Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2017

It’s like a timeline: Attract (being active in the places where customers and prospects are, attracting their eyeballs, establishing trust and thought leadership). Capture (gaining more direct information about customers and advancing company awareness with, say, gated content such as white papers and eBooks).

Marketing 192

Marketing eBook Social Media Trade Show 192

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

3 R’s of Prospecting Success. 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. Prospecting. February 2008. January 2008.

Pipeline 216

Pipeline Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation Targets 216

SBI Growth

MARCH 5, 2013

Demand Generation – Creating interest and attracting new potential customers. Issue #1: Demand Generation. You are generating a ton of inquiries, yet few of them become leads. Your demand generation efforts have attracted visitors. Low open rates – Marketing produced content (blog, white paper, etc.)

Education 320

Education Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Demand Generation Targets 320

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

Your demand generation team may be high-fiving themselves for activity, not results. It’s easy to pad demand generation numbers with bulk buys. Active’ interest is the fuel that feeds an effective lead generation program. The key is that a prospect is actively engaged with your company.

Sales Qualified Lead 276

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 276

SBI Growth

JANUARY 20, 2014

The Role of Offers in Prospect Marketing. When marketing to prospects, the Offer plays a major role as well. Quality of the list is the #1 determination of success for converting prospects. This happened with one of my demand generation clients. Offer Assessment Relevance to CMO''s.

Campaigns 310

Campaigns Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Outside Sales 310

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Recent research indicates that attention spans are getting shorter, so keeping the white paper concise is important. However, traditional white papers are often longer than this because they have to include information to cover multiple audiences and profiles. No more than 5 pages is recommended.

Research 40

Research Buyer Prospecting Demand Generation Targets 40

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Successful Strategies for Prospecting – Roundtable. Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , Cold calling , Communication Strategy , EDGE Selling , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Tip , Success. The question is: What should one’s sales prospecting strategy be?

Webinar Metrics 193

Webinar Metrics Pipeline Prospecting Strategy 193

The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

Prospecting – When Is The Best Time? Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Proactivity , Productivity , Prospecting , Time Allocation , Video , execution. Last week I talked about prospecting, why some like it when most don’t, rejection, and managing them. Demand Generation. Prospecting.

Pipeline 222

Pipeline Prospecting Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead 222

SBI Growth

APRIL 22, 2013

Your demand generation team may be high-fiving themselves for activity, not results. It’s easy to pad demand generation numbers with bulk buys. Active’ interest is the fuel that feeds an effective lead generation program. The key is that a prospect is actively engaged with your company.

Sales Qualified Lead 239

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 239

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Your marketing budget has to reflect the new buying behavior of your customers and prospects. Let your buyer research, personas & BPMs drive your content output: Blog Posts, Ebooks, White Papers, Newsletters, Customer Interviews, Video, Webinars, Slideshare, Print Articles, Live Events. Missing Critical Spending Categories.

Outsourcing Services 293

Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Trade Show 293

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2017

It’s like a timeline: Attract (being active in the places where customers and prospects are, attracting their eyeballs, establishing trust and thought leadership). Capture (gaining more direct information about customers and advancing company awareness with, say, gated content such as white papers and eBooks).

Marketing 120

Marketing eBook Social Media Trade Show 120

The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

Prospecting With E-Mail. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication Strategy , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Tool , Sell Better , Success , Video , e-mail , execution. Last week we looked at means of leveraging voice mail in prospecting. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Tibor Shanto.

Pipeline 216

Pipeline Prospecting Twitter Cold Calling 216

SBI

JULY 10, 2018

Traditional demand generation methods just aren’t cutting it anymore. This combination is a good start, but there’s one problem with the engagement data: prospects have to come to you. Sites like Gartner, G2Crowd, and Forbes report when accounts download white papers or read articles.

Intent Data 138

Intent Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Closing 138

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

On average, Interactive White Papers require 25% more content to be developed than a traditional white paper. The qualitative content such as relevant case studies, recommendations and next steps often exist, but needs to be properly organized for use in the Interactive White Paper.

