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Posted by Dan McDade on Feb 24, 2015 11:33:00 AM

Tags: Lead Nurturing

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When Bad Things Happen to Good Leads - Part 1

There will be a ton of ink (and cyber ink) dedicated to lead nurturing this year. Most of it will be about using marketing automation to nurture leads. In and of itself, marketing automation is not a bad thing. More..

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Posted by James Obermayer on Feb 18, 2015 9:52:44 AM

Tags: Marketing & Sales Alignment, Sales Leads

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Sales Lead Management Leads to the Most Efficient Media Buy

Few companies get by on their good looks—although the engineering department would like to think that the pure genius and word of mouth about your product is enough to sell it. In their opinions marketing is not needed...

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Posted by Dan McDade on Feb 12, 2015 8:30:00 AM

Tags: Marketing ROI, PowerViews, Social Media

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Why Social Media Doesn't Work [PowerViews LIVE Highlights]

On February 3, 2015, I had the pleasure of having leading marketing expert Jamie Turner on PowerViews LIVE to talk about “Why Social Media Doesn’t Work.” Right off the bat you may be thinking, “Social media doesn’t..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Feb 3, 2015 8:30:00 AM

Tags: Marketing Strategy, PowerViews

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Factoring Psychographics into the Buying Process [PowerViews LIVE Highlights]

On January 8, 2015, I had the privilege of hosting Paul Gillin on my PowerViews LIVE show. In the session, Paul encourages marketing executives to truly get to know their buyers by uncovering their emotional triggers..

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Posted by James Obermayer on Jan 27, 2015 9:00:00 AM

Tags: Lead Generation, Marketing & Sales Alignment

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Time to Stop Making Sales & Marketing Excuses in 2015

“If only I had a qualified lead!”

“I get too many leads!”

“I don’t get enough leads!”

“Salespeople never close out the leads!”

“No one likes the CRM system, so no one uses it!”

From my perspective, having interviewed..

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