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Six Ways to Connect with Hard-to-Reach Business Buyers

Webbiquity

Forbes reports that “direct mail’s response rates are actually anywhere from 10 to 30 times higher than that of digital.” The financial market meltdown in 2008 seemed like the final straw. ” Not just any direct mail, though. But the story didn’t turn out that way.

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Hard Data to Justify Your Marketing Automation Investment

Customer Experience Matrix

The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% Statistics include: • 16.5%

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Have We Really Improved Marketing Productivity?

B2B Marketing Directions

Efficiency is usually measured by the percentage of potential buyers or leads who are "converting" from one lead stage to the next. The 2008 conversion rates largely reflect marketing productivity before many of the marketing innovations mentioned above had become widely adopted.

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Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

Doing a better job of training employees and qualifying leads? Looking for some off-the-beaten-trail ideas for driving more site traffic? Getting more out of those expensive marketing conferences? Meeting the biggest challenges in b2b marketing head-on? Then you're in the right place!

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How do Marketers Measure Online Marketing?

Anything Goes Marketing

According to a Penton Media Custom Research study commissioned by PROMO Magazine , click-throughs and response rates are still mostly used to measure the success of marketing campaigns. for every dollar spent in 2008. Measuring Email ROI On another note, the DMA found that e-mail's ROI will reach $45.65

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

As part of a broader lead generation, on-demand platform, Demandbase offers a free, downloadable Web application built on Adobe AIR (one of 3 investors in an $8M round they also announced.) The lead management automation market, about which I blogged previously , continues to attract new players at a rapid rate.

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High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

Industrial Marketing Today

And that reality of the flooded inbox is very evident from steadily dropping response rates of only 1% to 3% range for traditional email marketing. Are you interested in lead generation, lead nurturing and/or building authority and brand awareness? According to SirrusDecisions research, the B2B buyer receives 20.3