eBooks

Defining the Business Case for Marketing Automation

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In an exclusive, 21-page chapter from Marketo’s “Definitive Guide to Marketing Automation,” discover a wealth of industry data, ROI statistics, and tips for selling marketing automation within your organization. If … read more

Webinars

Getting Leads (and More!) from Your Blog: 10 Tips for Higher Blog ROI

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In this 18-minute Slidecast, hear 10 proven techniques, plus a real-life case study, showing how to generate more leads from your corporate blog. The days of using blogs just to … read more

Case Studies

MobileIron Harnesses End-User Demand to Drive Mobile IT Sales Leads

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If end users want your product, but their IT department makes the purchase decision, can you leverage that demand to drive IT sales leads? That was the question contemplated by … read more

Webinars

Top 10 Tips for Lead Nurturing Success

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In this fast-paced 40-minute Webinar, Spear president Howard J. Sewell provides tips, ideas, and strategies for how to get the most from your lead nurturing initiative.

Whitepapers

10 Tough Questions to Ask Your Content Syndication Vendor

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Content syndication, the posting of white papers, webinars, case studies, reports, and other content on targeted Web sites and ad networks, has become one of the most effective lead generation … read more

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Top 10 Tips for Webinar Invitation Success

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Discover how to get maximum response from your next Webinar invitation. Learn how to make your event stand out from the crowd, and how to avoid the common mistakes that … read more

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Top 10 Tips for Lead Nurturing Success

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Discover how to get the most from your lead nurturing initiative. Learn the secrets to success and fundamental lead management principles that can increase response rates, convert more leads to … read more

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Top 10 B2B E-mail Marketing Mistakes.

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Discover the secrets to winning email campaigns. Learn the mistakes, false assumptions, and risky strategies that doom so many email programs, gleaned from years of experience producing successful campaigns for … read more

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Top 10 B2B Paid Search Mistakes

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Discover how to get the most from your Google AdWords™ campaign. Learn the key pitfalls that hundreds of high-technology and other B2B companies encounter when setting up their paid search … read more

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Lead Recycling™: A More Cost Effective Approach to Demand Generation for High-Technology Companies

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Suddenly, marketing automation systems are all the rage. But software won’t do it all. How do you build a marketing strategy that takes full advantage of today’s sophisticated emarketing technology?… read more

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How to Choose Your Carrot: Effective Lead Generation Offers for High-Technology Marketers

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What’s the second most important element (besides the right audience) in a successful lead generation campaign? The offer. Choosing the right offer—the “carrot”—for your campaign has more impact on response … read more

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Closing the Deal: 7 Tips for Converting More Free Trials to Paying Customers

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Thanks to the emergence of Software as a Service (SaaS) and Open Source platforms, free trials are once again a primary means of acquiring new software customers. Too often, however, … read more

Webinars

Marketing Automation: What Is It & Why Should I Care?

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In this recorded Webinar, Spear president Howard J. Sewell explains the basics of marketing automation: what it is, what it does, and why so many companies are rushing to make … read more

Videos

Dialogue Marketing: Maria Pergolino interviews Howard Sewell, Spear President

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Late last year at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco I was fortunate enough to chat with Maria Pergolino, Marketing Director at Marketo (and renowned Content Marketing Queen.) In an … read more

Videos

Spear Creative Showcase (Animoto)

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This is a short video our team created using Animoto to showcase our agency’s recent client work. The process was remarkably simple and hassle-free. In fact, the creative process is … read more

Podcasts

Secrets to Webinar Success (with Steve Nesich, Ruth P. Stevens, and Jamie Wallace)

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In this recording of a live teleconference, hear Spear president Howard J. Sewell and a group of expert panelists explore strategies for hosting, presenting, and marketing a successful Webinar…. read more

Podcasts

Content, Social Media & Lead Generation Success (with Steve Farnsworth of Jolt Social Media)

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Discover tips, insights, and ideas for achieving lead generation success. Listen to a free podcast featuring social media expert Steve Farnsworth of Jolt Social Media, and Spear president Howard J. … read more

eBooks

High Tech Direct Marketing Handbook

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Generate more leads in 65 easy steps! Get a free copy of “The High-Tech Direct Marketing Handbook,” a compilation of 65 tips and techniques on demand generation strategy, offers, creative, … read more

Case Studies

Segmentation, Social Media Drive Lead Nurturing Success for iDirect

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When marketers embark on a formal lead nurturing strategy, opportunities for process improvement can arise in unexpected ways. That was the experience for iDirect, a leading provider of satellite IP … read more

Case Studies

How One SaaS Company Doubled their Lead Volume from Paid Search

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What does a software company do when their paid search program is working well but just not generating enough leads? That was the issue faced by Navicure, a leading Internet-based … read more

Case Studies

Blog Makeover Nets Sales Leads for Software Company

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How do you reinvent a company blog in a way that does more than simply provide a platform for thought leadership? That was the challenge faced by Navicure, a leading … read more