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Choosing an Email Marketing Software « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

This question on a recent LinkedIn discussion thread for the Technology Marketing Community reminded me of when, a couple years ago, I delivered a presentation at the 2008 MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Summit. Excel Template for vendor comparison: you can download and use my template as a starting point. You get the point.

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Connecting with Skeptical / Frugal Buyers drives Content Marketing Spending up Significantly in 2010

The ROI Guy

Rich internet applications (RIAs) such as on-line interactive assessment tools, ROI calculators, and TCO comparisons are important elements of such campaigns. The results indicate that content marketing is being used to establish new connections with buyers: • Content marketing now comprises 33% of the total marketing budget (29% in 2008).

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2010s to now: Email design trends that survived the test of time

Litmus

2010 – Triggered emails become the norm, with 48% of marketers now sending triggered emails. Although more heavily a characteristic of the ’90s, we saw a combination of glossy mixed with the bevel and emboss technique in our early emails, shown by one of Megan Boshuyzen ’s first emails she designed in 2008. Drop shadows.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

link] Lauren Faith Great post that can be summarized as the old comparison of shotgun approaches and rifle approaches. I especially like your comparison of social media to digital bumper stickers and an expression of passion for something, as opposed to permission to market to them.

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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

The stages are: Needs Awareness Research Consideration & Comparison Procurement The white paper then goes on to explain how industrial marketers must match their marketing content to the buyer’s stage in the buy cycle. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

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5 Rules of Website Redesign for Engaging Engineers and Industrial.

Industrial Marketing Today

Unless your website shows up in the initial phases, you are probably not going to be considered in the next step, which is the comparison stage. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. It shouldn’t be an afterthought because retrofitting SEO after the redesign is typically not very effective and usually costs more.

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