Push for More Singaporean IT Appointments Using these Five Easy Tips The pressing challenge for IT firms in the Singaporean market today is to find out the best approaches for getting high volumes of sales appointments. Actually, there’s not much science involved in it. It only takes common sense as revealed by Strategic Sales and Marketing, Inc. this featured list: Be logical: Don’t just ask for the appointment without offering sound logic as to why you and the decision maker should meet. You don’t want meetings just for the sake of meeting, and neither does your prospect. If you want to take up an hour of the prospect’s time, there needs to be a compelling reason (for the prospect) to do so.
Demand Generation Solutions for Startups SMEs are at the bottom of the B2B food chain. The obvious reason is that they only possess limited financial resources to mobilize their lead generation and appointment setting arm. More importantly, they struggle with increasing brand visibility and market awareness. Indeed, small-scale B2B businesses confront a plethora of difficulties in their demand generation efforts, not involving campaign finances alone. A business manager also needs to consider choosing the best marketing channels that offer advantages in terms of generating qualified lead traffic and ensuring a steady flow of revenue. And while it is easy to use social media as a primary lead generation tool, B2B marketers should consider other content channels as well. For better growth possibilities, take into account the following strategies for better brand awareness. Trade shows. Webinars. Slide presentations and infographics.
Don’t Forget these Four Pillars for a Sturdy Demand Generation Structure - Appointment Setting Singapore Demand generation contributes a good deal of quality prospects to marketing. In order to attract the right customers, marketers need to create effective messaging campaigns to augment their lead generation and appointment setting efforts. At present, multi-channel means are being applied to build brand awareness as well as establish networks with industry professionals and decision makers. But it takes more than content and a social media from the bottom up. Demand generation is built with four important pillars which marketing applications expert Avinash Agrawal summed up in this post for Vyakar.com. Business, brand and marketing strategies The foundation to this pillar is based on a competitive advantage. Technology: big data and marketing operations enablement This pillar is powered on the basis of data insights and data access of the differentiated consumer experiences, as collated by integrated technology. Target audience marketing through progressive persona profiling Buyer experience
Confronting Key Challenges in Generating B2B Leads for IT Products The IT services and software industry is continuing to prosper. According to Gartner, the industry grew 4.8 percent between 2013, with global revenue pegged at $407.3 billion. This comes as small and medium enterprises have entered the market with independently developed B2B solutions. Aside from that, steady growth within the sector is facing rising demands for software tailored for games development and office management. In this tide of positivity, IT businesses are beginning to put focus on marketing activities, particularly B2B lead generation. Generating B2B leads is indeed a priority for software companies at this point. Many IT businesses however tend to forget that B2B lead generation is a complex process. Apparently, proficiency is needed when generating IT leads. Website traffic. Lead scoring. Lead nurturing. These activities comprise the most prominent challenges IT and software services companies face with regards their lead generation.
Marketing Trends in Asia That Will Still Work in 2016 ‘A bow, handshake, smile, eye to eye contact are just as important as the business itself’ said Judy Caroll in an article Expanding Business in Asia 2016. Asia has always been known for their rich culture and tradition that never get carried away by trends even in business they are very particular in their beliefs and they value real relationship more than ever but this does not necessarily mean that they would disregard changes that will improve their business. According to forrester.com, B2C marketers in China are increasingly investing in social marketing and expect great returns but face the challenge of determining the right social marketing strategies and tactics. Read more.. Hubspot survey, State of the Inbound 2015 Asia, also find out that, 3 out of 4 marketers in Asia prioritise an inbound approach to marketing. Digital Marketing has brought people, things, and places closer than one could ever imagine. A Cogent Content A content should be comprehensive, relevant and valuable.
Why Use Telemarketing to get Leads for ISP in Australia? Admit it. When your phone’s ringing and you don’t know who’s calling, chances are you won’t answer it. The reason we put names to numbers is because we want to know who’s on the other end and decide whether to take the call or not. Truth be told, there are few things we hate more than some company’s sales rep asking about our buying habits and such. How did those guys get our number in the first place? See, “cold calling” is a little bit like stalking, only more glorified, and done in good faith. A survey carried out by B2B Marketing in association with The Telemarketing Company produced some reassuring statistics: Over 50% of respondents have increased their use of telemarketing over the last couple of years. tweet this! 45% of companies surveyed increased their expenses on telemarketing in the same period. tweet this! 75% of respondents use telemarketing to prospect and acquire customers. tweet this! Brings a Captive Audience The ISP business is one that needs extra-aggressive marketing.
