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Right now, maybe more than ever, your content marketing efforts deserve a little measurement. Amidst budget cuts and strapped resources, elements of a marketing communication plan that lack at least some metrics linking back to effectiveness tend to be early casualties. “Nice to have” is often “first to go.” Read More

A common question for those who are out looking to set up their own lead nurturing program for the first time is “how do I plan a campaign?”. Having a lead nurturing software application or the technology in place is just the first step. To get a nurturing program from planning stages to execution can be challenging the first time around and there Read More

I just had a brief conversation with our prospecting team who are currently working on qualifying leads for a well known technology company. The leads come through from events and tradeshows the company regularly participates in and the team was notified that a bunch of leads from a more recent trade show have been added to their CRM and these wou Read More

Your customers really need your help. Now is the time to deliver content and solutions that provide that help. Smart, sales focused companies have long known the importance of uncovering the thorniest problems that their customers face. Why? So that they can deliver meaningful solutions to those problems. In fact, the most sophisticated sal Read More

Data Strategy Magazine published reports of a study carried out in the UK by Kalido where they researched companies with a turnover higher than $500 million and found less than half of the respondents satisfied with their database quality. In the report Data Strategy Magazine published: Read More

Determine who has the business problem your products and services address, both at the level of companies and at the level of contacts within those companies. Read More

This is a common question among bloggers, and not only among new ones. Both options have advantages and disadvantages, hence why it can create a dilemma. If you publish it in your own blog, you will retain all the traffic and backlinks, but there is a risk that the post won't gain enough exposure, especially if your blog is relatively small. Read More

When you sit down to discuss the marketing goals for the year, you usually have some plan laid out where for example a campaign will be designed consisting of 9 email based reach outs spread out 3 weeks apart across a database of 10,000 prospects. However, unless its a pre defined campaign programmed in your marketing automation or lead nurturing Read More

Every company already has the tools it needs to do that - they're called marketing communications, public relations, and customer service. They are each powerful when the proper definitions are used. Read More

An inside sales rep with the task of cold calling the CEO or high ranking executive of a fairly large organization over the phone would have a daunting experience even connecting. Getting past the gatekeepers and assistants is just part of the battle. Even if one is lucky enough to connect, its not always easy to strike up a rapport as executives Read More