The ROI Guy

APRIL 7, 2011

The latest marketing spending survey results are out and the budget news is finally good for technology marketers. According to IDC’s annual “Tech Marketing Barometer Study”, marketing budgets are recovering with strength in 2011, with an expected 8% annual increase over 2010 levels.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking How Success is Misunderstood How do you define success? If you answered “it depends&# , then you’re thinking smart. Number of leads generated? Amount of sales or deals closed?

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MARCH 24, 2011

According to a recent chart published by MarketingSherpa (below), 80% of marketers don’t spend time qualifying leads before sending them to sales. It is interesting that back in 2009, MarketingSherpa had published a chart showing the key challenges marketers faced and “generating high quality leads&# was the top one.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

What seems to be the opposite thinking of the advertising school became the winning campaign of Banco Hipotecario , a financial services business based in Argentina. Sometimes going against established “best practices&# may pay off. Sources for more info on this story are: Creativity Online article, F*ck Smaller.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

This entry was posted on Monday, February 7th, 2011 at 10:05 am and is filed under Online Marketing , Webinars. I encourage you to download the FREE report from On24 and check out some additional nuggets that can help you evaluation your own webcasting program. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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MAY 18, 2011

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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AUGUST 2, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking How to Fail at Social Media The challenge of keeping up with the competition in the social media space is not new. The solution, it seems, is far more complicated. United States License.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Ghost Blogging Debate Done Right If there is a discussion that will never die is the Ghost Blogging debate. Schaefer , another excellent blogger and marketer. United States License.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Their latest study points out that “The majority of B2B organizations are increasing marketing budgets for inbound marketing tactics, including social media, virtual events and webinars, SEO and PPC&#. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at 12:19 pm and is filed under Email Marketing , Lead generation , Marketing Training , Online Marketing. billion emails sent. As with all analysis and reports out there, you have to take all of the recommendations with a grain of salt. United States License.

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MAY 10, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Taming Your Brand Mascot From Tony The Tiger, Trix Rabbit and Energizer Bunny to Ronald McDonald and even John McCain (?!) brand mascots are a common tool to promote your product or service.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

They talk about how the increase in the number of available marketing channels coupled with the resource constraints of most marketing organizations is the toughest challenge for marketers to overcome. So with all these new channels available, why does email marketing continue to be a top choice for marketers everywhere?

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 7, 2011

This entry was posted on Friday, January 7th, 2011 at 9:05 am and is filed under Content Marketing , Marketing Planning. And, if you’re interested in looking at some different formats for creative briefs, check out this blog post on creative brief template review. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

On Monday I attended a Marketing Automation Monday event, put together by the Marketing Automation Association , a newly formed group of marketing professionals that discusses all things related to marketing automation and best practices. United States License. United States License. United States License.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Click to download the WordPress Plugins for Marketers in Excel (XLS) format. This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 at 9:05 am and is filed under Content Marketing , Online Marketing , Social Media. Reply WordPress Plugins for Marketers | WordPress News says: February 26, 2011 at 10:29 pm [.]

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The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

Then with all the triggers in place, sit back and watch the software do the job of sending the right message to the right prospect at the right time. How is it that your product or service will benefit me? Wow, it’s magical! Yes, except for one little detail. Who’s going to write all that new content? We have all been there.

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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2010

.&# MarketingSherpa is known for quality content and I have attended a couple conferences ( I was a speaker at the Email Marketing Summit 2008) and have always thought that the best you get from attending an event like this is more in the form of networking than in content itself. Like Be the first to like this post.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Danger of Email Marketing Benchmarks A recent article from BtoB Online about email deliverability reminded me of how dangerous this whole thing of email marketing deliverability numbers can be.

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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I’ve already discussed the use of PowerPoint for website reviews and if you’re starting from scratch it not only provides you with a grate starting point but is a low cost solutions. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

This last bit is important for factors outside your influence, maybe a contract that depends on another company has to be signed for the joint marketing campaign to start, or what to do if certain assumptions you’ve made when putting together the plan fail to materialize (i.e. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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MAY 7, 2010

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Books and theories exist on how to get people to perform their best or to change the way they behave (“ Bringing Out The Best In People &# comes to mind) but rarely we see those in action. This entry was posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under Communication , Marketing Strategy , Social Media.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Quality varies: [link] Can you recommend other resources for free marketing knowledge? This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 12:05 pm and is filed under Marketing Training. What else is out there, you may ask. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

So while adding another person to your marketing budget may seem tricky at first, maybe you don’t have to hire an additional person (although for larger organizations that should definitely be the case). How you decide to work with it will determine whether you succeed or fail. United States License. United States License.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

And now with social media, there’s no telling who will be the next United to see its market cap hurt because of a blog post or youtube video. A recent article ( When digital marketing strategies go wrong ) from Revolution Magazine, a UK publication, reviews some of the most interesting social media mishaps.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 17, 2010

Design #11 Email Sender: Tableau Software Email Title: 50 Metrics Every Marketer Should Master What I Like: Small but visible logo on top left identifies the company immediately. Note : The emails are in no particular order and the senders were selected at random from a variety of emails I get. Click on the images for larger version.

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JULY 23, 2010

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I recently attended the Business of Software conference where I participated in a Pecha Kucha competition. This entry was posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under Communication. What if you could change all that and have the message, whatever is was, delivered to you in six minutes and forty seconds?

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The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

That’s why we made our best to create a really plain way of getting things done. One of our core objectives is to make our tool usable by people with different backgrounds, of course technical staff but designers or people more focused in the business side as well. United States License. United States License. United States License.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Software vendors like to boast when they are placed in a specific position on Gartner’s famous Magic Quadrant report. This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 12:30 pm and is filed under Marketing Planning , Marketing Strategy. Stay tuned! Like Be the first to like this post.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 16, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Don’t Forget Your Company History The recent advent of the lost NASA tapes (they lost the original tapes from the Apollo 11 mission, the first Moon landing, then found out that they had all been erased) got me thinking.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 7, 2009

Ron Adelman, from WSI Marketing , discussed Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in a down-to-earth manner that was refreshing at the same time very entertaining. This entry was posted on Saturday, March 7th, 2009 at 9:32 pm and is filed under Marketing Planning , Marketing Strategy , Social Media , Uncategorized.

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MAY 18, 2010

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AUGUST 25, 2009

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 9:02 pm and is filed under Communication. 2 Responses to Killed By Powerpoint The captivated listener says: August 26, 2009 at 8:39 am I couldn’t agree more. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Like Be the first to like this post.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking If you’re gonna copy, make it right An interesting blog post by Jason Cohen at OnStartups.com discussed why you shouldn’t copy other companies just because they were successful at what they do.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 29, 2009

Do you ever stop at some point during the week to rethink your actions, rethink your role, rethink your strategy? Being tuned to the market and being able to notice patterns is only possible if you do your job with eyes wide open. Create this email here, prepare a webinar there, and send the artwork for publication in that magazine.

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