Author Archives: Brian Carroll
Brian Carroll is the CEO and founder of markempa, helping companies to convert more customers with empathy-based marketing. He is the author of the bestseller, Lead Generation for the Complex Sale, and the B2B Lead Blog which is read by thousands each week. Brian also founded B2B Lead Roundtable LinkedIn Group with 20,600+ members.
Learn how to use empathy as part of your strategy because empathetic marketing is essential to connecting with your customers.
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What can you gain from growth hacking and how can you develop a mindset to be better at B2B marketing? To help answer this question, I interviewed Neil Patel (@neilpatel), co-founder of Crazy Egg, Hello Bar, and KISSmetrics. He also helps companies like Amazon, NBC, GM, HP, and Viacom grow their revenue. As marketers, we […]
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The year 2016 is quickly coming to an end and the holiday season is a time for reflection and preparation. To help you prepare to have a great 2017, I’ve compiled a list of the top ten most popular and shared posts on the B2B Lead Generation Blog, chosen by readers just like you. You […]
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Learn how to get better at social selling for better demand generation, prospecting, and business development with expert Jill Rowley
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Are you using empathy in your marketing? Why? Because marketing isn’t something you do to people; it’s something you do with people. You might be wondering: why am I saying this? The problem with modern sales and marketing A problem with I see with marketing (and sales) is this: we get clinical and treat our […]
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Anyone who has worked in inside sales knows that sales professionals are always informally testing to learn what works and what doesn’t. Why not add a little hard science to that testing? Read to learn the results of three teleprospecting tests that used a simple repeatable process to increase sales handoffs 304%.
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Have you ever wondered about how can you use LinkedIn for better lead generation and business development? In this post, I interview Susan Tatum, Partner at The Conversion Company. I met Susan through following her writing on her blog and her work in the LinkedIn community. Brian: What inspired you to do your work with […]
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How can you drive fast growth with marketing? Learn how in this in-depth interview with Jim Fowler, CEO of Owler on what he’s learned to drive fast growth
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I had coffee with a potential partner, and our conversation ebbed to us talking about business philosophy, marketing, and lead generation. I talked about freely sharing ideas and helping people. He replied something like, “I think companies [like yours] give away too many of their trade secrets on their website and blogs. They provide too […]
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What are the 5 ways you can immediately improve your account-based marketing (ABM) and selling? Listen or read the transcript from Brian Carroll’s interview with CRMRadio.today to Learn what you can immediately do to improve now.
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When I’ve talked with marketers about their B2B lead generation results, I’ve heard statements like, “We’re generating a ton of leads, but they aren’t converting” or “We need to increase quantity” or “We need to generate more qualified sales leads.” Marketers spend a lot of time and effort doing inbound marketing, but they often struggle […]
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People aren’t ready to buy when we want to sell. Think about it. This common statement has big implications if you’re doing account-based marketing (ABM) and lead generation. Why doing more lead generation activity doesn’t help generate more sales CEB discovered that a typical for B2B customer is 57% into their purchase process before they […]
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B2B Lead generation is rapidly changing process for companies with the advent of MarTech. In this recorded webinar be sharing where B2B marketers can focus and what are the “best few” things they can do to improve their b2b lead generation efforts immediately. In this webinar you’ll learn what you can do to improve the […]
Continue readingLearn 3 questions to align strategy, b2b marketing, and sales to get better results with Frank Cespedes, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School
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Updates the B2B Lead Blog and Brian Carroll talks about the future of marketing, demand generation and lead generation for the complex sale.
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Learn six ways marketers can deal with change and prepare for the future of marketing
Continue reading Learn how to apply the three keys for effective teleprospecting that drove an 839% in marketing qualified leads along with resources and tips you can use to get better results.
Continue reading Imagine doubling your lead conversion rate by doing one thing. What’s that one thing? Creating a better value proposition on your landing page. In the case study, you’ll learn how one company clarified the value proposition of a landing page for a 201% increase in captured leads. Here are the details of that case study: […]
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B2B marketers, stop focusing on generating leads. You’re wasting your time and your sales team’s time. Now that I have your attention, here’s what you should focus on instead: helping salespeople sell. How do you do that? By sending them only qualified leads. Most leads aren’t qualified Leads are only qualified when they fit your […]
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When you’re converting inquiries into qualified leads, it’s widely believed that time is of the essence. Even research published in the Harvard Business Review says you’re almost seven times more likely to qualify a lead if you respond by phone within five minutes than if you respond an hour later. That’s why, when one of […]
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