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Lead Generation & Marketing Tactics Articles

Mobile Marketing a Must for Firms
By Jeff Roberts

3 Strategies to Get Buyers to Attend Your Next Speech
By Vickie K. Sullivan

How to Approach Journalists and Bloggers—and Get Them to Write about You
By David Spark

Why Social Media Marketing Must Follow Old Media Rules
By Mike Danielson

The Biggest Cold Calling Mistake—and How to Prevent It from Ever Happening
By Mark Heerema

How Social Media Can Help—or Hurt—Your Reputation
By Charles H. Green

Use Holiday Emails to Give Your Prospecting a Boost
By Kendra Lee

Does Your Website Follow This Wrong Advice?
By Beth Carter

How to Write Irresistible Subject Lines
By Jill Konrath

Online Discussions: How to Kill a Sales Conversation
By Vickie K. Sullivan

5 Strategies to Proactively Get Client Testimonials
By Colleen Francis

What to Do When Your Website Goes to Google Jail
By Melanie Yunk

4 Easy Ways to Use Social Media to Boost Business Development
By Landy Chase

12 Ways Others Can Generate Referrals for Your Firm
By Ivan R. Misner, Ph.D.

Develop a Loyal Following Using Content Marketing and Twitter
By Eric Rudolf

Create Email Newsletters Your Clients Love
By Mathew Georghiou

9 Non-Technical Ways to Increase Website Traffic
By Eric Rudolf

Whom the Gods Would Drive Mad They First Put in Charge of Mailing Lists
By Bruce W. Marcus

From Free to Fee: How Experts Get Paid to Speak
By Vickie K. Sullivan

5 Ways to Improve Your Email Response Rate
By Kendra Lee

Do You Really Need a Full-time Marketer?
By Brian O'Connell

Virtual Business Environments a Perfect Match for Service Firms
By Joerg Rathenberg

Promoting Your Business with People Power
By C.J. Hayden

6 Ways to Improve Email Marketing Response Rates
By Kendra Lee

Sales Safaris: How to Find Those Elusive Customers
By Vickie K. Sullivan

How to Keep Costs Low in Your Google AdWords Campaigns
By Brian O'Connell

Slay the Sales Monster: Ramp Up Your Referral Process
By Joseph Riden

How to Conduct an Effective Email Campaign: 11 Pieces of Real-World Advice
By Todd Schnick

4 Email Mistakes that Cause Readers to Press Delete
By Vera Iordanova

Testimonials: 10 Things Stopping You from Getting Them
By MacDalton Berns

Insider Tips to Avoid Becoming a Digital Prospecting Lemming
By Kendra Lee

5 Bad Email Marketing Habits You Must Kick
By Jason Jacobson

Clever and Compelling: 3 Traits that Instantly Attract Buyers to You
By Vickie K. Sullivan

Social Media: Take Two Breaths and Email Me in the Morning
By Andrea Obston

Pitching Your Law Firm: Skip the Hard Sell
By Bruce W. Marcus

Sales and Marketing: Friends, Not Foes
By Ken Thoreson

7 Steps to Improve Your Website's Search Ranking
By Daniel Kehrer

Prospecting Letters Still Open Doors with New Clients
By Kendra Lee

Run Away! Attack of the Killer Copy
By C.J. Hayden

PR for Less: 8 Free and Low-Cost Tools to Promote Your Business
By Daniel Kehrer

What Not to Do with a Cold Call Email
By Wendy Weiss

Need More Referrals? Partner Up
By C.J. Hayden

Twitter Tactics That Help You Get New Clients
By Joseph Riden

How to Use Video to Get Up Front and Personal with Your Prospects
By Sharon Berman

The Rise of the Smartphone: Why Your Business Needs a Mobile Presence
By Jessica Wilganowski

How to Deal with Lost Sales: A Lesson from the Links
By Rob Benson

Selling Services to Time-Starved Executives Who Desperately Need to Ignore You
By Larry Stybel and Maryanne Peabody

