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Posted by James Obermayer on Jan 21, 2014 8:11:00 AM

Tags: Marketing & Sales Alignment, Marketing Strategy, Guest Blogs

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Taking away a marketing manager’s excuses!

I was sitting in a meeting of marketing and operations people when I worked at Inquiry Handling Services (long ago scooped up by Harte Hanks). I listened to excuses about a series of initiatives we were undertaking...

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Posted by Kurt Andersen on Dec 12, 2013 9:12:00 AM

Tags: Marketing & Sales Alignment, Sales Process, Guest Blogs, Big Data

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3 Tips to Turn Noise Into Value

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PowerViews with Matt Heinz: The Quality of Marketing Leads is Abysmal

Who has control over when a sale is complete? Is it the salesperson? The marketing team? The client? Every situation is unique. But for a strategy to be consistently successful, a company’s sales and marketing teams..

PowerViews with James Obermayer: Why Don’t Sales Reps Follow Up On Leads? The Real Issue

We’re nearing the last quarter of 2013, and another year of sales will soon be behind us. An important question all sales and marketing departments should be asking themselves is how they can better communicate in..

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Posted by Dan McDade on Oct 1, 2013 9:08:00 AM

Tags: Marketing & Sales Alignment, Inbound Marketing, PowerViews

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PowerViews with Ardath Albee: Sales Reps Need to Get ‘Content CliffsNotes’

Social selling is all about nurturing, because every time you come into contact with a prospect—via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or some other social mediayou have to nurture the relationship. It doesn’t develop..

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How Much Leads Cost

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Why Don’t Companies Want to Talk to Anyone?

It’s truly strange when companies enter the stealth mode. They hide phone numbers, dial-by-name directories, and employee names,..

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I’ve read and heard (from a well-known industry analyst firm) that best-in-class companies close 30% of sales qualified leads..

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