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Numbers Can Lie

Did you ever play “Telephone” when you were little?  Remember what happened to that whispered message passed through 10 kids and how easily “Strawberry Jam” turned into “I am a banana”? It was funny then. Research findings, passed via content marketing and social media are a lot like “Telephone” because once a number is repeated often enough, small …

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Step Away From That Spam Button!

Just looking over an article at b2bonline and finally I have crossed the line –    ” I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!”  OK. What did it this time?  The report is about a study that says something that anyone who has ever sent a marketing email to businesses …

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Are You Throwing Your Web Leads Away?

Tweet Knowing how hard it can be to generate a steady (or even unsteady) stream of business leads and reading about how many companies are looking for ways to drive more leads, I’m still shocked from a study we ran recently at Boxpilot. We were curious about how long it takes an average small business …

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Voicemail is a Great Call Result

I was recently in a Linked In discussion talking about lead generation, cold calling and the best way to make an initial contact with new customers and I contributed using voicemail as a good door opener with a email follow up to provide additional information. I don’t have any objection to sending a warm up …

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Communications at a Trade Show

Tweet During a major show, the content and timing of your communications and calls has to be well-planned ahead of time so that your programs can execute seamlessly and (preferably) without a second thought on your part. Work with your sales team to identify top priority contacts who you expect to have in attendance and …

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Promoting Your Next Trade Show

Tweet According to MecLabs’ Marketingsherpa, tradeshows are budgeted for a major portion of 2012 B2B marketing expenditures across organizations of all sizes.  From large  (1000+) organizations with 33% of their budget to Medium (100-999) at 20% and Small (<100) who typically budget 19% of their marketing spending. The numbers seem somewhat surprising given all the …

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How to Drive Inbound Leads

Tweet Everyone is talking about driving inbound leads and their inherent superiority based on the obvious expectation that someone who contacts you is naturally more interested than someone who you reach out to and manage to “grab” on a cold call. One thing that closely parallels this (hardly new) trend is that over the years …

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When the Written Word is Not Enough

Tremendous importance is placed on the value of the written word.  Anything lasting must be in writing. Anything to be remembered  must be in writing.  Anything legal, binding or anything important, must be in writing. So, it can be hard to understand how there can be circumstances when the need for fast, simple, persuasive and …

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