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New Response Databases - Valuable Resource for B2B Marketers?

ViewPoint

Today we're honored to have guest blogger Ruth Stevens share her thoughts on database marketing. Business marketers are always suspicious of the data they are getting from list and data companies, whether its prospecting lists or data elements purchased for “append,” to fill in gaps.

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Interview with Brian Hansford

Onalytica B2B

And the buying process needs to be made as easy as possible. When I started my career, activity-based marketing communications was the core focus to help grow branding awareness. I also began working with CRM systems to enable database marketing efforts and lead results analytics.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

In fact, 88% said Web sites were important in helping them decide what to buy. The lead management automation market, about which I blogged previously , continues to attract new players at a rapid rate. Posted by: Jeff Paul Internet Millions | February 23, 2009 at 11:10 PM The comments to this entry are closed.

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

Convince & Convert

Is it good enough to just say “here is our product, go buy it?&# Where do you fit in going about understanding the customer wants, needs and desired outcomes, and adapting your offer accordingly? and hope for a.02 02 conversion rate – I don’t think so! through a new channel. All rights reserved.

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

Convince & Convert

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. link] #socialmedia #marketing [link] Maria Helm Do you know where to find your biggest fans?

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Numeric Scoring: The Key To Lead Management Success

Online Marketing Institute

Three key ones that we look at: profile match, engagement level, and buying cycle position. The third dimension we use is the lead's position in the buying cycle. Buying cycle is tricky, since decision makers and influencers can be at different individual stages in the process from each other. This can be a bit noisy.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 234: Q & A with Jon Miller @jonmiller

Heinz Marketing

If you were involved in database marketing, B2B marketing, before marketing automation, you’re probably familiar with a little company called Epiphany, which was all about database marketing, which was all about precision marketing. And you can do that in account-based ways.