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FAIL: The Cold Calling Pitch on Cold Calling

Interrupting prospects won't likely put them in a buying mood, so why do companies still do it?

Topics: Technology Performance

B2B Sales Skill - Is a Passing Grade Good Enough for Your Marketing Consultants?

I worry every time I meet with a potential client that B2B marketing won't move the needle because of a gulf between Sales and Marketing. Here's what I do about it.

Topics: Performance Lead Generation

Do Follow Technorati Guidelines; Don't Expect Business Blog Indexing

Technorati criteria are good guidelines for what to post for your audience; Just don't expect to get indexed there

Topics: Performance Lead Generation

Want B2B Website Traffic to Move? Stop Blowing Your Horn

Visitors won't get interested in your company until you show interest in them

Topics: Performance Lead Generation Design

Chart: Cost Per Lead in Inbound Marketing vs. Traditional Marketing

You've heard that the inbound marketing methodology provides higher return on investment than traditional marketing. How does that play out in a specific campaign?

Topics: Performance

How I'm a B2B marketing consultant and sleep at night: 8 principles I live by

After all these years helping business to business companies, I have something to admit: I have a total inferiority complex about being in marketing.

Topics: Performance Fun

Chart: 7 differences between inbound marketing and common practices

There's lots of marketing blah blah out there about how inbound marketing focuses on drawing buyers in with quality content, and building a relationship with them by providing information that helps them.

Topics: Performance Lead Generation

Webinar Marketing Checklist: 13 steps to get attendees & leads

Here is a checklist we made for a client to capture how to combine inbound marketing tactics to get the best attendance and leads from putting on a series of webinars. This checklist complements a Webinar Campaign Countdown Timeline that we'll publish separately.

Topics: Performance Lead Generation

Put your B2B marketing up on the rack (no shade‐tree mechanics!)

When your car performs poorly these days, you take it to an honest, well‐trained professional to figure out what’s not working, and the quickest, cheapest way to get optimum performance. You don’t just order up a bunch of parts and try putting them in yourself.

Topics: Performance

Three Steps to Nail a Data-Driven Marketing Plan for 2013

You can do it; data helps

Topics: Performance