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		<title>Lead Generation Budgets On the Rise—Where Are the Best Opportunities?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schultz and Michelle Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent study conducted by RainToday.com and ITSMA, nearly 70% of the 859 service and marketing professionals surveyed said they plan to increase their lead generation budgets. Only 3% indicate that they&#8217;ll spend less on lead generation. That means 97% believe they&#8217;ll spend the same or more. If you think the competition is tough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Cold Call Case – Fabulous Actual Results</title>
		<link>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/real-cold-call-case-%e2%80%93-fabulous-actual-results</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schultz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Selling Consulting Services forums, a member recently asked about everyone’s favorite topic, cold calling. “Should I do it? Must I do it?,” he asked.  He went on to explain that he’s trying to reach senior people and wants to share information with them on how to solve a specific problem based on work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Tactics Build Your Brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schultz and Michelle Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until a little while ago, social media was an experiment. Will it work? Will it make a difference? In 1995, so was that Worldwide Interweb thing. Not so much anymore. Same goes for social media. We&#8217;re currently making the transition from if to why and how. According to a recent study by Business.com, webinars and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving Cross-selling and Up-selling: Knowing is Half the Battle</title>
		<link>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/the-culture-that-drives-cross-selling-and-up-selling</link>
		<comments>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/the-culture-that-drives-cross-selling-and-up-selling#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schultz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no secret: the firms that are the best at selling do things differently than those that aren&#8217;t the best. This dandy of a chart by Aberdeen Group covers a lot of ground, including, getting business developers up to speed and selling fast, keeping the best sellers, and so on. But what jumps out at me: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Sure-Fire Ways to Land More Clients</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schultz and John Doerr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oily. Smarmy. Phony. Mendacious. Two-faced&#8230; Right or wrong, these words are often associated with salespeople. They are also the first words that come to mind for many consultants (along with images of the overly aggressive, overly slick, walking sales cliché) when they learn they need to sell. While being salesy is ill-advised for almost any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Decisions Makers Search Online Or Not?</title>
		<link>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/do-decision-makers-search-online-or-not</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schultz and Michelle Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re always trying to get in front of the decision maker, many of whom are C-level executives. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been told that C-level executives don’t search online, don’t spend time in social media, and don’t do their own product, service, or company research on the web. Perhaps they’ll make a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Report: Forget Everything You Know About Sales and Begin to Sell Without Selling</title>
		<link>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/new-selling-consulting-services-report</link>
		<comments>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/new-selling-consulting-services-report#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schultz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of what we talk about here on the Services Marketing Blog focuses on marketing. (How&#8217;s that for a revelation.) Marketing, however, isn&#8217;t worth much if you can&#8217;t convert great strategy, brand, positioning, and messaging into opportunities. And it isn&#8217;t worth much if you can&#8217;t convert those opportunities into new business. Making the transition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Driving Forces Behind B2B Purchases</title>
		<link>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/the-driving-forces-behind-b2b-purchases</link>
		<comments>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/the-driving-forces-behind-b2b-purchases#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schultz and Michelle Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to business-to-business purchases, few buyers are willing to take chances on new providers, according to a recent survey of 3,600 B2B buyers conducted by Enquiro. In fact, Enquiro&#8217;s study found that 78% of purchases made during one quarter in 2009 were repeat purchases or repeat purchases that were modified. Of that, 50% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead Conversion Top Lead Generation Challenge for B2B Firms</title>
		<link>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/lead-conversion-top-lead-generation-challenge-for-b2b-firms</link>
		<comments>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/lead-conversion-top-lead-generation-challenge-for-b2b-firms#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schultz and Michelle Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business-to-business firms, and professional services in particular, have a number of challenges when it comes to lead generation, but one rises to the top as the biggest concern: converting leads to revenue. According to a poll by InTouch, 33% of B2B marketing professionals said lead conversion was the biggest challenge, followed by figuring out which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investments in Automated Lead Management Tools Pay Off</title>
		<link>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/investments-in-automated-lead-management-tools-pay-off</link>
		<comments>http://www.servicesmarketingblog.com/investments-in-automated-lead-management-tools-pay-off#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schultz and Michelle Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we&#8217;ve mentioned here on the Services Marketing Blog before, between 40% to 80% of leads are dropped. For over a decade now it&#8217;s been within reach of services firms to automate lead flow to make sure leads don&#8217;t leak out of the pipeline. But in the last few years, the lead management automation tools [...]]]></description>
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