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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

Marketing Insider Group

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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Confessions Of A B2B Marketer

Marketing Insider Group

We had become sales order-takers and now we were paying the price. The “we need a white paper now&# or “let’s pull together a XX&# directives tend to be reactive instead of proactive in many B2B marketing environments. But unfortunately too much of our marketing is done based on gut feel.

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How To Align Marketing With Sales

Marketing Insider Group

Sometimes simple things like user-based navigation, transparent pricing and a comparison against your competition can go a long way in helping prospects gain the insights they need to pick up the phone and speak with a sales rep. So, I took everything I had given them; scripts, datasheets, whitepapers, competitor data, etc.