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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. Thanks for emphasizing the point!

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How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan

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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. You know how to get started.

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Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing Mix

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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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Marketing Mistakes: Focusing On Activities Instead Of Results

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Ask sales people what they think is wrong with marketing and they will say the biggest mistake marketers make is too much of a focus on marketing activities instead of results. I have explained already that I think the biggest B2B marketing mistake is putting your company and not your customers first. Nothing sexy there.

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The Role of B2B Marketing

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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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The Role of B2B Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

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, Death and Taxes

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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. – we accept the reality and plan for it.