Ogletree Deakins Gets It Right: The Perfect Law Firm Ad
By Bruce W. Marcus

Should You Offer Free Services?
By Andrew Sobel

B2B Businesses and Social Media—No More Excuses
By Todd Schnick

How to Use Social Media to Generate Speaking Opportunities
By Vickie K. Sullivan

6 Ways to Increase Attendance at Your Webinars
By Kendra Lee

What Works and What Doesn't in Advertising
By Bruce W. Marcus

Dos and Don'ts for Event Marketing
By Sharon Berman

The Most-Overlooked Branding Feature on Twitter
By David Meerman Scott

How to Grow a Killer Email Database
By Eric Rudolf

Become a Must-Have Expert Everyone Wants to Work With
By Vickie K. Sullivan

Hate Cold Calling? 5 Different Ways to Drive Leads
By Kendra Lee

Bright Lights, Booth Babes, or Swag: How to Create the Best Conference Exhibit
By Sharon Berman

5 Ways to Get More Sales Leads from Your Website
By Todd Miechiels

Dos and Don'ts for Using Twitter to Grow Business
By Eric Rudolf

How to Use Your Bio to Bring in Buyers
By Vickie K. Sullivan

Think You Have a Lead? Look Again
By Eric Rudolf

No Time for Content Development? Here's a Solution
By Anne Scarlett

PR Strategies That Get the Media to Notice You
By Paula Phelan

Social Networking: Where Virtual and Real Worlds Collide
By Hilary JM Topper

5 Rules for an Effective Direct Email Marketing Campaign
By Eric Rudolf

The Key to Becoming a Sales Star (It May Surprise You)
By Peter Bregman

3 Types of Prospects You Want In Your Pipeline Now
By Vickie K. Sullivan

Is Your Lead Generation System Causing You to Lose Clients?
By Charles H. Green

How to Make Sure Your Marketing Campaign Isn't a Flop
By Sharon Berman

Brand Yourself as an Industry Expert via Online Marketing
By Jasmine Sandler

How Poor Quality Online Video Can Hurt Your Brand
By Randy Shattuck

3 Types of Communities That Can Grow Your Business
By Vickie Sullivan

Communities Key to Engaging Clients and Prospects
By Alan Weiss

5 Twitter Rules Firms Should Never Break
By Eric Rudolf

Competing with Large Firms: How the Web Levels the Playing Field
By Sharon Berman

Grow Your Business by Building Marketing Relationships
By C.J. Hayden

Shorten Sales Cycles by Capitalizing on Trigger Events
By Craig Elias

5 Myths of Internet Marketing for Independent Professionals
By C.J. Hayden

Turn Your Idea into a Viral Marketing Success
By Mike Schultz

7 Ways to Use Website SEO to Drive New Business
By Andy Komack

Follow-Up Techniques that Turn Prospects into Clients
By Bruce W. Marcus

Practical Tips for Making Prospecting a "Win-Win" Proposition
By Patrick K. Malone

Use Testimonials to Attract Prospects and Win Sales
By Kendra Lee

It's Getting Hot in Here: 5 Commandments for Turning Cold Prospects into Warm Leads
By Erica Stritch

Website Makeovers: 3 Things Buyers Want on Your Website
By Vickie Sullivan

Add Color to White Papers and Improve Lead Generation
By Jonathan Kranz

How to Use Social Networks and the Pitfalls to Avoid
By RainToday.com

Why You Need to Use Twitter to Grow Your Business
By Michael Stelzner

4 Steps for Getting Business Value by Social Networking with Twitter, LinkedIn, and the Rest
By RainToday.com

Describing Your Firm with Passion & Energy (Without Being Cliché)
By Michael W. McLaughlin

A 3-Step Strategy for Making Voicemail a Highly-Effective Sales Tool
By Colleen Francis

Marketing Isn't for Quitters: 4 Key Steps for Nurturing Long-Term Leads
By Dan McDade

LinkedIn, Twitter & YouTube: Stories of Social Media Success for Marketing & Sales (Part II)
By Dick Pirozzolo

Star Attraction: Why Your Firm's Website Matters More than Ever
By Erica Stritch

The 4 Building Blocks for Creating Strong Service Relationships
By John Doerr, Contributing Editor

