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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

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Related Posts: The New Marketing Accountability Lead Generation Programs That Work B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail How To Align Marketing With Sales About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

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Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

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Too many times, the reaction of B2B Marketers is to pull out the fire house and start fighting the latest fire. I think one of the most important factors to success in B2B markets is simple: Strategic and Integrated Marketing Plans. And if you want to get something done, plan for it. OK, but WHY.

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Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

Marketing Insider Group

Too many times, the reaction of B2B Marketers is to pull out the fire house and start fighting the latest fire. I think one of the most important factors to success in B2B markets is simple: Strategic and Integrated Marketing Plans. And if you want to get something done, plan for it. OK, but WHY.

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5 Steps to achieve Lead Generation ROI

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ROI” and “Sales” are the 4 th and 5 th most important metric according to Chief Marketer April 1, 2010 study. Step 2: Create your marketing plan. Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Need to Drive Leads? Because it is an easy metric to obtain. Create a lead scoring system.

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How To Align Marketing With Sales

Marketing Insider Group

Bannan wrote “ Creating a true partnership between marketing and sales ”. In the article, she offered this call to action for marketing and sales: “Partner or Perish”. Gather Sales’ Marketplace Insights: which starts with information gathering and ends with sales validation of any marketing plan.