July 29, 2009      By: ajgerritson  
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Recently, while at an event, I had a discussion with a marketing director at a large law firm here in Boston. The subject of online lead generation was brought up and here was his knee-jerk response:
“We are not interested in online lead generation at the law firm, because we’re primarily a business to business law [...]

July 21, 2009      By: jbenanto  
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Online lead generation can be a bit difficult to conceptualize when it is not considered under the right context. It is important to understand that leads can only be effectively generated online when the tactics employed, take into consideration the actual online behaviors of executives who hold power to make purchasing behaviors.
Along that vein, Forbes [...]

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July 14, 2009      By: jbenanto  
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For part three in our series of “451 Heat 1-on1’s,” we spoke at length with social media consultant, trainer and speaker, Mack Collier (@mackcollier). Mack, based in Alabama and a frequent contributor to the Marketing Profs website and the owner and author of The Viral Garden, has been immersed in social media since it’s infancy [...]

July 10, 2009      By: ekmurphy  
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Steve Rubel of Edelman Digital recently wrote an article for Fast Company reporting that people are spending a record amount of time on social networking sites: Twitter and Facebook, etc.
These sites are so attractive of course because they offer streams of brief information updates. Because these “pipelines” of brief status updates enable us to consume [...]

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July 2, 2009      By: jbenanto  
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We have addressed it previously on HEAT, but it remains a topic that we consider to be instrumental in helping to conduct effective online lead generation campaigns. LinkedIn, when used properly, is an excellent tool for a variety of sales and marketing tactics, including prospecting, content/collateral distribution, and expert positioning.
To learn more about how to [...]

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