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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

Marketing Insider Group

Rob and I support and have adopted what we call the “Tele-Web” concept of driving the most efficient leads for sales through pull-based inbound programs. 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.

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What Types Of Marketing Are There?

InTouch Marketing

Direct mail, cold calls, billboard and newspaper ads, TV and radio commercials, mass email blasts -- those are all examples of megaphone marketing that aren’t working. Consumers have the tools to block telemarketers and fast forward through commercials. What Types Of Marketing Are Leading? Others simply don’t respond.

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Top 5 Social Media Trends For The B2B Marketer

Marketing Insider Group

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. You are most certainly not the only one.

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The 4 Cs of Social Media

Marketing Insider Group

In social media content is not necessarily about creating white papers or videos. Context: this is important because some traditional marketing assets like white papers or product demos do not perform very well in social media. It can include 140 character tweets, photos, brief product updates or FAQs.

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7 Tips For Successful Lead Follow-up

Marketing Insider Group

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 representative needs to have many assets at the ready, as people like to view products or services in various ways.

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

Marketing Insider Group

Use the key insights from your surveys to create whitepapers on the top pain points. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Videotape your interview and post it online.

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7 Common B2B Social Media Marketing Mistakes

Marketing Insider Group

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. For B2B companies, social media is more about interaction and knowledge sharing (think whitepapers, videos, thought leadership blogs, etc.).