Proven methods to generate more b2b leads

January 21, 2015

For most business-to-business (B2B) marketers, mastering the complex sales cycle is essential to your business success. You need prospects to turn into quality leads, and for leads to become loyal customers. But how do you achieve this goal when the B2B sales cycle is complex and lengthy, often lasting 6 - 12 months? With economic downturns, growing competition and a renewed focus on the bottom line, how do you meet your company’s strategic goals while keeping today’s web searchers — with their short attention spans — engaged at every step of the B2B complex sales cycle?

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Slack and Company

Founded in 1988, Slack and Company is one of the world’s first integrated marketing communications (IMC) agencies and one of the very few that works exclusively with business-to-business marketers. The company works principally with change agents and disruptors to build strong business brands and generate profitable demand for their products, services and ideas. The agency is a charter member of the Worldwide Partners (WPI) B2B Network, the world’s largest network of independent agencies that specialize in b2b marketing or offer it as an area of practice.

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