make when jumping feet first into social media marketing. Using social media as a direct response vehicle - The reason for much of the success from B2C marketers is that the majority of their products are impulse purchases (i.e.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

To summarize my answer: As sales’ priorities shift over time from quantity at the beginning of a quarter to closing deals on quality leads at the end of quarter, marketing needs to have the flexibility to turn those dials as needed to meet the needs of the sales team. How to implement lead generation programs on a small business budget?

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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! This got me to thinking.

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Telemarketing Transform Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 78

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2020

I have learned quite a bit in my nearly 30+ year marketing career. Probably the most significant is the importance of strategic demand generation and the value of great B2B marketing , supported by data- and insights-driven decision making. How and where has Telverde invested in these to assist your clients? Follow Fred @fmisbell .

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 24, 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 November 24, 2010 Subscribe A B2B Marketing Manifesto? required) to prove it.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

As a marketing professional, I am not proud of our reputation as SPAM-ers. It seems as if the lower our outbound marketing response rates get, the greater the number of emails, phone calls, pop-up ads and other interruptions we throw at our weary populace. First is “ Marketing Can Do Better &# by Umair Haque.

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Outbound Marketing Telemarketing Customer loyalty B2C 73

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 3, 2011

Communicate with your qualified inquiries often and keep your brand at the forefront. Online marketing (such as search engine optimization and Pay Per Click) works best for inbound marketing. Direct marketing, (such as email, e-newsletters and telemarketing) is ideal for outbound efforts.

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Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Communications Management 102

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 20, 2016

Retargeting , or remarketing , is an online marketing strategy that keeps your brand in front of users who have bounced out of your site. It doesn’t always mean they changed their mind about you, so sending some strategic reminders at a more convenient time can be a powerful marketing weapon. Opportunity lost?

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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

JUNE 3, 2010

If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. Market to them and never forget that even in B2B, human beings still make the decisions. Instead create personas of people that buy your solutions or products.

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Content Marketing Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 77

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. What do you think?

Telemarketing 69

Telemarketing Marketing Mix B2C Inbound Marketing 69

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I wish I knew all the secrets so I could transform the world of B2B Marketing forever with a tell-all book. What I do know is that B2B Marketers have a ton of options today. In this post, I will offer a preview of the thoughts I will deliver during the Focus Interactive Summit on Progressive B2B Marketing. It used to be so easy.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 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 August 17, 2010 Subscribe What Is Marketing Acceleration? We need to be speed racers.

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Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix 72

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 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 May 4, 2010 7 Subscribe Why am I in Marketing? So here I will describe why I am in Marketing.

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Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketing 72

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

In this post I will review a whitepaper produced last month by Toolbox.com in conjunction with PJA Advertising + Marketing called “ Top 5 Trends in B2B Social Media Usage: What Every Marketer Should Know “ (registration required) on social media usage. and “ what can we achieve ?”

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

It’s that time of year for creating your marketing plan. If you are looking for a more formal approach, check out The Marketing Leadership Council which offers a marketing planning tool called MarkPlan and recently held a series of workshops on marketing planning. It starts with reaching across functional areas.

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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? So what’s a marketer to do?

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