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When life knocks you down, get up

Guest post by: Jeff Ogden

Article Overview: Author’s note: One of my all-time favorite posts. In a recent Laugh and Learn (our weekly show on B2B marketing featuring wit and humor) the topic was a great video on free hugs from Italy. Haunting music too. Really inspiring.

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When life knocks you down, get up

Lead Generation Companies | The Power of Perseverance

But as you watch that video, you see that they initially failed over and over. Finally, people started paying attention and the hugs start coming.
The lesson from that video is this: When life kicks you in the teeth and knocks you down - get up. Over and over and over.

Case in point - we've worked our butts off for two years with little to show. We made some decent money but not enough.

On Friday, a fellow Notre Dame grad connects with me on Linkedin. He learns what we do and he knows a lot of companies I'd love to crack into. He's helping me now.

Then a lady I've been trying to reach for weeks connects with me. She's now a key ally.

Also, we did a contest on B2B Marketing Ideas. Great press and killer press release coming out tomorrow too. Should get us tons of press.

A prospect found our website by doing a Google search for free white paper on sales lead generating

Here's the bottom line - in my mind:

  • When life knocks you down, get up.
  • When life knocks you down a second time, get up.
  • When life knocks you down a third time, get up.
  • When life knock you down for the 9,999th time, get up.
  • What do you think? Do others share this ‘never say die' attitude?


I'm President of the B2B lead generation consultancy Find New Customers. You can follow me on Twitter at @fearlesscomp.

It seems we've bounced back from the fiasco last August, when a tiny CRM company named A p l i c o r refused to return our domains and we went dark. We had to buy a new domain, www.findnewcustomers.com and start over.

How did we do in the last 10 months? One way to measure is to use Hubspot's Grader.com tools, as they provide a nice measurable result. Here's how we do now:

Find New Customers (website) scores 98.5 out of 100

Fearless Competitor (blog) scores 98 out of 100

@fearlesscomp (Twitter) scores 100 out of 100

Jeff Ogden (@fearlesscomp) is President of the B2B lead generation consultancy, Find New Customers. Find New Customers helps companies rapidly grow revenue by transforming the ways they find, engage and win new customers. To contact Find New Customers, call (516) 495-9350 or send an email to sales at findnewcustomers.com.

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About the Author: Jeff Ogden
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President of the B2B lead generation company Find New Customers. Also the host of the B2B marketing show, Mad Marketing TV. We help companies rapidly grow revenue by transforming the ways they attract, engage and win new customers.

With 8 out of 10 companies saying the lack of quality sales leads is their biggest problem, they need help. SiriusDecisions also found that fewer than 1 out of 10 companies that implement lead management software went beyond the basics. They need help.

We help companies implement world class lead generation programs. Companies need quality sales leads, so they need sales lead generation programs including social media marketing. They need to implement lead nurturing programs. We are considered one of the best leads generation companies in business today.

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