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4 Tips to Consumerize Your B2B Marketing

A guest post by Derek Singleton, analyst at Austin-based company Software Advice. To read the original article, visit The B2B Marketing Mentor at: 4 Ways B2B Companies Can Consumerize Their Marketing. You can reach Derek at derek@softwareadvice.com. The lines between the business and consumer worlds are blurring. In the technology world, this manifests itself in […]

Keep blogging and tweeting, but pick up the phone too!

My good pal and veteran telemarketing guru, David F. McCullough over at Transamerica Microsearch, replied to one of our retweets recently about a very good tweet by Dave Thomas (@businessdotcom), Am I Doing All I Can with B2B Telemarketing? David was happy to hear someone using “telemarketing” on a Social Media website because he was […]

How Revenue Performance Management gets Sales and Marketing on the same page

Getting on the same page will increase revenue According to marketing automation solution providers like Eloqua and Marketo, Revenue Performance Management (RPM) gets everyone on the same page so that sales and marketing work towards a common business objective, rather than pointing fingers when things don’t happen. The video above, care of Eloqua, illustrates key […]

Can social media replace cold calling?

Cold calling. You’ve no doubt been on the receiving end of a cold call. They always seem to come when you’re in the middle of doing something. They come out of nowhere, which is probably why they’re so annoying. Chances are, you’re not thinking about whatever it is they’re selling, so you’re forced to switch […]