The 10 Commandments of Great PR - Rules 1-5
By Dick Pirozzolo

The 10 Commandments of Great PR - Rules #6-10
By Dick Pirozzolo

3 Types of Prospects to Go After in a Volatile Economy
By Vickie Sullivan

4 Pointers for Building Relationships with Your Prospects Online
By Charles H. Green

How to Create and Execute an Email Campaign that Generates High Prospect Interest: Lessons from the RecruiterIQ Online Test
By Mary Flaherty

Forgotten Leads: How to Find a Treasure Trove of Leads Hidden Within Your Firm
By Erica Stritch

How to Help Your Friends and Advocates Get You New Business
By Vickie Sullivan

Turning Your Audience into Clients: How to Generate Leads from Your Speaking Engagements
By Anne Scarlett

Good Consultants with Bad Reputations? How to Leave Clients Satisfied with Your Quality Work
By Fiona Czerniawska

How to Attract Prospects Who Are Hungry for Your Services
By Randy Shattuck

How Salespeople Botch Building Business with Referrals and How to Effectively Do It
By Jeff Thull

Lying to Get Past the Gatekeeper: 3 True Tales of Deception Your Firm Should Learn From (Part II)
By Colleen Francis

"Where Do I Find New Clients?" A 3-Step Guide for How to Begin the Process
By Bruce Marcus

Are Your Emails Being Read or Ignored? 5 Must-Dos for Boosting Your Open and Click-Through Rates
By Erica Stritch

Coldhearted or Too Charitable? Developing a Firm Giving Policy and Its Marketing Effects
By Bruce W. Marcus

Sales Pipeline Metrics: 5 Steps for Tracking Your Firm's Progress in Hitting Its Sales Goals
By Paul Gladen

Overlooked New Business: Marketing to Your Clients' Customers and Suppliers
By Michael W. McLaughlin, Contributing Editor

Report Card: Your Website Gets an "F"
By Erica Stritch

The Anatomy of a Sale: A Step-by-Step Review of One Success Story
By C.J. Hayden

Are Your Marketing Offers Served A-la-Carte or Prix Fixe?
By Erica Stritch

Using the New Rules of Journalism to Craft Effective Press Releases
By Bruce W. Marcus

6 Elements of an Effective Drip Marketing Campaign
By Barbara BIx and Tiffany Mura

Why So Many PR Practitioners Do PR Badly
By Bruce W. Marcus

The First Step to Being 'Excellent' at Generating Leads
By RainToday Research

Dead on Arrival: 5 Deadly Sales Call Sins
By Erica Stritch

A Tale of SEO Success from a Solo Practitioner
By Jonathan Kranz

Marketing Therapy Session: Overcoming Lead Generation Attention Deficit Disorder
By John Doerr and Mike Schultz

15 Tips for Being a Conference Commando (Part II)
By Keith Ferrazzi

15 Tips for Being a Conference Commando
By Keith Ferrazzi

Good News, Bad News: How Firms Can Maximize Their Media Relations
By Janet Ellen Raasch

Giving Prospects the Confidence to Hire You
By Charles H. Green, Contributing Editor

Cold Calling Isn't Rocket Science: 5 Steps for Creating a Simple Plan
By Colleen Francis

11 Lessons Learned from Podcasting
By Brian Carroll

5 Essential Metrics for Your Direct Marketing Campaigns
By Ruth P. Stevens

3 Tips for Making Every Website a Lead Generating Machine
By Michelle Palmer

Tighten Lead Management: Small Improvements Yield Big Results And Profits
By Mike Schultz, Publisher

Why a FAQ Web Page is One Hard-Working Marketing Tool
By Jay Lipe

Sustaining Lead Generation and Lead Nurturing Efforts
By Mike Schultz, Publisher

10 Ways To Turn Your Event Marketing Into A Brand Building Bonanza
By Michelle Palmer

Generate Terrific Leads and Build Your Brand with Event Marketing
By Michelle Palmer

Why SEO Makes Sense For Your Firm
By By Scott Buresh

Cold Calling Works: You Just Do It Wrong
By Mike Schultz, Publisher

Elements For A Direct Mail Campaign Strategy
By Bruce W. Marcus, Contributing Editor

Direct Mail Letters: Making Them Work For Professional Services
By Bruce W. Marcus, Contributing Editor

