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Top 10 Posts on B2B Lead Gen for 2010

Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular blog posts from our blog, “The Point” in 2010 (as measured by page views). Normally, a survey like this might indicate something about hot topics or key trends, but here instead the popularity of the top posts has everything to do with one word: search. [...]

3 Reasons to Add Email to Your Lead Follow-Up Process

A client writes: “I notice you recommend both email AND phone follow-up to inbound leads from programs like content syndication. Our inside sales reps are fairly prompt about following up with all leads by phone. Why do I need to set up automated email response as well?” My response: Most all of our clients combine [...]

Gmail Priority Inbox: the Death Knell for Email as Lead Generation?

This month, Google released a new feature called Priority Inbox, designed to help Gmail users better cope with email overload by automatically determining which emails are most important to the recipient. For example, messages sent from people that you typically respond to immediately will receive special attention and preferential placement, as will emails sent to [...]

If Lead Nurturing is the Question, is Software the Answer?

I was reminded today of just how successful the marketing automation vendors have been (to their credit, it must be said) in defining their solutions as the answer to today’s marketing problems. That conclusion was prompted by this question, posed on Focus: “We want to start doing more lead nurturing with our leads, and really [...]

Welcome to The Point

If this is your first visit to the blog, welcome.  If you’re a regular reader of my old blog, you may be asking (literally): What’s The Point?  Here’s the news: the blog has moved to a new location and re-launched with a new name because I’ve also moved, to a new agency: Spear Marketing Group. [...]