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Inbound Marketing

When to Use a Sales Template In Place of a CRM

Keeping tabs on key business metrics is a challenge for most executives. What’s going on out there? Are we getting the right kind of traffic, leads and sales through our marketing efforts? Is the sales team doing a good job of closing? Where can we improve? Customer Relationship Management (CRM)…
Alaniz
December 23, 2016
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Closing the Loop Between Marketing and Sales

This blog post is part of “The Ultimate Guide to Lead Generation” blog series. Closed loop marketing is the holy grail of sales for most companies. It means that you can track every dollar of revenue back to marketing initiatives to determine ROI. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software has been…
Alaniz
March 16, 2017
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Inbound MarketingLead Gen

Introduction to the Inbound Marketing Framework

This blog post is part of “The Ultimate Guide to Lead Generation” blog series. The inbound marketing framework is a lead generation system designed to help businesses engage people as they look for solutions to their business and personal problems. The framework is aligned with the inbound marketing strategy, which…
Alaniz
April 10, 2017
Inbound MarketingLead Gen

Introduction to the Buyer’s Journey

This blog post is part of “The Ultimate Guide to Lead Generation” blog series. Inbound marketing is a term that refers to a marketing strategy developed in response to how the Internet has fundamentally changed the way people buy everything from books to farm machinery. They research online long before…
Alaniz
April 10, 2017
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2017 Lead Generation Technology Stack

This blog post is part of “The Ultimate Guide to Lead Generation” blog series. Technology for lead generation has come a long way in the past decade. From the early days of contact databases, bulk email and basic websites, we are now able to perform advanced targeting, segmentation, scoring and…
Alaniz
April 10, 2017
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Inbound Marketing

6 Keys to Successful Lead Nurturing

This blog post is part of “The Ultimate Guide to Lead Generation” blog series. Lead nurturing is the process of guiding people through the inbound marketing framework--attracting visitors to your website with SEO; converting anonymous visitors to leads with helpful, high-quality content; and closing leads to customers by convincing them…
Alaniz
April 11, 2017
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Inbound MarketingLead Gen

How to Choose an Inbound Marketing Agency

This blog post is part of “The Ultimate Guide to Lead Generation” blog series. In less than a decade, inbound marketing has grown from a novelty for online businesses to a requirement for just about any business. That’s because the way people buy things has changed. Whether purchasing complex manufacturing…
Alaniz
April 25, 2017
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Inbound MarketingLead Gen

2017 Guide to the Marketing Agency Landscape

This blog post is part of “The Ultimate Guide to Lead Generation” blog series. If you are struggling to succeed at marketing in the digital age, you’re not alone. A 2016 report published by SmartInsights found that 47 percent of businesses are attempting to do digital marketing with no strategy.…
Alaniz
April 26, 2017
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Inbound Marketing

Buyer Persona Template

This blog post is part of “The Ultimate Guide to Lead Generation” blog series. Buyer personas--generalized representations of your ideal customer--are critical to effective digital marketing. Everything from web pages to emails to blogs to ads to social media posts will be more effective when tuned to reach a very…
Alaniz
April 26, 2017