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Email Marketing Tactics and Considerations

Email messages should be more personal and less like a template – 137% more interaction from a simple personal message – http://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/email-marketing/email-personalization/. This is true and should be considered in all outbound mailing. I am shocked at the amount of confusion around this subject. If you send a message it is sent for informative purposes. […]

What Doesn’t Work When It Comes To Lead Management

Lead management really comes down to the basics. In this post we outline how to approach common problems in bridging the gap between your sales and marketing departments. Symptoms of a Lead Quality Problem: The problem isn’t recognizing these common problems, but rather fixing them. The common denominator to all three is sales. Sales reps […]

Speak to Buyers Pain Points and Your Offer Will Leap Ahead

When marketing and selling to buyers it is important to understand not only why they might buy on behalf of the company,  but also to understand why they might buy for their own personal reasons. Offer – the relevant message, or value proposition that you bring to the market. A great offer considers the following […]

Media – How Using a Variety of Mediums Will Result in More Sales

Media is defined as how you approach your target market. It closely relates to the market that you have segmented, targeted and qualified. It encompasses frequency, media channels, reach, calendar, audiences, creative and active reporting. Enough contact and content to engage, but enough space to respect the space and demands on a busy business prospect. […]

How to Define Your Target Market and Create New Sales

“The way customers buy is changing profoundly. This mandate changes the way marketing and sales engage and develop customers. Leads that translate into qualified opportunities are at the core of the new engagement strategies. Focus on quality, rather than quantity. It provides a clear path to align critical activities to produce the best result.” (David […]

Reaping the Value of Long-Term Leads

In 1885, William Lever of Lever, Bros. said,  “half of the marketing money that you spend is wasted-trouble is you don’t know which half.” We have found that more than half of your $$$ might be wasted because marketing and sales just do not connect on lead generation. Sales doesn’t follow up, or neglects to […]

Lead Generation Should Impact ROI

Many companies generate leads, but do not track how those leads convert into new accounts. It is important to have feedback and insight from your sales team. To really bridge this gap between sales and marketing you need to cultivate a team that cares about the others success. This Gap between lead generation and closures […]

Content Marketing – The Importance of an Active Website

They say that content is king…the Yin to social media’s Yang. In today’s complex buyer landscape, you have to produce thought leadership content in order to draw your prospects in and prompt them to share your messaging across their networks. Content feeds the beast! You need content to fuel your social marketing, email marketing, lead […]

Marketing Resources That Really Do Add Value!

With so many sales and marketing buzzwords like: Drive Marketing ROI, Lead Nurturing, Efficient Conversion, Marketing Best Practice, etc… Marketing Manager can get conned into working deals that don’t ever end up impacting your companies Bottom Line! The deal is that database providers, marketing automation providers, and research companies can all give a piece of the puzzle. We have found […]

SEO Principles

In order to market a successful blog, it is important to know that writing solid content is not the only factor.  As always, content is king, but SEO is an art.  You don’t have to be an SEO professional or genius to get your rankings up, even though it wouldn’t hurt.  You need to remember […]