51% of B2B Marketers: Purchasing-Time Horizon Is the Most Valuable Lead Data

For B2B marketers hoping to connect with small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), there are a number of valuable data points that inform their lead-generation efforts, but none are more valuable than purchasing-time horizon. That’s one of the main findings of a recent survey of more than 500 of Business.com’s pay-per-lead advertisers. Valuable Data According to…

Infographic: ‘The Great Sales Debate: Is Science Overtaking the Art of Selling?’

Velocify, the sales automation and lead-management software company formerly known as Leads360, has shared an infographic that compares the science of selling with the art of selling. “Clearly science is an indisputable driver of sales success in today’s fast paced, always-connected world. That said, the value of the art of selling cannot be underestimated

Facebook Loosens Rules for Businesses Running Promotions

With a change to its Pages Terms, Facebook is making it easier for Page administrators to run promotions on its social network. The old version of the terms required businesses to run promotions via apps only; the updated version lifts that restriction and allows businesses to administer promotions on their Timelines and in Facebook apps.…

M-Commerce Spending Hits $4.7 Billion in Q2 2013, Could Reach $10 Billion in Q4 2013

According to comScore, mobile commerce (m-commerce) spending reached $4.7 billion in the second quarter, up 24 percent from the $3.8 billion in m-commerce spending in the second quarter of 2012. In the first half of 2013, m-commerce spending hit $10.6 billion, which is the equivalent of $1 of $10 in total digital commerce spending during…