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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2010

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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How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan

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.

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Lead Generation Programs That Work

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

My answer: spend your budget on great content that the market will value, then use low cost tactics like SEO, email and social media to push that content out. My answer: use your customers and sales people to write about, videotape and blog about successes and tips on navigating through the buying process.

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Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing Mix

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Are we considering the larger implications of social media on the organization as it relates to employee adoption, customer service, product development and innovation? How can social media extend our brand relationship with our target market? Interaction.

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November: The Five Links You Need

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

In a departure from the typical B2B marketing tips, advice and musings, I am simply sharing a series of links we all may need this November – as consumers, cooks and citizens. Plus one shameless backlink to a story of my own on marketing planning. Share: Read more from Strategy marketing plan Click here to cancel reply.

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5 Sales Closing Techniques

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Quantity 6 Content Marketing Tips That Drive Leads 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. I printed this and passed it out during our last sales meeting.

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The Secret To B2B Social Media?

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.

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7 Tips For Successful Lead Follow-up

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. Related Posts: Be A Hero: Choose Appointment Setting for Your Next Campaign 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail 5 Sales Closing Techniques What Is Marketing Acceleration?

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The Role of B2B Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? 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? How has your role changed? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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The Role of B2B Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? 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? How has your role changed? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Be A Hero: Choose Appointment Setting for Your Next Campaign

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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B2B Social Media Strategy and Executive Buy-in

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. Share: Read more from Social Media B2B Marketing , Social Media Click here to cancel reply.

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Marketing, Death and Taxes

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

So how do we pull Marketing out of its downward spiral: the same way we deal with death and taxes. – we accept the reality and plan for it. Now I know that 2011 planning season is in full swing. And then there are truly strategic plans that will move our organizations forward. I want to be that kind of marketer.

Outbound Marketing

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Need to Drive Leads? Try These Traditional Tactics Now

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. But social media has opened up a channel.

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Whatever Happened To The Business Case

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Too often, budgets and marketing plans are simply based on last year (minus some standard percent). So as you finalize your marketing plans for 2011 , ask yourself if you have a solid business case. Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

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How Social Media Drives Better Email Results

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 6, 2010

Try These Traditional Tactics Now How to Nurture The Great Unknown Leads Lead Generation Programs That Work Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing Mix Confessions Of A B2B Marketer 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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Holy Cow! That Is A Lot Of Time Spent Online Using Social Media

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. While not “dead”, email consumption is down.

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Life Is Short!

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 19, 2010

Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. And change it now.

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10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot!

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2010

Try These Traditional Tactics Now About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing B2C

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A B2B Marketing Manifesto?

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I would love to hear your thoughts on this creative perspective on the world of B2B Marketing! Related Posts: The Role of B2B Marketing The Future of B2B Marketing: It’s Social Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?

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The New Marketing Accountability

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

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. This also brings marketers into the dicussion around real value created for the organization.

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The Future of B2B Marketing: It's Social

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It is transforming the economics of marketing and making obsolete many of the function’s traditional strategies and structures. For marketers, the old way of doing business is unsustainable. He goes on to explain how most marketers’ budgets are not aligned to what McKinsey calls the &# customer decision journey.&#

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

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. 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. Know how they rank.

Content Marketing

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Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? | B2B Marketing Insider

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

6 Steps to Prepare for the Mobile Revolution B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011 The Future of B2B Marketing: It’s Social 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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Integrating Social Media and Search

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 B2C Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty

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Social Media and The Brand

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

And what role do marketers play in cultivating the brand and maintaining some level of consistency in our brand image? Well, we know that customers will pay a premium for brands they trust or simply will be more willing to spend their hard-earned money with a strong brand. But how do you measure brand value in the social age?

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Internet Trends From The Web 2.0 Summit

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

That Is A Lot Of Time Spent Online Using Social Media About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. Share: Read more from Strategy Internet Trends , Marketing Innovation , Mobile , Strategy , Web 2.0 Click here to cancel reply.

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6 Steps to Prepare for the Mobile Revolution

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 24, 2010

Try These Traditional Tactics Now 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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Enjoy A Demand Funnel Cocktail

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Marketers sell stuff and sales people market stuff. 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. There is no beginning and no end.

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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

As I stated before in Why am I in Marketing? our job is to support sales in their goal to acquire more customers and to keep our customers. Our marketing processes should support and even expect this natural shift by our sales colleagues. So when our “customers&# in sales ask for more leads, give them more.

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7 Common B2B Social Media Marketing Mistakes

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

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The 4 Cs of Social Media

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

The reason I believe marketers are so confused about social media is because of this paradox. This misses the point, of course, since social media is about customer relationships and not really about the technology at all. They are: Customers: something that is missing from many social media plans is the focus on customers.

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Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 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.

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Top 5 Social Media Trends For The B2B Marketer

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.

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How To Use Paid Search To Target Buyers By Stage

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

Try These Traditional Tactics Now Integrating Social Media and Search 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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Top Takeaways From Blogwell Philly 2010

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 11, 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. Click here to cancel reply.

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9 Essential Social Media Resources

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2010

These resources include everything from how to get started, tips for building a social media community and how to calculate key social media metrics – just to name a few.

Telemarketing B2C Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty

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8 Essential Social Media Resources

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2010

These resources include everything from how to get started, tips for building a social media community and how to calculate key social media metrics – just to name a few.

Telemarketing B2C Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty

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Why am I in Marketing? | B2B Marketing Insider

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

But B2B Marketing is complex with a need to appeal to both emotion and intellect. I am a B2B marketer because I think our job can be made simpler if we simply focus on the customer. Related Posts: The Role of B2B Marketing The Secret To B2B Social Media? But that is all we do! I hope you’ll join me.

Inbound Marketing

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What Is Marketing Acceleration?

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. The goal is to remove the waste (time, people, budget) in the marketing expense inherent in programs that are simply ineffective. Less People. Fewer tools. So how do we get there?

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix

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Social Media: The Journey Begins With You

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 B2C Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty

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Confessions Of A B2B Marketer

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The result of all this was redundancy like B2B marketing has never seen before. Opt-outs increased and our brand image suffered — all because we were spamming our customers. “The best laid plans…&# We did not plan for this. But unfortunately too much of our marketing is done based on gut feel.

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What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

What I think Jennifer and Mallary are suggesting is that only through real integration can we accomplish the value of customer engagement. B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011 About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty User-Generated

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What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role?

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

What I think Jennifer and Mallary are suggesting is that only through real integration can we accomplish the value of customer engagement. B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011 About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty User-Generated