Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2010

B2B Marketers cannot ignore this channel and need to continue advocating for our brands and with our senior executives to get more involved, become more visible and to engage with customers in this channel. While not “dead”, email consumption is down.

Telemarketing 102

Telemarketing Customer loyalty B2C Inbound Marketing 102

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

All this is starting to create massive and revolutionary changes in the way businesses in general and marketers in particular interact with customers. Customer lists provide a tremendous opportunity for selling additional solutions and services or upgrades. Create a compelling offer to lock-in your current customers for a longer term.

Telemarketing 92

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty B2C 92

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 93

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing B2C 93

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Share: Read more from Mobile Augmented Reality 4 Comments Post a comment Anol Dec 22 2010 Hey Michael – great post.

Telemarketing 102

Telemarketing Customer loyalty User-Generated Marketing 102

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

My answer: use your customers and sales people to write about, videotape and blog about successes and tips on navigating through the buying process. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty B2C 75

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

our job is to support sales in their goal to acquire more customers and to keep our customers. So when our “customers&# in sales ask for more leads, give them more. Sales thinks pizza is just fine, but customers may prefer more effort. As I stated before in Why am I in Marketing? When they ask for better leads.

Telemarketing 94

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Marketing Marketers 94

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

He goes on to explain how most marketers’ budgets are not aligned to what McKinsey calls the &# customer decision journey.&# It also identifies the increasing importance of loyalty and the lack of marketing focus on this stage of the process. . For marketers, the old way of doing business is unsustainable.

Telemarketing 96

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Transform Customer loyalty 96

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Are we considering the larger implications of social media on the organization as it relates to employee adoption, customer service, product development and innovation? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Marketing Mix 81

Marketing Mix Telemarketing Customer loyalty Thought Leadership 81

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Social networking has been around for as long as we have and yet the emergence of social media is changing the face of marketing, media, PR, customer service, advertising and ultimately entire organizations. We have to become social marketers, sales people and customer service reps. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

Telemarketing 81

Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing 81

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

But customers are looking for you to demonstrate an understanding of their needs before they are ready to engage in the sales process. Understand why your customers buy from you and not the competition and make sure you have the content to support that Use the halo effect to your advantage. Know how they rank.

Content Marketing 91

Content Marketing Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 91

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

“As user-generated content becomes a greater part of professional workflow, it is important for B2B marketers to understand not only where their customers are interacting, but also their motivations when they are consuming or participating in these communities.

Whitepaper 96

Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing 96

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 93

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing B2C 93

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 24, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 88

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Entertainment User-Generated 88

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

B2C 107

B2C Telemarketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix 107

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 6, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. An example of a Personal URL would be: yoursite.com/Jim.Smith and when “Jim&# visits his personal url, the website will usually be customized to him.

Telemarketing 80

Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing 80

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Customer satisfaction, loyalty and retention re-emerge as key metrics B2B marketers will use to measure the performance of their holistic marketing programs. We will re-discover that happy employees create loyal and satisfied customers who in turn improve profit margins. (I There is light at the end of the tunnel.

Inbound Marketing 102

Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketing 102

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix The New Marketing Accountability 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail A B2B Marketing Manifesto? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 68

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix 68

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix The New Marketing Accountability 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail A B2B Marketing Manifesto? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 67

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix 67

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Real value comes from producing customers who stay and who have an amazing customer experience so they buy more. That is why customer lifetime value to me is a much more important metric. We want to get people to know us, like us and trust us so much that they want to buy from us and stay with us.

New Markets 81

New Markets Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 81

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 27, 2010

Include thought leadership whitepapers, customer videos, podcasts, case studies, demos and product comparison guides. The cost will be low since you used existing content, house-list emails and a general desire to help your customers make a quality buying decision. Make sure you cover each buying stage.

Telemarketing 85

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Whitepaper 85

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This misses the point, of course, since social media is about customer relationships and not really about the technology at all. They are: Customers: something that is missing from many social media plans is the focus on customers. And once you have a customer, you need to keep them. Community is how social media scales.

