The ROI Guy

JUNE 19, 2013

IBM wanted to generate more demand for it’s SmartCloud solution via thought leadership on their solutions significant TCO advantages. IBM turned to Alinean to create an Interactive White Paper, delivering a provocative, customized analysis report to prove the superior value of IBM’s Cloud environment.

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Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Enterprise Enterprise 40

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2013

As a marketing leader, the CEO is going to measure your 2014 success in three ways: Leads – Number of Sales Qualified Leads delivered to Sales. Opportunities – Percent contribution by Marketing to the Sales Funnel. Wins – Percent contribution by Marketing to Sales Revenue. Those that miss critical spend categories altogether.

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Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Trade Show 293

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Interactive White Papers can be used at various stages to help facilitate the buyer’s decisions, depending on the content of the white paper itself. Interactive White Papers with intelligent solution recommendations and configurations, quantified personalized benefits and ROI estimates help best during this middle stage.

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Comparison Case Study ROI Sales Cycle 66

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Author: Paige Musto In marketing, much like in life, success is often a function of how well you plan – how much you’re willing to research, strategize, optimize your approach. Mankind’s earliest marketers knew this: Umbricius Scaurus , a resident of Pompeii in the first century, A.D, Marketing adapted to taste and preference. .

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Marketing eBook Social Media Trade Show 120

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. There are two steps to evaluate why the field ignores/rejects marketing leads. Download the Sales & Marketing 10-Point Checklist to Lead Generation Alignment to evaluate with your peer in sales.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 239

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 12, 2015

Most organizations spend a significant portion of their marketing budget on creating content to fuel demand generation programs, and to arm sales reps to have better conversations and engagements. This means that a typical company is wasting $1 out of every $7 spent on marketing each year.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Survey 88

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Overcomes Marketing Information Overload, Transforming Traditional White Papers into Dynamic, Personalized Engagement Tools Alinean, the leading creator of value-based interactive sales and marketing tools for B2B vendors, today launched a new demand generation tool for B2B marketers – Alinean Interactive White Papers.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Eloqua Ideal Customer Profile 40

SBI Growth

MARCH 5, 2013

Your background is in operations, not sales and marketing. When you ask why the number is getting missed: Sales tells you they aren’t getting enough leads from marketing. Marketing says sales can’t convert leads to orders. Demand Generation – Creating interest and attracting new potential customers.

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Education Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation Targets 320

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

It is very easy for us to maintain and continue to evolve the content within the Interactive White Paper , and the personalization rules. No custom software application development / programming is needed to specify the content or rules.

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Tools Ideal Customer Profile Demand Generation Agencies Software 40

Increase Sales

JULY 13, 2012

The ability to attract attention is the purpose of marketing. If a recent survey from Corporate Visions is truly indicative of B2B marketing practices, then 80% of those efforts are not successfully attracting attention leaving sales people pocket poor not to mention really, really frustrated. Marketing message is boring.

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B2B Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Demand Generation Targets 139

SBI Growth

JANUARY 20, 2014

Yet there’s little attention within marketing teams on developing quality offers. DMA studies show Offer is the #1 determination of success for customer marketing. Marketing plans are well underway. Chief Marketing Officers are monitoring their team’s campaign metrics as a leading indicator. Strategic Offer Assessment.

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Campaigns Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Outside Sales 310

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

This blog is targeted to marketing leaders frustrated with leads being rejected by the sales force. There are two steps to evaluate why the field ignores/rejects marketing leads. Download the Sales & Marketing 10-Point Checklist to Lead Generation Alignment to evaluate with your peer in sales.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 276

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Top Sales & Marketing Awards 2011. Stored in Attitude , Awards , Business Acumen , Communication , Compete , Marketing , Sales Success , execution , qualifying. One for Top Sales & Marketing Blog , where I share the company of last year’s winner S. Demand Generation. March 2008. February 2008. Book Notice.

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Pipeline Webinar Metrics Marketing Hiring 215

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Yes, we have several customers and partners who are authoring their own Interactive White Papers. Anyone with basic spreadsheet / Word skills can be taught how to create and publish Interactive White Papers on the Alinean platform, with no custom application development skills required / needed.

