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Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters – Part 2

Steve Blank

———— T o: Marketing Department From: Steve Subject: Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters Generating Leads Ownership If your company is going to a show to generate leads, then sales owns the show. This is worthy of an open and honest discussion with sales up front.

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Finding The High Converting PPC Keywords That Are Right Under Your Nose

ConversionXL

Ask your sales team: How do different product categories do throughout the year? What days are the sale staff present? Learn the release schedules for new products, new content, new campaigns within other channels. Are there things that you do on a weekly basis like start new sales, launch email campaigns, or push new content?

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 2 Really Cool Companies

ReadWriteStart

Vrushali is moderator of a forum for technical documentation professionals and gets a lot of her clients through that channel. Then Taariq Lewis from San Francisco, California, presented Stanzr, a lightweight online events platform specifically focused on moving qualified leads generated through webinars towards a close.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

The key contributors to an out-of-control burn rate is 1) hiring a sales force too early, 2) turning on the demand creation activities too early, 3) developing something other than the minimum feature set for first customer ship. These are great, but they are not repeatable by a sales organization.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

If a consultant claims they can enhance your marketing efforts, pay them based on their direct impact on your incremental sales. Basing a consultant’s compensation on the incremental revenue they generate is a great example of a deal that is on The Fringe (for other creative approaches to partnering, see Agreements on The Fringe).

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

Lead Generation. Sales & Marketing. --> Bloggers. --> Resources. The breakdown: “Capturing conversation outside brand-owned channels is not a perfect science, but at the moment, Radian6 is leading the pack. Advertising/Sales. Reader Service and Lead Generation. Web Designer, Sales/Mktg - Md.

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Multichannel Analytics: Tracking Offline Conversions. 7 Best Practices, Bonus Tips

Occam's Razor

The effort you invest in measuring offline impact will finally help your company understand how valuable the online channel is (or not!). You know exactly how much online contributed to offline sales, you know how to optimize your online campaigns (buy Apple iPod terms to increase Microsoft Zune sales!!), Two words: Primary Key.

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