Why an Event Telemarketing Campaign Will Work For Your Business By: Rona Gumban “You are invited to the 2015 Media Advertising Events in Sydney on the 31st of July 2015. I saw that subject line of an invite in my personal company email’s inbox yesterday, and I was glad to know that I am one of those considered as guests in the upcoming event – I felt privileged. So I clicked on the message and read through the content of the invitation. “Closing Advertising Deals in 3 Successful Calls” “Your Brand & the Social Media” “The Way to your Prospect’s Heart “ As an advertising practitioner and an avid critique of advertising brands both on broadcast and print media, I easily got interested. Then I recalled I had this matter discussed over the phone with a lady named Sam this morning. There are different reasons why companies engage in Call-to-Invite Telemarketing Campaigns. Service or product launch. Others are: Trade ShowsConferencesBreakfast meetings & business luncheonWebinarsSeminars Question: Answer: Author Bio #Event telemaketing#telemarketing
Why it’s a Good Time to Market Mobile Security Solutions in Singapore Nothing but optimistic numbers for the mobile tech market. A comScore report noted a sharp rise in mobile usage, which is expected to surpass desktop and laptop usage by the end of 2015. The Global Web Index, meanwhile, reported recently that smartphones have become increasingly prevalent. It found out that around 80% of internet users rely on mobile devices for various activities such as research, information-sharing and financial transactions. But along with this perceived increase in mobile usage come more pressing threats to data security that would greatly offset the optimistic tides. According to a report by Entrust, cyberattacks have cost mobile users $10 million in financial losses. At this point, many are looking to the software development market for effective solutions to counter spyware, data phishing, and identity theft. The climate for increased mobile data security is something that Singaporean IT and software entrepreneurs must leverage.
8 Cool Ways to Improve your Sales Calls - Appointment Setting Singapore Making effective sales calls is as important as acquiring high quality sales leads. To get a prospect to purchase a certain product or service requires a compelling presentation over the phone, one that takes into account these tips from a Forbes article by Tom Hopkins. Develop a professional greeting. Don’t just say hello and jump into your telephone presentation without taking a breath or allowing the other party to participate. Your greeting should err on the side of formality. Begin with Mr., Mrs. or Ms, as in “Good morning, Mr. Increasing your sales is just a conversation away. Please follow and like us:
Behavioral Targeting for Lead Generation: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? One of the basic requirements for a marketing message to be accepted by the online public is relevance. Everyday, people encounter thousands of ads wherever website they go, and it’s almost impossible to capture the real interest of those who are really in the market for a purchase or service. That’s where behavioral targeting comes in. Wikipedia defines ‘behavioral targeting’ as “a range of technologies and techniques used by online website publishers and advertisers aimed at increasing the effectiveness of advertising using user web-browsing behavior information.” We usually see these in website ads and also social network sites which are tailored based on a user’s search history. Behavioral targeting helps boost lead generation by making users’ web browsing experience more “personalized” and thus allows them to consider multiple channels of marketing. What’s the catch? Why it’s still an advantage Behavioral targeting does not assess your interests based on just few data.
Get Quality B2B Appointments with Effective Marketing Software B2B appointment setting is perhaps one of many challenges facing the modern marketer. But it is still a very crucial component that makes business growth possible. It is thus a logical step to take to improve one’s marketing endeavors. But how exactly can one do that? Well, experienced marketers will tell you that it takes a lot of practice and patience in order to generate quality B2B appointments. That marketing automation is the norm in modern business should not come off as surprising. “But how about quality?” Here’s the thing: companies that lack an automated lead management database will indeed have a bad time setting up appointments with high-level prospects. Easier list building. Direct lead nurturing. Multi-channel capabilities. Simplified pipeline. We do not end there.
IT Firm Uses Callbox to Divide and Conquer Market - B2B Lead Generation Company Malaysia The Client The Client is a renowned IT consulting firm based in the US. It provides IT solutionsused by well-known commercial organizations and government institutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce telecom costs. The Challenge The Client hired a North American telemarketing firm to promoteits products.While the telemarketing companywas able to deliver good numbers,the Client recognized that much of its time was spent meeting and dealing with people who were not ready to engage or ultimately unqualified. To make best use of its in-house resources, the Client sawthe need to refine its appointment setting process by segmenting its market and creating definitive profiles of its potential customers. To identify more narrowly defined potentialcustomers and how to best reach them.To allocate more accurately its sales resourcesto meeting sales-qualified prospects. The Callbox Solution The Results
Lead Generation in Singapore: How Database Integration can Keep you in Profit Photo Credit: Tom Raftery It’s a data-driven world out there and B2B enterprises need to drift with the times. In the face of unpredictable market forces, it is important now for these companies to harness new technologies that can provide wide-ranging benefits to their lead generation and appointment setting campaigns. As a way to effectively reach out to multiple audience touch points, database integration is becoming an important strategic answer to business needs in vibrant economies like Singapore. Despite negative outlooks this year, the country continues to receive international capital. For now, B2B suppliers such like you need to use cost-efficient and time-saving ways in order to stay in profit and provide the necessary services to current and potential clients. Integrating your marketing and sales functions in this case should be the first thing in mind since it entails benefits to B2B lead generation like: 1. 2. 3. 4.