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Monday, February 8, 2010
Since the advent of email marketing in the mid-1990s, companies have embraced the misconception that email is virtually “free” as a marketing medium. This false impression often leads to over-communication, which, in turn, triggers diminished response rates, spam complaints, and unsubscribes. Even marketers who are sensitive to email recklessness sometimes face internal pressures, such as of year revenue numbers, to send “one last blast to the
 
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Sometimes, the evolution of what is available online and how buyers access it tends to form a bit of a positive feedback loop that rapidly changes behaviours, and therefore what marketers need to do. Take, for example, search. Today’s buyers are rapidly becoming accustomed to the prevalence of valuable information online , and the increasing accuracy of search engines.
 
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Continuing on a theme that received great feedback, I wanted to provide another real, down in the details, way to evaluate the various claims in the marketing automation field. Last time we looked a way to ensure that a provider could have the performance needed for your marketing goals - a quick and simple upload that will test actual marketing automation system performance . In this post, it's worth taking it one
 

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The conversations are happening, and as marketers we do not have control of them. That much we know, and for anyone who doubts it, David Meerman Scott's discussions on the topic are excellent - http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451f23a69e2010536ba07b6970c . But, what does that mean for us as B2B marketers?
Much of the conversation around how best to set up lead scoring tends to focus around the aspects of the buyer's digital body language that are most interesting. What whitepaper, excerpt, or download they last looked at, and what this means in terms of their propensity to purchase. These are all great discussions to have, but there are eight critical questions that need to be contemplated and discussed in order to build a lead scoring
We just finished up Eloqua Experience 2009, which was a spectacular event all around. Marketers from around the world came to celebrate success, and we filled three days with great discussions, fabulous speakers, and new connections among the best marketers in the world. One of the aspects of the event that we were most excited about this year, however, was the concurrent online conversation and tremendous buzz that the event generated in social media.
Chris Brogan asked an interesting question the other day on Twitter, and it got me thinking. He asked "Why do you try to acquire followers? Meaning vs just building relationships?" It's a great question because we've all seen people on Twitter aggressively trying to acquire new followers. Why?
Yesterday, Steve Jobs announced Apple's latest device, the iPad. A 10 inch, touch-screen tablet with Wi-Fi access, and an extension of the iPhone/iPod platform for both application development and media purchase. It's a beautiful device, as is expected from Apple, and will surely see plenty of uptake over the coming year.

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Monday, February 8, 2010
For B2B organizations looking to shorten sales cycles, increase revenue and achieve better marketing ROI, marketing automation is the natural answer. These automated solutions manage the process of converting prospects to buyers by automating tasks and workflows such as: Demand generation
 
Monday, February 8, 2010
One of the most seemingly ludicrous, annoying, and pervasive Twitter scams are the promises of free teeth whitening.  So, what is this all about? The teeth whitening scams work by creating fake websites that appear to be blogs with personal testimonials. An example would be www.karensteeth.com . 
 
Monday, February 8, 2010
If you are a B2B marketer, or are responsible for B2B lead generation, do not miss this half-day seminar on March 3, 2010 at the Westin Grand hotel in Washington, DC. This all new for 2010 session of B2B marketing University is focused on helping you stay ahead of the curve and excel in the changing B2B marketing environment. Join us and take your marketing and lead generation to the next level.
 

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