David Byrd : Raven Call
David Byrd
David Byrd is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer for Raven Guru Marketing. Previously, he was the CMO and EVP of Sales for CloudRoute. Prior to CloudRoute, He was CMO at ANPI, CMO & EVP of Sales at Broadvox, VP of channels and Alliances for Telcordia and Director of eBusiness development with i2 Technologies.He has also held executive positions with Planet Hollywood Online, Hewlett-Packard, Tandem Computers, Sprint and Ericsson.

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Marketing Insights for 2018 - The Engagement Economy

August 15, 2017

The attention economy is based upon a marketplace where prospects and customers agree to receive services in exchange for their attention. The best example of this is a newspaper where content is offered in exchange for the attention of the consumer. Consumers are then offered buying opportunities through advertising. The newspaper makes some money from the sales of advertised goods and services, not the original content.

Posted in Digital Marketing, Fractional CMO, Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Communications
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Multivariate Testing

March 23, 2017

Perhaps, the least discussed, least understood and possibly the most valuable form of marketing analysis are the multivariate techniques. Most marketing professionals emphasize and discuss A/B testing. It is applied to many outbound and inbound marketing tactics such as email subject lines, landing page titles, call to action text and buttons and various marketing automation campaigns. However, A/B testing does not address the more complicated marketing questions where the overall approach to audience receptivity is called into question.

Posted in Branding, Digital Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Marketing
Inbound Marketing Process

The Final Step to Marketing Excellence: Step Seven - Sales Qualified Leads

January 10, 2017

The Seven Steps to Marketing Excellence are:

  1. Strategy
  2. Product
  3. Markets
  4. Brand
  5. Communications
  6. Lead Generation
  7. Sales Qualified Leads

Sales Qualified Leads

The Marketing and sales funnel is most effective when buyers move from one buying phase to the next; inquiries to leads, leads to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs), MQLs to Sales Qualified leads (SQLs) and SQLs to closed business. 

Moving buyers through each phase requires more than cold calling, advertising or digital marketing alone. If the objective is to build robust and growing sales pipelines with sales qualified leads, then the information communicated must progress in depth and relevance as the buyers moves from the inquiry phase to purchasing. This is referred to as lead nurturing.

Posted in Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Sales Qualified Leads

Seven Steps to Marketing Excellence: Step Four - Branding and Brand Identity

December 12, 2016

The Seven Steps to Marketing Excellence are:

  1. Strategy
  2. Product
  3. Market Segmentation
  4. Brand
  5. Communications
  6. Lead Generation
  7. Sales Qualified Leads

Step Four – Branding and Brand Identity

Every business has a unique vision, strategy and business environment. These collectively define the expression of your brand and clarifies what you stand for so you can communicate your product to your audience in a way that resonates. Your brand identity is one of the most valuable assets of your business and needs to be crafted to authentically represent the business.

Posted in Branding, Digital Marketing, Fractional CMO, Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Communications

Seven Steps to Marketing Excellence: Step Two - Product

November 15, 2016

The Seven Steps to Marketing Excellence are:

  1. Strategy
  2. Product
  3. Market Segmentation
  4. Brand
  5. Communications
  6. Lead Generation
  7. Sales Qualified Leads

Step Two – Product

I got my start in marketing by way of Product Management and Product Marketing. It is important to understand that there is a difference between Product Management and Product Marketing but both functions work in close collaboration from product inception to delivery. So, I find Product Management and Marketing (PMM) needs to be closely intertwined with Engineering and the Marketing team to successfully deliver the specified product to the marketplace that meets the brand promise.

Posted in Branding, Digital Marketing, Fractional CMO, Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Communications

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