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Sales and Marketing Training
B2B Lead Scoring: From Rules-Based Models to Predictive Intelligence
In B2B marketing and sales, not all leads are created equal, and treating them as such wastes time and resources. That’s where lead scoring comes in. Lead scoring is a methodology for ranking prospects based on their potential value to the business, typically to determine sales readiness. It’s the bridge between generating leads and prioritizing them intelligently. Over the past…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Facebook: The Largest Marketplace on Earth
I can already hear the screams from the rafters… how dare you mix up dollars and cents with a social network. Those of you who have read my blog for a while understand that I’m not a Facebook fanboy. However, I’m slowly becoming more and more influenced by the incredible stats that Facebook continues to post… and advising my clients…
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Buying Behavior Has Changed, Companies Have Not
Sometimes we do things simply because that’s the way it’s been done. No one remembers why exactly, but we keep doing it… even if it hurts us. When I view the typical sales and marketing hierarchy of modern companies, the structure hasn’t changed since we had sales people pushing pavement and dialing for dollars. In many of the companies I’ve…
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Content Marketing
Step-by-Step: How to Build an Online Learning Platform That Scales
Online education has rapidly evolved from a niche offering to a global imperative. Whether you’re an entrepreneur launching a course-based business, a university delivering remote education, or a company building internal training systems, the foundation of any online learning experience is a Learning Management System (LMS). However, building one that works and scales requires careful planning, intelligent architecture, and a…
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E-commerce and Retail
Social Commerce Breakdown
I’m not sure why there are naysayers on social commerce… I believe folks (B2B or B2C) will make a purchase anywhere online. As long as the person wants or needs the product – and they trust the vendor – they’ll click the purchase button. I even used to say that folks didn’t go into Facebook wanting to make a purchase,…
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Analytics & Testing
Which End of the Sales Funnel?
Marketing strategies are often designed to find more leads or upsell current customers. One of the issues we often find with clients is that they’re often working on the wrong end of the sales funnel. Many companies get less visitors a month to their website than they would like… but if they were able to convert twice as many of…
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Marketing Infographics
How Enterprise Brands Staff and Budget for Social
Wildfire and Ad Age recently conducted a survey asking over 500 enterprise marketing managers and executives about their approach to social marketing. They learned what the best and most successful brands are doing to engage audiences, as well as what those that struggle with social are doing. Social media is no longer an option for business, it’s essential to maintain…
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Content Marketing
Are You Getting Bad Advice From Leading Marketers?
Maybe I’ve been in the marketing game too long. It seems that the more time that I spend in this industry, the fewer people I respect or listen to. That’s not to say I don’t have those folks that I respect, it’s just that I’m becoming disillusioned with so many who hold the spotlight. Beware of false prophets, who come to…
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E-commerce and Retail
8 Trends in Retail Software Technology
The retail industry is a huge industry carrying out numerous tasks and activities. In this post, we will discuss the top trends in retail software. Without waiting much, let us move towards trends. Payment Options – Digital wallets and different payment gateways add up the flexibility to online payments. The retailers get an easy yet secure way to meet the payment…
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Sales and Marketing Training
Avoiding the Featuritis Trap: How to Prioritize Features and Reduce Creep for Happy Users
In their insightful blog post Features vs. Benefits from the Creating Passionate Users blog, software designer and author Kathy Sierra astutely breaks down the perils of “featuritis” – the tendency of products to accumulate more and more features to the detriment of user experience. Sierra’s post, which she graciously allowed me to draw from for this article, lays out some…
