Follow Up

Sales Lead Management: Are You a Victim of Failure to Follow-Up?

I talk about the concept of stopping “revenue leakage” a lot, and one of the biggest causes of revenue leakage is when sales or marketing reps fail to follow-up (FTFU).  You spend a lot of time and money to generate inquiries and then see the effort wasted. Not only is this bad sales and marketing […]

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Win Win Strategy

B2B Marketers: How to be Best Friends with Sales Colleagues

Okay. I get that the title of this article is a little ambitious. However, there are things B2B marketers can do to achieve better alignment with their sales counterparts – leading to not only better results for the company, but also to better professional and personal relationships. It is all about achieving alignment, in terms […]

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A Dose of Reality in B2B Marketing – by Christopher Ryan

Napoleon once remarked, “A general should consider himself successful if half of what he plans comes to pass.”  This is not to say that you shouldn’t carefully plan.  But the fact is that things don’t always turn out the way you plan (just ask Napoleon about a place called Waterloo).  For example, the list is […]

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10 Winning B2B Marketing Habits to Adopt in 2011 – Part Two

Last week, I talked about the first five winning habits you can adopt for more B2B marketing success in 2011.  You can find that article here.  Following are habits 6-10. Habit 6:  Work your social media plan.  This is the year to really make social media work for your organization.  If you haven’t already started […]

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