How Can Telemarketing Help Social Media Marketing? The marketing landscape is constantly changing. What may seem to be a sure-fire marketing tactic may not be an appropriate method today. And the lead generation tools we scoff at in the past may be the latest aid we need for the modern market. Such is the case with social media. Nowadays, companies and marketers are touting this mediums ability to generate sales leads, as well as engage customers in meaningful conversations. But is that enough? We must first understand what social media is all about. In order for social media marketing to effectively generate more sales leads, you need another marketing tool to assist. What does it tell you about social media and lead generation?
Where To Get Quality Business Leads For Your Telemarketing Campaign Your telemarketing campaign may be adequate right now, but to get the best possible results from your campaigns, you need to have all the factors that comprise a great business to business telemarketing campaign. Securing a good telemarketing script for lead generation and hiring reliable, experienced b2b telemarketers need one more thing to complete the process: a highly targeted telemarketing business list. You can either generate your own business leads by scouring the internet and phone books, purchase a business list from a lead generation company, or you can outsource to professional lead generation service providers to look for specifically qualified b2b sales leads using your criteria. An important thing to remember when buying pre-defined business lists from another company is to make sure that the list hasn’t already been sold to a competitor in your industry.
Secret To Better Sales Leads Generation? It Is All In Rapport In terms of generating qualified sales leads, building rapport between you and business prospects is an important activity to do. After all, getting into the good side of business prospects is an aim that we ought to reach in all our activities. Building rapport is integral in our lead generation campaigns. Without it, we will not be able to generate the B2B leads that we need, not to mention failing to get interact effectively with customers. So, how will you do it? Personalize – from your emails sent to the telemarketing calls you make, you need to have some level of personalization to your prospects. Follow these business tips, and it will be easier for your lead generation and appointment setting campaign to perform. Four Things That Demotivate Your Inside Sales Team As mentioned in my previous post, the most important assets that you need in your inside sales campaign would be the people tasked to do it. I mean, it would not be possible to generate B2B leads if there is no one manning the front liners, getting in touch with business prospects and trying to set an appointment between them and you. It is very important to know what you can do to motivate your lead generation team. But also equally important to know would be the factors that can kill morale. Avoid these, at all cost, and you will save yourself from the headaches that can pop up down the road. Using salary as the main motivator – okay, people want to earn something in their work, that is fact. There are plenty of other things that you should avoid doing, but you can be assured that these four are the main culprits.
What is and isn't "native advertising"? And 5 more questions to ask about it. - Malaysia B2B Lead Generation Michael Groszek takes a closer look at “native advertising” as the buzz that surrounds it just seems to get louder. He asks, and answers, 5 questions that every decent marketer should ask about this “new tactic”, breaking down “native advertising” to demystified, digestible chunks. As marketers, we’ve all heard the buzz about native advertising. We’ve heard how it’s going to revolutionize advertising and begin to phase out traditional display ads. In today’s B2B Lead Roundtable Blog post, I wanted to share my view on native advertising from a business intelligence perspective and the role I believe it has in the future of Internet marketing. Question #1. What do you think of when you hear the term “native advertising?” Over the last year or so, I’ve heard countless different arguments about the true meaning of native advertising. So, I asked myself, “Why does everyone seem to have such differing views?” Well, if you ask me, it’s because that’s essentially what a native advertisement is.
4 Email Marketing Gems - Born Out of Writing 1,000 Emails - Malaysia B2B Lead Generation Justin Bridegan of MarketingSherpa shares 4 things he learned from writing a lot of email copy: Having written close to 1,000 emails for MarketingSherpa promoting our marketing products over the past few years, I’ve learned a couple of things I thought I would share with you, many of them from my own mistakes. At Summits, when people recognize my name from their inbox, they ask, “What have you found that works?” What a loaded question, right? I’ve felt much like Edison, but with a marketing spin on it. Much like you, my writing over time has evolved to include some semi-universal best practices which many of us are familiar with, but sometimes get lost in the marketing translation from company logic to customer logic. Tip #1. It’s been said most people are either “filers,” who create a specific file folder for each email, or “pilers,” who let the inbox pile up with no hope in sight. I’m not saying all email messages have to be short, but they should be readable in a skim format. Tip #2.
