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How 5 Companies Are Using Inbound Marketing to Succeed in Competitive Markets

Hubspot

no one can resist an underdog. Small businesses with limited marketing budgets have always been at a disadvantage against big-name competitors. When you’re the shop on the corner, good luck competing with corporations with quarterly marketing budgets larger than your entire annual revenue. Rocky Balboa. The 1980 U.S.

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Best Day to Send B2B Email Marketing Campaigns

B2B Marketing Traction

On Mondays business people are overwhelmed and had a email inbox full of spam from the weekend. Then, in 2008, Morgan Stewart, research director at ExactTarget , an email marketing firm, was quoted in Fortune magazine in an article titled “ Sunday is the New Monday.”

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3 Marketing Lessons From Charles Darwin

Hubspot

We can largely thank the Internet for this, and the constant emergence of new marketing communications channels such as social networking and mobile. The way businesses market to and sell to potential buyers has changed. Companies spent 17% less on trade shows in 2009 verses 2008 4. Even 5 years ago. read full story ).

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

Demand Stream™ includes a Web widget that shows sales and marketing the names of companies visiting the Web site in near real-time. Users can query this widget to find out more about these visitors and decide if they want to purchase full business contact information. So, take my comments with a grain of salt.

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8 Interesting Things You Probably Didn't Know About Google's Algorithm

Hubspot

Luckily, Google has developed an algorithm that can read -- at a pace few of us can begin to fathom -- different signals from these pages that indicate how likely they are to answer your search query. Algorithms can also read how recent the content is, how likely it is to be spam, and how it pertains to your location.

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The Ultimate Glossary: 44 Email Marketing Terms Marketers Must Know

Hubspot

Email marketing is a central part of your inbound marketing strategy, but it can be an intimidating tactic to tackle if you're a newbie. Heck, even seasoned email marketers are continually learning new terms (we learned some new ones for this post!) Email Marketing Glossary: 44 Terms to Know. newsletters).

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Top 56 B2B Marketing Posts October 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Great content this month via the B2B Marketing Zone. Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. Don’t spam! Is social media creating a generation of cowards? I like Mitch. He’s smart. Simon Stanlake.