How to Make Direct Mail Work for Professional Services
By Bruce W. Marcus, Contributing Editor

6 Steps To A Successful Direct Mail Program
By Jill Eastman

Should You Run Your Own Seminar?
By C.J. Hayden, Contributing Editor

6 Tips for Developing a Website That Sells Your Professional Services
By Dianna Huff

Using Blogs To Attract Attention (Without Having Your Own)
By Elge Premeau

Leprechaun Repellent And Other Meaningless SEO Guarantees (Part II)
By Scott Buresh

Leprechaun Repellent And Other Meaningless SEO Guarantees
By Scott Buresh

Four Overlooked Ways Of Uncovering Top-Notch Prospects
By Robert Croston

When Not To Run A Short Seminar
By Erica Stritch, General Manager

4 Tips For Making Real Connections At Networking Events
By Ilise Benun

Creating Great Web Content That Attracts Quality Visitors And Keeps Them
By Rick Sloboda

Why You're Probably Mismanaging Your SEO and Online Ad Placements
By Todd Miechiels

Seven Steps To SEO Success
By Scott Buresh

3 Cornerstones to Delivering an Effective Telephone Pitch
By Mark Fortune

Shaping How the Media Portrays You
By C.J. Hayden, Contributing Editor

Promiscuous Prospecting: Why More Isn't Better With Cold Calling
By Jill Konrath, Contributing Editor

Four Common Mistakes When Outsourcing Phone-Based Business Development
By Tim Adams

New Rules of Websites: Using Content to Influence the Buying Process
By David Meerman Scott

Where Jetsetting Firms Look For Clients: The Geography Of Lead Generation
By RainToday Research

Sales for Asking: 3 Tips for Effective Cold Calling
By C.J. Hayden

Tips For Building Your Brand Through Lead Generation
By Robert Croston

Use The News: How To Create New Business Opportunities Fast
By Jill Konrath, Contributing Editor

Nurture The Leads You Have And Triple Your Sales Volume
By RainToday.com Research Team

Targeting Profitability: How To Find Your Most Lucrative Market
By Barbara Bix and Melissa Josephson Edwards

Inside Information: Why Your Competitors Will Increase Lead Generation Efforts
By RainToday Research

Reaching Buyers Directly: The New Rules Of News Releases
By David Meerman Scott

A Simple Test for Writing Excellent Web Copy
By Nick Usborne

4 Simple Ways To Get Referrals Now
By C.J. Hayden, Contributing Editor

Escaping From The PR Dark Ages
By Bruce W. Marcus, Contributing Editor

Lead Generation Insight 4: Integrate Your Tactics!
By RainToday Research

Who's Blogging, Who's Not: The Future Of Lead Generation
By RainToday.com Research

Dealing With The Press: No Matter What I Say They Get It Wrong
By Bruce W. Marcus, Contributing Editor

Restoring Respect To Cold Callers, The Black Sheep Of Business Growth
By Sandy O'Dell

Is Lead Screening Hurting Your Marketing?
By Charles H. Green, Contributing Editor

A Few Simple Strategies For Attracting Media Attention
By C.J. Hayden, Contributing Editor

Lead Generation Is Heating Up - Don't Get Burned
By RainToday Research

"Be Nice To The Journalists": When To Break The Rules Of PR
By Bruce W. Marcus, Contributing Editor

Make Your Website Work More So You Can Work Less
By C. J. Hayden, Contributing Editor

How Not To Drive Prospects Away From Your Website
By Wendy Ward

Making It Past "White Fang": How to Reach Senior-Level Executives Using Direct Mail
By Ernest Nicastro

How to Build Website Traffic with Content
By Tom Pick

5 Steps to Overcoming Cold Call Telephobia
By Sandy O'Dell

Creatively Cracking Into Corporate Accounts
By Jill Konrath, Contributing Editor

Want More Business? Speak Up!
By C.J. Hayden, Contributing Editor

Cold Calling: Lower Head, Ram Wall, And Repeat
By Michael W. McLaughlin, Contributing Editor

How to Write an Effective Email Newsletter
By Tom Pick

Buy Before You Buy: Getting Paid For Lead Generation
By Mike Schultz and John Doerr, Contributing Editor