Bring Out Better Business Results with these Multi-Channel Tips B2B companies need more leads. It is therefore imperative to come up with effective plans to generate them, since leads transition to sales, and sales translate to revenue. For this reason, marketers in the B2B realm must stick with multi-channel marketing, not because it is a fad as what some business bloggers call it, but because it is the only effective way through which businesses can expand their reach. Various channels are involved in the process, thus boosting visibility and increasing the likelihood of quality B2B sales leads or in other words, potential customers. However, anchoring your marketing processes on multiple channels is open to a lot of risks. An efficient multi-channel campaign on the other hand treats each channel with equal priority since each channel is an essential part of the whole. Figuring out what to do to enhance the different platforms you are using shouldn’t get you far. Cleanse your database Choreograph your campaigns Create compelling emails
Search Traffic Declining? You're Not Alone (and What to Do About It) - Malaysia B2B Lead Generation If your website traffic from organic search has fallen over the past year, take some small solace in knowing you’re not alone—in fact, you’re in good (if not happy) company. According to research from BuzzFeed, “Search traffic to publishers has taken a dive in the last eight months, with traffic from Google dropping more than 30%…While Google makes up the bulk of search traffic to publishers, traffic from all search engines has dropped by 20% in the same period.” Organic search visits have fallen significantly to A-list publishers like Time, Sports Illustrated, Us Weekly and Rolling Stone. It’s not quite clear why this is happening. BuzzFeed mentions changes in behavior, greater use of social networks for content discovery, and a 52% increase in traffic from “‘Dark social,’ that netherland of direct traffic” (i.e., unknown sources), and concludes “We can draw a lot of assumptions but few conclusions from the drop in search traffic.” And it’s not only Google. Why the WPO Model is Important
The Greatest Marketing Strategy Question: Inbound or Outbound? Marketing strategies are interesting. The fact that drafting an approach is a volatile task allows for a variety of options that B2B telemarketing companies could follow. There is simply no linear formula to follow as there are two vital forms of marketing which you can pursue, inbound and outbound. For a campaign to earn its success, it is important for a business decision-maker to know which method would prove the best. Would you use the inbound techniques in SEO and social media, or would you put more focus on the outbound methods of traditional advertising, direct mail and phone calls? The following considerations will guide you in creating a successful marketing plan: Cost Efficiency. Content Engagement. Market Diversity. We can see that inbound and outbound marketing seem to oppose each other. For example, a business may send direct mails containing links to the enterprise’s blogsite and social media pages.
Marketing Automation Archives While analyzing record second quarter earnings for Salesforce.com a few weeks ago, CEO Marc Benioff gave partial credit for a 30% revenue bump to the company’s addition of ExactTarget—and specifically its Pardot marketing automation arm—to its Marketing Cloud. Salesforce had just acquired the company in June. Could it really have made a difference that quickly? Or was Benioff justifying the whopping $2.5 billion price tag to shareholders? It nagged at me to get on the phone with people who know better (than me, that is) to answer the overwhelming question: What’s the magic behind marketing automation and why are companies like Salesforce and Oracle shelling out a billion bucks and more to add it to their arsenals? I recently hosted a webcast featuring a company called Demandbase. “Companies are spending a lot of money on marketing, and marketers are spending a lot on technology, but what kind of technology you buy depends on your type of business,” he said.
Increase your Fill Form Conversions with these 7 Calls to Action If your fill forms aren’t producing enough conversions, consider tweaking your call to action. In his article for TorpedoGroup.com, Experience Oxfordshire Marketing Head Martin Walker listed the top seven calls to action that can guarantee a significant boost to your lead generation. 1. Download now! Latest Guide on Running a Multi Channel Marketing Campaign. It takes considerable time to research, write and design an eBook – so don’t give it away without getting anything back in return. Related: B2B Lead Engagement: How to get more Website Response 2. &THEN: Join Callbox for something new in Boston! Webinars are a fantastic way to position your company as a thought leader, and can provide you with an ideal platform from which to interact with your audience. Case Study: Callbox Packs Webinars for Software Company 3. Encouraging your website visitors to share your content with their network, will broaden your reach and get more people talking about your brand. Related: Building your Brand?