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Posted by Dan McDade on Sep 9, 2016 7:35:00 AM

Tags: B2B Sales, Cold Calling

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Three “Lies” That Plague B2B Businesses Today (Part One of Three)

  1. Cold calling is dead.
  2. 57 – 90% of the buying process is complete before a sales rep needs to get involved.
  3. Marketing and sales are aligned 

Do you agree these are lies?

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Posted by Guest Blogger on Aug 30, 2016 2:30:00 PM

Tags: B2B Telemarketing, Lead Generation, B2B Marketing, Inside Sales

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B2B Lead Gen: Can you do it cheaper and better inside?

As a business-to-business marketing or sales leader you have numerous options for lead generation tactics and tools. Top choices include teleprospecting, direct marketing, search engine marketing, website, and trade..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Aug 25, 2016 1:29:17 PM

Tags: B2B Marketing, Sales Process, B2B Sales, Prospect Development

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Is Your Funnel Full of Fool's Gold?

The sales reps at most B2B organizations have two choices: 1) Spend their time culling through leads that experience has shown are overwhelmingly raw, unfiltered, and unqualified. 2) Or, dismiss them outright.

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Posted by Dan McDade on Aug 18, 2016 11:01:00 AM

Tags: B2B Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Account-Based Marketing

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Marketing is More than Automation

There is a back story to the development of the process called Account Based Marketing and that story was published in this blog by LeanData, Inc.:

“In 2003, Bev Burgess, SVP ITSMA Europe, was the host of a get-together..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Aug 11, 2016 11:30:00 AM

Tags: Lead Generation, Cost Per Lead

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Why Cost per Lead is a Bad Way to Measure Your Return on Lead Generation Efforts

Shifting to Outcome-based Accountability and Revenue Metrics

While cost-per-lead measurement has been the de facto favorite for evaluating marketing programs, we are seeing radical and positive shifts in how marketing..

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