Does Email Cold Calling Work?
By Jill Konrath, Contributing Editor

Why Most B2B Websites Fail To Convert Sales Leads
By Brian Carroll

The Power Of Word Of Mouth Among Online Groups
By Sridhar Ramanathan

Cold To Gold: Getting The Most From Cold Call Set Meetings
By John Doerr, Contributing Editor

Speaking Your Way To More Business
By Jeff Wolf

5 Elements Of An Effective Landing Page: How To Turn Your Website Into A Lead Capturing Tool
By Erica Stritch

It's Not Too Late To Start Blogging (But It Will Be Soon): A Perspective From Law
By Larry Bodine

Making Lead Generation Work: Secret #3
By Mike Schultz

How to Create an Online Media Room Prospects and Journalists Will Love
By David Meerman Scott

How to Use Email to Establish Value-Based Relationships
By Ilise Benun

Are They Snoring In The Back Row?
By Laurie Brown

Article PR Headlines: The Reader Is Secondary
By Glenn Murray

Cold Calling vs. Warm Calling: It's All In Your Head!
By Wendy Weiss

Why Today’s Service Providers Need RSS, Blogs, And Podcasts: A Perspective From Law
By Janet Ellen Raasch

What If No One Signs Up?
By C.J. Hayden, MCC

Be Prepared: Getting Ready for Impromptu Sales Conversations at Events
By Julia O'Connor

How To Generate Attendance At Events While Establishing Brand With Top Buyers
By RainToday Research

The Power of Anecdote and Agenda: Researching Your Prospects' Buying Patterns
By Barbara Bix & Melissa Josephson Edwards

Web Copy: How Much Is Enough?
By Glenn Murray

Direct Mail Endorsement Marketing: 3 Steps to Opening New Doors
By Bob Martel

For Lead Generation Success, Clone Your Best Clients
By Alan Sharpe

Web Technology In Marketing: Friend Or Foe?
By C.J. Hayden, MCC

If You Could Have Only One Tool in Your Kit: Articles as a Selling Tool
By Bruce W. Marcus

Top Five Things NOT To Do When Cold Calling
By Sandy O'Dell

Marketing And Selling Professional Services Requires Reducing The Decision-Making Risk
By ArLyne M. Diamond, Ph.D.

10 Steps To Effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
By Elise Bauer

What Consultants Can Learn From The Airlines
By Michael W. McLaughlin

Stick With Me, You'll Get To Hollywood: Surviving In The PR Agency Game (Part Two)
By Bruce W. Marcus

Build Relationships Instead Of A Mailing List
By Carey Ransom

Stick With Me, You'll Get To Hollywood: Surviving In The PR Agency Game (Part One)
By Bruce W. Marcus

Don't Blow It When Your Prospect Answers The Phone
By Jill Konrath

Trade Show Dos and Don'ts
By Jim Schakenbach

Don't Trust An Advertising Agency To Build Your Web Site
By David Meerman Scott

Tale Of The Broken Light Fixture: A Target Audience Analogy
By Scottie Claiborne

Creating Clients For Life
By C. Richard Weylman

Why The Heck Do You Have A Website Anyway?
By Scottie Claiborne

Comparing Corporate Communications: The Protocols of E-mail Versus The Telephone
By Carey Ransom

Interview with Ruth P. Stevens: Trade Show Marketing for Professional Services
By RainToday Research

15 Ways To Improve Your E-mail Delivery Rates
By Alan Sharpe

Choosing The Right Partner: The Many Faces of Web Specialists
By Scottie Claiborne

Lead Nurturing: Ripening the Right Bananas
By Brian Carroll

8 Steps to Speaking Engagements: Opportunities for Marketing, Business Development, and Thought Leadership
By Steve Markman

Website Traffic Is Not Enough
By Richard Lozano

Seminar Marketing - Seven Tips to Increase Attendance
By Mike Schultz and John Doerr

Cold Calling Comfort: Personal Development Through Sales Calls
By Richard White

A Professional's Guide to Successful Trade Coverage
By Jim Schakenbach

Combine Your Cold Calling Efforts With Email Marketing
By Brian Carroll

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