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A Lead Nurturing Playbook for Product Launches

Part III of the Series: 10 Ways to Untangle Your Product Launch

A while ago I was playing a mens doubles tennis match against a duo that was collectively 150 pounds heavier than my partner and me. The points on our side of the net were won with a lot of running, tight angles, drop shots and finesse. The points on their side of the net were won with blistering forehands aimed right at our faces. I think I still have a mark on my forehead that says “ProPenn 4.”

At the end of the very close match–each set went to a tie break–one of their players said, “That was like a battle of the piano players versus the piano movers.”

That’s kind of like lead nurturing.

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telemarketing calls

Winning Ugly

A client asked me this morning, “if you could only do one marketing tactic, what would that tactic be?” I told him telephone calls. At which I think I heard him choke on his morning latte.

I’m sure he was hoping I’d say social media. Perhaps a nice video campaign. Or at least email. Something elegant and fun. Those are all great. Those things all significantly increase the effectiveness of your integrated marketing strategy. But if I only had one thing I could do, I would make a ton of calls.

I’d win ugly.

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Marketing Strategy

Marketing Strategy

Marketing Strategy The key to a clear marketing strategy is understanding that marketing is not a department, it is the central function of your entire organization. The most common error in marketing is mistaking tactics for strategy. “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”  —…
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Enterprise Velocity

What is Enterprise Velocity? Grow or die. History shows that even great companies, from Polaroid to Zenith, from Kmart to Howard Johnson, are vulnerable to sudden collapse or erosion. In today’s competitive climate, new opportunities appear everyday for competitors and start-ups to change the rules and steal your revenue base. If you are not growing, you are shrinking…
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Managing Your Brand

Managing Your Brand “Brand” is an elusive concept. Few words in business are so overused and abused as “brand.” Few words are so misunderstood. Brands are more than marks and logos. Brands are more than print ads. Brands reach far beyond your marketing department. I find it easiest to understand your brand as the implicit…
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