Recent studies show 87% of B2B sales and marketing leaders are using LinkedIn and other social media platforms, but less than 1 in 5 can clearly prove and demonstrate social…
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What’s the killer app in B2B marketing? Face-to-face events
I was teaching B2B digital marketing in Buenos Aires this month, and found some of my students to be dismayed by one data point that came up again and again…
Read More11 B2B telemarketing voicemail tips
Telemarketing is a “live” direct marketing environment, and only by testing various approaches do we learn which one works best. Therefore, what follows are some guidelines and tips for leaving…
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Marketers need to play a stronger sales enablement role on LinkedIn
Earlier this year, LinkedIn set out to determine which departments wield the most influence over B2B buyers across a number of different sectors. Their findings show that overall, marketing has…
Read MoreHow to appeal to business buyers: 11 proven copy strategies
To motivate business buyers—especially in digital channels, where you have just a few seconds to catch their interest—it helps to base your message on a powerful, proven copy platform. A…
Read MorePromotional products: making them effective branding tools for your business
Promotional products have really stood the test of time in the marketing world. You know them: they are those branded gifts that have your company’s name and or logo on…
Read MoreYour experience and qualifications are not differentiators!
I recently started a discussion within different LinkedIn groups where I asked consultants, sales, and marketing leaders how they were differentiating themselves from others in their industry. One consultant mentioned…
Read MoreNew York’s happiest B2B database marketer
Speaking at a BMA conference in New York recently, I posed a question to the audience: “Are any of you happy with your marketing data?” To my surprise, two hands…
Read MoreAre you taking advantage of B2B marketing data?
Frequent readers know that most of my marketing experience is B2B rather than B2C, and that virtually everything I do is data driven. So, perhaps you might think that I…
Read MoreProspecting data accuracy
Good news: B2B prospecting data is more accurate than you may think. Business marketers are always complaining about their customer data. “It’s pretty bad,” they’ll say. “It’s a mess.” Over…
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