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ReviMedia Video Series, Part 3: Timeless Lead Gen Tips

ReviMedia Video Series, Part 3: Timeless Lead Gen Tips By

Frans Van Hulle, CEO and cofounder of ReviMedia, talks lead gen tech and scoring with Direct Marketing News Web Editor Allison Schiff.

ReviMedia Video Series, Part 2: Use Content To Bolster Your Lead Gen

ReviMedia Video Series, Part 2: Use Content To Bolster Your Lead Gen

It's not rocket science. Investing in good content is always a good idea, says Frans Van Hulle, ReviMedia CEO, in part two of our lead gen video series.

ReviMedia Video Series, Part 1: Get Your Lead Gen Strategy In Gear

ReviMedia Video Series, Part 1: Get Your Lead Gen Strategy In Gear By

Frans Van Hulle, CEO and cofounder of ReviMedia, sits down with Direct Marketing News to talk lead gen dos and don'ts with Web Editor Allison Schiff.

The Lean, Mean Sales Machine

The Lean, Mean Sales Machine

How marketing automation reduces the cost of B2B sales.

Clear.md Drives Leads With Video

Clear.md Drives Leads With Video By

Clear.md, a mobile and web application that lets healthcare providers send quick videos to patients, has found that video drives better engagement than email.

Lead Management in a Social World

Lead Management in a Social World

Lead management is evolving and marketers need to figure out how to integrate social media throughout their campaigns from first touch to close of business.

A Recipe for Sustainable Lead Generation

A Recipe for Sustainable Lead Generation

Six ways marketers can improve and sustain lead quality over the long term.

The Marketing Hierarchy Pyramid (And Why Most Brands Have it Upside Down)

The Marketing Hierarchy Pyramid (And Why Most Brands Have it Upside Down)

Leads, leads, and more leads—it's a refrain we hear daily from our existing and prospective national brand clients.

Lead Nurturing: Finding the Sweet Spots in the Marketing Funnel

Lead Nurturing: Finding the Sweet Spots in the Marketing Funnel

B2B marketing can be tricky business. One of its biggest challenges is that prospects can go underground for months at a time without actually losing interest.

Fast Facts: February 2013

Fast Facts: February 2013

Some quick info hits to keep you up-to-date, including the number of additional leads generated by B2B companies that blog versus those that don't.

Quality Contact Data Equals Quality Leads

Quality Contact Data Equals Quality Leads

One customer data point essential to lead scoring—the phone number—is becoming harder to verify. Three related data points can help.

Kirkland's lead-generating loyalty-building holiday sweepstakes

Kirkland's lead-generating loyalty-building holiday sweepstakes By

Jessica Charlton, social media developer at home décor retailer Kirkland's discusses the role various channels play in the company's overall marketing strategy.

Buying Customers Isn't as Easy as You Think

Buying Customers Isn't as Easy as You Think By

Business coach Brad Sugars offers a remedial math lesson for marketers.

Think all your marketing automation problems are solved with the right technology? Think again

Think all your marketing automation problems are solved with the right technology? Think again

How a people-driven technology approach helps companies avoid five marketing automation pitfalls.

Mobile: It's not just 'the tiny Web'

Mobile: It's not just 'the tiny Web' By

Just because a mobile device has a tiny screen doesn't mean it's a mini PC.

So many channels, so few quality leads

So many channels, so few quality leads

Want to reach prospects and cultivate leads? The choices are overwhelming. Marketers have to make educated choices—and the occasional leap of faith.

Q&A: Jessica Bohm, director of marketing, Folicia.com

Q&A: Jessica Bohm, director of marketing, Folicia.com

Jessica Bohm, Folica.com director of marketing, shares insights into the hair care e-commerce brand's highly successful customer referral program.

7 tips for demand generation excellence

7 tips for demand generation excellence

When it comes to planning their approach to data-focused demand generation, many B2B marketers are at a loss as to how to proceed.

Four tips when hiring top talent for sales lead generation

Four tips when hiring top talent for sales lead generation

B2B sales lead generation is all about building and nurturing solid customer relationships—and that means hiring the right people for your team.

3 ways to gamble away next year's lead gen budget

3 ways to gamble away next year's lead gen budget

Stop gambling with next year's marketing budget and play your cards right with Content, Cadence, and Closure.

Hey CMO, want to generate strong leads? Well, then you have to be relevant

Hey CMO, want to generate strong leads? Well, then you have to be relevant

In this new world of empowered and engaged consumers, a lead is only a lead if you have connected what is relevant to the customer.

Generate sales-ready webinar leads

Generate sales-ready webinar leads

Webinars are a good source of leads for many marketers, especially in B2B—but they also have their fair share of challenges.

Wasting traffic with poor conversion

Wasting traffic with poor conversion

Internet marketing is a two-step forward, one-step back process largely built on trial and error.

Shrink database to grow leads

Shrink database to grow leads

One would think the larger a b-to-b target prospect database is, the more qualified leads there will be for the field sales team.

Data technology crucial to digital marketing

Data technology crucial to digital marketing

To get at the heart of some of the challenges facing marketers when it comes to defining the best strategies and programs to drive marketing success, Direct Marketing News convened a select group of senior marketers in a closed-door roundtable discussion sponsored by Marketo.

Plug-ins: audience development

Plug-ins: audience development

Whether you call it circulation marketing, audience development or relationship marketing, the need is the same — to build leads and maximize ROI.

Targeting Video Series: Richard April, VP marketing, AG Salesworks

Targeting Video Series: Richard April, VP marketing, AG Salesworks By

Richard April, VP of marketing at AG Salesworks, and Melissa Hoffmann, news editor at Direct Marketing News discuss the ins and outs of customer targeting

Publishers Clearing House acquires mobile firm Liquid Wireless

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Direct marketer Publishers Clearing House has acquired mobile marketing company Liquid Wireless. Publishers Clearing House CEO Andy Goldberg said the acquisition closed "before Christmas" but declined to disclose terms.

Incentives can fuel the idea

Incentives can fuel the idea

Incentives are often the lesser concern when developing a direct marketing campaign, but can help companies make headway in getting in front of prospects.

Tate & Lyle launches b-to-b direct mail, email campaign

Tate & Lyle launches b-to-b direct mail, email campaign By

Agribusiness manufacturer Tate & Lyle is launching a b-to-b direct mail and email campaign this week to promote and generate leads for its new brand of sweetener, called Purefruit.

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