It’s budget time! Was your marketing budget cut?

 As a former sales leader and direct sales contributor, I have been on the receiving end of leads for many years.  Throughout I have seen firsthand the challenge marketing teams have in articulating their value to a CFO.  By value, I mean revenue production.  If your marketing budget was $4 million, what revenue impact did your company receive through this investment?  These are the types of questions that typically come up:   1)      How many deals did we land through the 40 tradeshows we attended? 2)      How much revenue was driven from our user’s conference?  3)      How many leads came…

Are you losing business because of your landing pages? Let your leads control how they are treated

You might find yourself thinking: "Landing pages are a turnoff. I hate providing information simply to get access to a white paper or content that is of interest. I like to shop around before making a decision and definitely don’t want a pushy salesperson bugging me if I inquire about a webinar. Just let me have the content and I will tell if I want to talk. OK?" I think this myself when grabbing content from the Internet. Marketing organizations today spend millions of dollars annually creating great content describing their company’s products and services as a means to educate…