Whitepaper 85

Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty Social Media Marketing 85

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

What I think Jennifer and Mallary are suggesting is that only through real integration can we accomplish the value of customer engagement. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 97

Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty User-Generated 97

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

What I think Jennifer and Mallary are suggesting is that only through real integration can we accomplish the value of customer engagement. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 97

Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty User-Generated 97

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 11, 2010

Finally, I provide practical tips for developing your own strategy, gaining the buy-in required to execute the plan and working with your executive team on marketing their own personal brands to your customers. A special thanks to Jeremy Victor and Make Good Media for the opportunity. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

Telemarketing 69

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing B2C 69

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Well, we know that customers will pay a premium for brands they trust or simply will be more willing to spend their hard-earned money with a strong brand. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Branding 85

Branding Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty 85

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

In contrast to traditional marketing methods that aim to increase sales or awareness through interruption techniques, content marketing subscribes to the notion that delivering high-quality, relevant and valuable information to prospects and customers drives profitable consumer action. Use your existing customers as the base.

Content Marketing 91

Content Marketing Manufacturing Inbound Marketing Telemarketing 91

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 19, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 78

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing B2C 78

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

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Social Media Marketing 81

Social Media Marketing B2C Telemarketing Whitepaper 81

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

Ultimately it comes down to determining where can we achieve the greatest return from people, process and marketing tools to meet customer needs. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Telemarketing 83

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix 83

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

I am a B2B marketer because I think our job can be made simpler if we simply focus on the customer. As a B2B Marketer, I feel strongly that we (simply) help companies do 2 things: Get Customers Keep Customers Sometimes we do this in a more creative way and sometimes we do this in a very scientific way. But that is all we do!

Inbound Marketing 79

Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketing 79

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

He suggests you use the common tools of the trade like Twitter, Facebook and Google Alerts as well as more advanced sources like Google trends and Customer Service data. It is important to utilize quality content in these listings such as videos, customer testimonials and other relevant content along with key business contact details.

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing B2C Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 75

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Opt-outs increased and our brand image suffered — all because we were spamming our customers. What we need is Insight-driven marketing that starts with the customer. It’s about customers and getting them to chose us over the competition because we have better met their needs. Then the economy turned. Squeezed out.

Transform 92

Transform Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty 92

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

I am a B2B marketer because I think our job can be made simpler if we simply focus on the customer. As a B2B Marketer, I feel strongly that we (simply) help companies do 2 things: Get Customers Keep Customers Sometimes we do this in a more creative way and sometimes we do this in a very scientific way. But that is all we do!

Inbound Marketing 76

Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketing 76

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 10, 2010

In many ways, Social Media is simply another proof point of the power of customer-driven, inbound marketing. For me, the strength of inbound marketing techniques lies in the power of giving up control to the customer. Marketers of all specialties are realizing that the customer is clearly in charge.

Inbound Marketing 77

Inbound Marketing Telemarketing Transform Customer loyalty 77

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 10, 2010

In many ways, Social Media is simply another proof point of the power of customer-driven, inbound marketing. For me, the strength of inbound marketing techniques lies in the power of giving up control to the customer. Marketers of all specialties are realizing that the customer is clearly in charge.

Inbound Marketing 77

Inbound Marketing Telemarketing Transform Customer loyalty 77

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It means listening to what will make our customers lives better. It means allowing as many employees in our companies to interact with our customers as real people. Umair even suggests that if we can achieve this, our customers might actually love us. .&# It means having real conversations with them.

Telemarketing 74

Telemarketing Outbound Marketing Customer loyalty B2C 74

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

To our customers there is no funnel. I believe we should align our efforts to customer needs. The earlier engagement and continuous activity level will create more efficient demand management by delivering against customer needs. Our customers will tell us when they are ready to speak to a salesperson.

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty B2C 75