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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

ViewPoint

Curious about how long each has been a public company, I checked on the years in which their stocks were offered: Salesforce.com – 2004; SuccessFactors – 2007; and NetSuite – 2007. Continuing expansion of sales efforts means it will continue to be the largest cost. Target market challenges.

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Active Conversion Offers Strong Lead Management and Leaves Out the Rest

Customer Experience Matrix

For a more detailed description of this cycle, see Introduction to Demand Generation Systems in the Resources section of the Raab Guide. This keeps down the cost of ActiveConversion’s operations and therefore its prices, although of course marketers will have to pay someone else for their emails. Registration is no longer required.)

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B2B Marketplaces: A New Breed Takes On an Old Problem

Webbiquity

Web-based systems could improve transparency and efficiency, significantly and simultaneously reducing both procurement costs for buyers and selling costs for vendors. The company was acquired by an Italian cement maker in 2007 for $15 million. However, problems with this theory quickly became apparent.

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2 Mistakes that Cause Content Syndication to Fail

Online Marketing Institute

At our agency, the programs we negotiate for our clients are almost all performance-based, that is: they guarantee a minimum number of leads at a fixed cost. That individual may well be a great candidate for your product, it’s just that he/she doesn’t know it yet.) We had real problems with lead quality.”

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Micro Persuasion: Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Data Shows English Blogosphere Has Peaked » Sunday, February 25, 2007. Tracked on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 02:57 AM. Tracked on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 05:32 PM. Tracked on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 07:15 PM. Tracked on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 09:03 PM. gigabytes of storage. Read More].

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Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Needs”

The ROI Guy

In the current climate of austerity, IT has been running on empty, with neglected infrastructure and overworked resources. IT as a Cost Center Tracking year over year growth in IT spending over the past decade, we see that growth trends follow the macro-economy, but with rather shorter periods of negative growth.

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Marketing Sherpa Moment of Fame

WebMarketCentral

If you haven't downloaded Marketing Sherpa's Marketing Wisdom for 2007 report yet, check it out -- it's packed with insight, ideas, and a few just plain entertaining stories of real-world marketing. Lessons learned (a.k.a. Special delivery: The superhero packages were delivered via FedEx.