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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.” According to Bob Carrigan, CEO of International Data Group , “It [content] fulfills the promise of the Web, which is relationship marketing.”

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Turning Web Site Visitors into Paying Customers

Online Marketing Institute

“Until we can demonstrate that automation actually gives a reduced cost of customer acquisition,&# Ramos says, businesses may be reluctant to spend money on such services. 7) Web Site Design (56) Weblogs in Business (17) WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck requires Flash Player 9 or better. 6) ERP (17) Internet Cust.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

And, as I tried to communicate in the post, social media acquisition campaigns aren’t really social media at all, IMHO. And, as I tried to communicate in the post, social media acquisition campaigns aren’t really social media at all, IMHO. Using social media to acquire customers is like using email to acquire customers.

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Marketing Automation Catching On Fire

The Effective Marketer

With time, a shake out is likely (in fact, the recent acquisition of Unica and Aprimo may point to consolidation ) and the evolution of solutions will ensure marketing automation has a place in most marketing organizations, much like CRM is now standard for sales departments. Keep going! Marketing automation is still in its infancy.

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Social Pros 10 – Lauren Teague, PGA Tour

Convince & Convert

Are they saying that most movies succeed in social media, because they go out on a very expensive Facebook “Like” acquisition program? 81% of the people believe that CEOs who engage in social media are better equipped to lead companies in this fantastic Web 2.0 Then Stewart Cink followed not long after that in 2009.

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Is Your Industrial Website Still Just a Business Card?

Industrial Marketing Today

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