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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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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Opposite of Advertising How can a company embark on an branding campaign without prominently displaying its logo? Sometimes going against established “best practices&# may pay off.

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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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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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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.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 7, 2011

It just goes to show that there is still a lot of controversy when it comes to creative briefs in marketing. Big companies and small companies have different needs, and so their briefs are also formatted differently. If you come from the agency side, you are used to a certain format. United States License. United States License.

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MAY 7, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Explaining Social Media If you need to explain what social media is and the impact it can have in your company or industry, the slideshow below might help. United States License. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Corporate America usually relies on some form of compensation system which basically uses a reward/punishment method that tries to coerce people into doing what the company wants. And how about your staff or your company’s employees? Can you make something fun that will entertain and educate them? Some food for thought.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

How many B2B vs. B2C companies, industries, and even job titles. Email Vendor Selection Methodology - Part 2 now online: [link] #emailmarketing #b2bmarketing 2 hours ago I just grabbed @ AppSumo action video, Google AdWords secrets for Free. billion emails sent. United States License. United States License. United States License.

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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

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

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. Yup, it is more complicated when you get to the implementation phase of the program, and that’s where most companies fail. How is it that your product or service will benefit me?

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Email Vendor Selection Methodology - Part 2 now online: [link] #emailmarketing #b2bmarketing 2 hours ago I just grabbed @ AppSumo action video, Google AdWords secrets for Free. To make it easier for everyone I’ve compiled the suggestions from the group into an easy-to-read list (sorted alphabetically). United States License.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

We all like stories of companies that mess up and in the process of trying to clean up their act end up messing up even more. 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. What stories or lessons learned do you have to share?

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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 leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Big companies all turn to Gartner’s reports to help them on emerging trends and technologies. Software vendors like to boast when they are placed in a specific position on Gartner’s famous Magic Quadrant report. From what some vendors say , depending on your space the analyst report won’t help you at all. Stay tuned!

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I recently attended the Business of Software conference where I participated in a Pecha Kucha competition. What if we could change the way our companies treat presentations and just give everyone six minutes to tell their stories? This entry was posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under Communication.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Web Prototyping With PowerPoint Website re-designs are a common project on the hands of marketers at companies of all sizes. PowerPoint is something everyone knows how to use, though.

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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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MAY 18, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking What Type of Marketer Are You? When hiring someone for a marketing position , it’s important to know these different types exist. United States License. United States License.

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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. Short copy. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

When companies start to tailor content to different audiences and stages of the buying cycle, they greatly increase the amount of content, and the type of content needed changes&# Marketing Roles Are Evolving Marketing used to have clearly defined roles. Does it sound familiar? A new role is starting to take shape.

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APRIL 9, 2009

The site not only lists top executives based on approval ratings but also shows you reviews that give you some more specifics of the person, the company, and what it feels like working there. One of the more interesting features is the ability to search for salaries paid at a specific company. United States License.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

This is also a good resource for ensuring your staff is being compensated according to the market and for negotiating salary with someone you are hiring. This entry was posted on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 10:57 am and is filed under Hiring , Marketing Planning , Marketing Strategy. Happy salary negotiation!

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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. Just as a sidenote, I thought ironic the fact that for a “digital marketing conference&# that focused on social media (blogs, wikis, twitter, facebook, etc.)

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Are the tasks you and your team working on going to directly affect the company’s ability to compete in the marketplace? Are the marketing campaigns you are planning or have planned going to directly influence sales? Food for thought. United States License. United States License. United States License.

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JANUARY 6, 2009

In some cases you may have to do some market research prior to changing the product packaging, or contact your customers as a result of new customer service website login options. This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 10:17 pm and is filed under Marketing Planning , Marketing Strategy.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Networker’s Dream Ever been in a situation where you are trying to get a hold of someone or get introduced to another person but just can’t figure out how? This is the reality for most salespeople.

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JANUARY 18, 2009

You probably heard of countless stories of how a company faced a crisis situation and was able to turn it around and come out even better than before (remember the Tylenol scandal? Johnson came out victorious after a well planned management of the crisis that could have cost the company dearly). United States License.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

You can’t be a marketer without having done some surveys in your life, otherwise where will you have gotten your data from? With the advent of cheap online survey software, everyone it seems is creating and sending out surveys. How did you target and fine tune your messages? that will positively affect your campaigns.

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JULY 21, 2009

It’s like saying everyone should do email marketing, everyone should do podcasts, print ads and TV spots. Choosing the right social media strategy While some may say that since your employees are already using social media (facebook pages, tweeter accounts, linkedin posts, etc.) Do we need to create rules or procedures for using it?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

So if you are ready to becoming an effective marketer, master these 8 principles (see previous posts for the other seven principles) and you will be one step ahead of the competition. This entry was posted on Friday, February 6th, 2009 at 10:20 pm and is filed under Communication , Teamwork. United States License.

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APRIL 6, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Get Hired in Marketing Want a marketing job? I was recently hiring a marketing coordinator for my company and once again it became obvious to me that most candidates do a poor job at interviewing.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Understand and map your needs First and foremost, you should list out all the ways in which your company will be using webinars and the platform. One other thing to consider is the teleconference provider, especially for your marketing webinars that are likely to have dozens of attendees. Why not kill three birds with one stone?

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 17, 2009

In marketing is especially important to ensure that the company as a whole is aware of what is being done. Marketing, after all, affects every part of the organization. The principle of communicating also applies to ensuring the marketing manager gives the necessary information to others in the company to get their jobs done.

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JANUARY 3, 2009

An effective marketer, therefore, is someone who can accomplish his/her goals and produce the results set forth by the company. Notice I didn’t say ‘marketing results’, I’m referring to the Corporate goals because no marketing can be effective if it doesn’t contribute to the overall goals of the company.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

8 Principles for Effective Marketers Those principles are easily transferable to marketing professionals: Principle 1: Ask yourself “what needs to be done”? As a marketer what is the ONE thing you need to do that will really determine whether your company will be successful? Where is the company headed?

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