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Marketing Tools Training Customer 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The Interactive White Paper is hosted on the Alinean XcelLive™ platform , which has a number of lead capture options and connectors to several of the most popular marketing automation / CRM solutions. Each tool has its own registration form, which can be customized.

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Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Lead Nurturing 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Yes, we have established audience development partnerships, leveraging extensive audience communities in many industries, with databases and e-mail marketing to develop an audience for the Interactive White Paper.

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ROI Lead Generation Campaigns Lead Rank 40

SBI

JULY 10, 2018

For many sales and marketing teams, discovering an in-month deal requires a whole lot of luck. Traditional demand generation methods just aren’t cutting it anymore. A marketing team judges how qualified a lead is based on engagement alone; a sales team takes that lead and discovers it isn’t a fit at all.

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Intent Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Closing 138

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

And while the precise definition can vary by team, GTM teams often have two high-level ways of categorizing leads: Marketing qualified leads (MQLs), who are early in the journey but have interacted in a way that indicates they could be ready for sales. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 130

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 7, 2012

OpenText needed to generate more demand for its Enterprise Content Management solutions, and provide compelling insight to potential buyers about the business challenges in managing information growth, the complexities of new regulations and policies, and value of an Information Governance program.

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Enterprise Enterprise Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 75

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. White Paper. Community Marketing Blog.

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Pipeline Hiring Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 223

Green Lead's B2B

JANUARY 19, 2023

Once you’ve created content such as a white paper or infographic, there’s no need to keep it confined to your territory, in this case, your website or social media channels. You can post a wealth of great information on your website through blogs, white papers, articles, and more. As the saying goes, Content is King.

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Cost per Lead B2B 26

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Alinean announced this week an ROI Guarantee for Value Marketing Tool campaigns. Designed for B2B marketers, to drive better engagements and assure that lead generation goals are exceeded, this program combines compelling Interactive White Papers and Benefit Estimators with integrating e-mail marketing to exclusive targeted communities.

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Guarantee ROI Lead Scoring Lead Rank 49

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Demand Generation , Lead Management , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , Video , execution. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. White Paper. Community Marketing Blog.

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Pipeline Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation Targets 216

Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Break down your sales pipeline into basic parts: Lead generation channels: decide on the channels you will be using to generate leads. This could be a mix of email, content, social media marketing, cold calling, industry trade events, etc. Assess customer data and market trends to lay down the attributes of your ideal customer.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead 52

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Lead Rank 40

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. White Paper. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Hiring 245

Pointclear

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Chris Selland is CMO at Terametric , a company focused on maximizing marketing ROI by helping marketers capture and measure all their channel marketing data. However, that difficulty does not absolve marketers from making an effort.

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ROI Demand Generation Agencies Salary Demand Generation 178

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. White Paper. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 240

The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. White Paper. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process.

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Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 253

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. White Paper. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process.

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Pipeline Lead Scoring Lead Rank Cold Calling 240

Igniting Sales Transformation

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In this episode, my guest is Shari Johnston, VP Marketing at Casetext and our topic is Aligning your Go To Market Strategy Around Account-Based Marketing. Account Based Marketing, Account Based Selling and Account Based Everything has been a pretty hot topic for the last two + years.

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Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Account Demand Generation Targets 50

The Pipeline

MARCH 7, 2012

Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. White Paper. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process.

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Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling Webinar Metrics 210

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. White Paper. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process.

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Pipeline Top of Funnel Cold Calling Webinar Metrics 228

The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

How Marketing Can Help Sales After the Handoff. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Guest Post , Lead Management , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , execution. Marketing and Sales become unified around one process, instead of each focusing only on their respective ends of the revenue pipeline. March 2008. February 2008.

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Manticore Pipeline Marketing Lead Rank 217

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. White Paper. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process.

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Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Cold Calling Webinar Metrics 231

The Pipeline

JANUARY 17, 2012

Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. White Paper. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process.

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Influencer Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel 222

The Pipeline

JANUARY 28, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Communication , Dependability , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , Sales 2.0 , Social Selling , Social media , execution. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. White Paper. Community Marketing Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth. February 2008. January 2008. December 2007.

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Pipeline Social Media Cold Calling Compensation 215