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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Summary: So you want some hard numbers to prove the value of marketing automation? Here's a bunch. client asked yesterday if I had some benchmark information to justify the cost of her marketing automation project. This set off an hour-long scavenger hunt through my hard drive, followed by sporadic afterthoughts later in the day. 51% win rates 55.6%
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Summary: DataMentors has launched a low-cost marketing database product with limited functionality. It's an interesting test of what marketers really want. Marketing database software and service vendor DataMentors last week tossed its hat into the ever-more-crowded ring of marketing automation for small(ish) businesses. Back up. Fifty fields?
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Summary: LeadForce1 infers Web visitors' intent and sales stage from the contents they read. It combines this with standard B2B marketing automation features to provide better-qualified leads to sales people. This intrigues me in its own way although it's not as much fun as looking at cool new technologies. Such is my take on LeadForce1.
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Summary: Here are links to about twenty studies with statistics on online media consumption and advertising spend. Many are contradictory, but it's clear that marketers need to invest in social media, which might eventually replace search as the primary way that customers find them. You won’t be surprised that there’s plenty of data out there.
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Friday, August 3, 2007
To carry on a bit with yesterday’s topic— QlikTech fascinates me on two levels: first, because it is such a powerful technology, and second because it’s a real-time case study in how a superior technology penetrates an established market. in a future post. Perhaps I shall. Plus, you don’t know what else was going on that contributed to the results.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Summary: marketing has shifted steadily over time from passive to active consumer engagement. Social media is the latest stage in this evolution. Marketers need to master new skills at each stage; as they do, advertising budgets will shift to take advantage of the new medium's increased effectiveness. Today it is represented primarily by television.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Summary: some published examples of "hard" ROI from social media. As part of the preparation for next Tuesday’s Webinar with 1to1 Media and Neolane (register here ), I poked around for some concrete examples of ROI from social media. Here’s what I found. also found plenty of insightful content that doesn’t include specific numbers.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
It took me some time to form a clear picture of analytical database vendor Infobright , despite an excellent white paper that seems to have since vanished from their Web site. Note: Per Susan Davis' comment below, they have since reloaded it here.] According to CEO Miriam Tuerk, this approach can reduce data transfers by up to 90%.
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
The best way to promote your company or products is by helping people. Using your expertise to answer people’s questions is one of the most effective marketing activities you can imagine. Nowadays people are not only searching. People try to find the information they are looking for by asking questions. There are a number of websites like [.].
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Existentialist playwright Samuel Beckett would have loved this one: Most email marketers continued to send email at a steady, high frequency for nearly two years, despite a total lack of response from the subscriber (no opens, no clicks, no purchases), according to a new study. The results are less than encouraging. cents. Subscribe to RSS.
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Online marketing is unique for each business. For large businesses that rely on channel partners to sell and distribute products, the online marketing process can be a challenge. With many channel partners across multiple locations, how can a business make sure that partners have the leads they need to help grow the business? Share the success!
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Weblog. Send Feedback. Video Tour. Capture, record, share. Communication is evolving. Capture Images. Snap a picture of anything on your desktop. Record Video. Record video of what you do, or what you see. Share Online. Instantly uploaded. Share in email, IM, or blogs. Download. For Mac OS X. Download. For Windows. What is this thing called Jing?
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Friday, July 11, 2008
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Google Guide is an online interactive tutorial and reference for experienced users, novices, and everyone in between. developed Google Guide because I wanted more information about Googles capabilties, features, and services than I found on Googles website. Nancy Blachman. Start now: Jump to a section: Overview. Contents. Favorites. Query Input.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
explore. visualizations. data sets. comments. topic hubs. participate. register. create visualization. upload data set. create topic hub. learn more. quick start. visualization types. about Many Eyes. site map. -->. Sign in. data sets. comments. visualizations. people. topic hubs. Try Our Featured Visualizations. Smoking in the U.S. alice wont you?
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Subscribe via RSS. Subscribe via Email. Welcome to Dumb Little Man. Each week we provide a handful of tips that will save you money, increase your productivity, or simply keep you sane. 20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches. For millions of people Google is an indispensable search tool that they use every day, in all facets of their lives.
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