Marketing – Demand Generation

What College Visits Teach Us About Demand Gen

My oldest is 18 and a senior in high school, which means that the past few months have been filled with conversations about college.  Recruiting letters, calls from admissions folks and college visits have become a new normal for us.   My son wants to study film and cinematic arts, so included on the list of…

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More Leads? What About the Ones You Have?

The most recent “The State of Marketing” study released by IBM says that the top challenge for marketers (42%) is acquiring new customers.  Other industry research seems to support this. Challenges such as “generating more leads”, “finding qualified prospects”, “sales wanting more ‘ready to buy’ leads” are often cited as the top challenges for marketers.…

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Do As I Say, Not As I Do

I received a phone call the other day from a very well known marketing automation company.  They were calling to see if I had availability over the next few days to sit through a demo of their software.  They were convinced that they could help me with my marketing objectives and help me reach my…

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