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Strategy, tactics, and hard-won lessons for manufacturing marketers who care about pipeline, not pageviews.

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CRM

HubSpot Free CRM: Top 5 Features for B2B Sales

Every B2B company needs a CRM system. Not a contact list in Excel - an actual integrated CRM. A full CRM stores your contact information and history: prospects, leads, current and ...

Josh Curcio · Jan 2017
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B2B

#1 Benefit of B2B Content Marketing for Company Leaders

There are so many advantages to content marketing that listing them all would take too long. I know you're busy, so I've narrowed it down to the #1 benefit I see in my executive ro...

Donny Kemick · Jan 2017
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B2B

Stop Ignoring Your #1 B2B Sales Prospecting Tool

Only 54.6% of sales professionals meet their sales quota. That's a pretty dismal number. Although there are many things that affect performance, B2B sales prospecting (or lack ther...

Donny Kemick · Jan 2017
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SEO

How to Avoid Penalties from Your B2B SEO Strategy

“Just Google it.”

protocol 80 · Jan 2017
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B2B

Adding Inbound Sales to Improve Lead to Close Rate

The way people buy has changed. That means marketing, advertising, and selling methods have to change as well. Old tactics are useless against new habits, channels, and expectation...

Josh Curcio · Jan 2017
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B2B

How to Increase B2B Sales Year-Round

What's the biggest punch in the face for a business owner? The dreaded "slow quarter." That miserable time period eliminates predictability and ultimately slows your plans for grow...

Donny Kemick · Jan 2017
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B2B

How to Create a Landing Page

You have a high-quality visitor on your site and a call-to-action that draws his or her attention. What you need now is a landing page.

protocol 80 · Jan 2017
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B2B

Optimize Your B2B Website With an Expert Inbound Marketing Strategy

I'm going to assume you want your website to drive leads and sales. Your strategy (or lack thereof) will determine whether you grow exponentially or merely tread water.

Donny Kemick · Jan 2017
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Websites

Jump Off the Website Redesign Hamster Wheel

How many times has your B2B website been redesigned? Does it seem like every 3-5 years you go through a redesign process with the hope of better results?

Donny Kemick · Dec 2016
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Websites

Your B2B Website Isn't Broken. It's Your Marketing Strategy

Picture this: You have a great B2B company (not too hard to imagine, right?). Your team does great work for great clients. You know without a doubt that if more prospects knew abou...

Donny Kemick · Dec 2016
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