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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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How an Email Newsletter Helped Money Magazine Reinvent Itself

Contently

And many of the younger readers Money needed to entice entered the workforce during the 2008 recession. “As far as success metrics, we’re just looking at subscriber numbers and response rate. .” But when the digital revolution started to change the magazine business, Money found itself in a bit of a bind.

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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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Survey says. Marketers are tired of Web 2.0!!

Buzz Marketing for Technology

All 1,800+ active members of MENG were emailed on November 15, 2008 and asked to complete an online survey. The Survey was closed on December 2, 2008 with a total of 643 responses (representing a 36% response rate). was cited most frequently.

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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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Best Day to Send B2B Email Marketing Campaigns

B2B Marketing Traction

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.” Then track the results to see if there is an improvement in responses or email reads and click-throughs. What day is it and whom do you target?