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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

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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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Top 5 Social Media Trends For The B2B Marketer

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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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How To Get A Positive Return On Your Marketing Investment

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You can go a step further by making sure this content (whether a blog post, a whitepaper, or a landing page) targets prospects that are closer to making a purchase, i.e. further “down the funnel.” By doing this, you’re marketing to prospects that are the easiest to access and the most likely to convert. Top Your Competitors.

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The 4 Cs of Social Media

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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

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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. Some people prefer whitepapers, demo’s, trial offers, benchmarking studies, so we must be sure we have these ready as it will aid us in increasing our lead count and subsequent ROI.

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

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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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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.