Ideal Customer Profile 40

Ideal Customer Profile Pivotal Case Study Customer 40

The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response Rate. Prospecting via email can be wildly rewarding, or incredibly frustrating. In fact, we’ve coached clients through a number of simple steps that have helped them double or triple their prospecting email response rates virtually overnight. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008.

Pipeline 286

Pipeline Prospecting Twitter B2B 286

Pointclear

AUGUST 23, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Tim sees two primary focal points for marketing and sales alignment: the lead generation/demand generation element and the content/sales enablement piece. Demand Generation Recommendation: From PDFs to Visuals and Video. I think I’m OK.’ What processes they’re using today.

Demand Generation Agencies 124

Demand Generation Agencies Prospecting Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 124

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , Voice mail , execution. For me the question of whether you do or do not leave voice mails when prospecting is so Sales -1.0, Demand Generation.

Pipeline 245

Pipeline Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Hiring 245

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. Prospecting. White Paper. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success.

Pipeline 223

Pipeline Hiring Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 223

Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Focus on Inbound Marketing Inbound marketing is a self-sustaining resource for generating a steady flow of quality leads into your sales funnel. As it brings prospects already interested in your product, the chances of conversions are much higher than outbound leads. Research shows 68% effectiveness in B2B demand generation.

Lead Rank 52

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead 52

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Finally, and frankly my favourite is the White Paper nominated for Top Sales & Marketing EBook , it is a piece I wrote focused on time called Sales Happen In Time. Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Book Notice.

Pipeline 215

Pipeline Webinar Metrics Marketing Hiring 215

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.

Top of Funnel 26

Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Cost per Lead B2B 26

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Stored in Appointments , Contest , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Training , Workshops , execution. PROACTIVE PROSPECTING! As you may have noticed over to the right, we are presenting the Proactive Prospecting Workshop in Toronto/Markham, scheduled for April 13. Prospecting.

Pipeline 220

Pipeline Cold Calling Sales Qualified Lead Compensation 220

The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. Your business strategies are the same as the gold-miners, except instead of digging for ore, you’re digging for customers, with your mind focused on this: you want to find the right prospects—the serious buyers.

Pipeline 243

Pipeline Prospecting Twitter Ideal Customer Profile 243

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.

Demand Generation Agencies 40

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Lead Rank 40

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process. EDGE Selling.

Pipeline 240

Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 240

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Layer intent data on top of this view to find prospects in your ICP that are actively searching for your product or a similar solution.

Lead Generation 130

Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 130

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Planning , Prospecting , Sales Leadership , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , execution , qualifying. Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. Add a Comment.

Sales Qualified Lead 231

Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline Cold Calling Webinar Metrics 231

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process. EDGE Selling.

Pipeline 240

Pipeline Lead Scoring Lead Rank Cold Calling 240

The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process. EDGE Selling.

Pipeline 253

Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 253

The Pipeline

JANUARY 11, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Forecast , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Cycle , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Time Allocation , execution. Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. Tibor Shanto.

Pipeline 209

Pipeline Face-to-face Cold Calling Sales Cycle 209

The Pipeline

MARCH 7, 2012

Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process. EDGE Selling.

Pipeline 210

Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling Webinar Metrics 210

The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Interview , Lead Management , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Success , Video , execution. Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Add a Comment. Book Notice.

Sales Cycle 244

Sales Cycle Pipeline Conversion Webinar Metrics 244

The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Prospecting , Sales Technique , Video , Voice mail , execution. Two weeks ago I in a post title Prospecting and the “Last Inch” , looking at key thing to consider at that final moment when you have to reach out and engage directly with your prospect. Demand Generation.

Pipeline 223

Pipeline Cold Calling Compensation Hiring 223

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process. EDGE Selling.

Pipeline 228

Pipeline Top of Funnel Cold Calling Webinar Metrics 228

The Pipeline

MARCH 6, 2012

Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process. EDGE Selling.

Pipeline 212

Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 212

The Pipeline

JULY 1, 2011

Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process. EDGE Selling.

Pipeline 181

Pipeline Cold Calling Hiring Compensation 181

The Pipeline

JANUARY 17, 2012

Demand Generation. Prospecting. White Paper. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process. EDGE Selling.

Influencer 222

Influencer Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel 222