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Have We Really Improved Marketing Productivity?

B2B Marketing Directions

The following table shows the conversion rates reported by SiriusDecisions for 2008 and 2014: What is most striking about this data is that it indicates there was essentially no improvement in conversion rates - particularly the overall lead-to-revenue conversion rate - between 2008 and 2014.

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Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

Response rates for email are down as inboxes fill up and your message has a harder and harder time standing out; meanwhile, the volume of physical mail has declined to the point where a well-crafted direct mail piece has a better chance of being noticed now than it has in 20 years.

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12 Email Marketing Mistakes To Avoid [New Report]

Hubspot

While I was working at MarketingSherpa, we published MarketingSherpa’s Dirty Dozen: Email Newsletter Mistakes Nearly Everyone Makes as a lead generation offer for the 2008 Email Marketing Summit. Mistake #9: Disregarding Your BlackBerry and Mobile Readers - The number of mobile readers has exploded since 2008.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

I would put Demandbase here along with firms like Active Conversion, Hubspot, iHance, Leadlander, Sales Genius, and Zoominfo. These methods are becoming less and less effective - email open rates are falling, response rates are falling, connect rates on phone calls are declining, etc. I’m sure I forgot a few.

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9 call analytics platforms for marketing teams to consider

Martech

Severna Park, Maryland-based CallTrackingMetrics was founded in 2008. Santa Barbara, California-based Invoca was founded in 2008. Integrations with a range of third-party martech, adtech, CRM and chat systems including Salesforce CRM, Adobe Analytics, Google Ads and HubSpot. CallTrackingMetrics. Target customers.

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The Ultimate Glossary: 44 Email Marketing Terms Marketers Must Know

Hubspot

A segmented list means a more targeted and relevant email campaign, thus a higher response rate and less unsubscribes and spam reports. Open Rate - The percentage of emails opened in an email marketing campaign, or the percentage opened of the total number of emails sent. Copyright © 2008 Constant Contact, Inc.

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Glossary: 29 Email Marketing Terms Marketers Must Know

Hubspot

HTML makes an email more interesting and when used properly can generate response rates up to 35% higher than plain text. Targeting is very important for an email marketer because a targeted and relevant email campaign will yield a higher response rate and (hopefully) result in fewer unsubscribes. All rights reserved.