The Effective Marketer

MARCH 24, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Why Sales and Marketing Don’t Get Along Talk to marketing mangers and sales managers about their biggest complaint and you will likely hear “They don’t follow up on leads!&# from the sales guy.

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The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 2, 2010

The problem is, when a company does very well with a campaign, others come and try to copy the same formula thinking it will also yield higher numbers, but no! Why is it that one company fails miserable while the other gets it right? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Number of leads generated? If you see another company being successful (however you define success) and you try to apply the same method, can you guarantee you will also achieve success? A B2B company applying tactics used by B2C companies can be very successful but only after some necessary translation is done.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 7, 2011

Big companies and small companies have different needs, and so their briefs are also formatted differently. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter!

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! An Excel file is available at the end of the post with all this info. Like Be the first to like this post.

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The Effective Marketer

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. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2011

If you have just started your 2011 campaigns after battling the budget process, I bet you can definitely see some relation to your own company. According to the research “ email marketing’s ability to provide a high quantity of leads combined with direct revenue gains ” is what makes it still an attractive channel.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Choosing an Email Marketing Software Who’s the best email marketing company/software? The important thing is to lead with the analytics side before throwing the qualitative evaluation into the mix.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

How many B2B vs. B2C companies, industries, and even job titles. 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. 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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The Effective Marketer

DECEMBER 8, 2010

How do you setup your scoring system for inbound leads? How do you get a feedback loop established with sales so that you can get better at scoring your leads? Most companies start off with one track for their automation and nurturing programs and expand with time. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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JUNE 6, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! Click here to listen to the recording.

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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? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 10, 2011

Click to enlarge With the new round of financing, HubSpot now leads the pack in terms of VC funding and takes the total amount raised to date by key marketing players to over $220 million. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 I know these companies well. Everyone Wins But it also means something else.

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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. This entry was posted on Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 8:15 am and is filed under Uncategorized. 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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JUNE 7, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading! Big companies are big targets.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 3, 2011

Companies need to be able to track and measure customer interactions from a reliable source and that has driven a lot of the recent interest in Marketing Automation and Customer Intelligence technologies. 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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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? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Some food for thought.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 10, 2010

More recently even Twitter mascots have been showing up as a company’s public face. The company reported $9.7 You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 They are one of the most powerful marketing tools a company can use to build a strong brand, if they are designed and deployed the right way.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 18, 2010

After interviewing many marketers for different positions at my company and meeting marketing professionals regularly at events, I came to the conclusion that there are two types of marketers: Passionate Marketers Job Marketers The first group is comprised of those that, as the name suggests, have a real passion for marketing.

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Is a valid question to answer in your objective) and although he doesn’t describe what the “marketing objectives” are, I would focus on lead generation numbers (how many qualified leads, for example) although other metrics such as “number of blog posts” or “twitter messages” could be valid objectives for social media campaigns.

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The Effective Marketer

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. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing Content That Sells When talking with lead nurturing and marketing automation vendors they all make it seem very easy. That reminds me of what I see when I visit most B2B companies’ websites.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

How does one generate high quality, educated leads, not just site visitors on a marketing budget that is less than 1% of the projected revenue? Over the past six months, their website traffic is up 89%, their free download program is up over 200% and they’ve generated over 1,500 leads. All I can say is WOW!

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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Big companies all turn to Gartner’s reports to help them on emerging trends and technologies. Is an interesting lawsuit because it brings up the question of whether these vendor reports can really help or hinder a company’s ability to grow. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Stay tuned!

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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. How you think about what content is for your company will determine how big this role is.

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AUGUST 17, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

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. 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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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. 58% of respondents said their role, as marketers did not end even after they handed off qualified leads to sales. However, the role of B2B marketers is changing and evolving more into revenue generation.

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The Effective Marketer

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. Like Be the first to like this post.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Although his criticism was towards Wall Street financial companies that complain they need hefty compensation packages to attract talented employees, you decide whether it applies to your company as well. This entry was posted on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 10:57 am and is filed under Hiring , Marketing Planning , Marketing Strategy.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

I work for a B2B software company and we do regular email blasts. If I were to look at benchmark data from MailChimp we are doing way better than their published rate of 18% for companies in the software industry. Reading these isolated numbers and trying to use them as your overall goal will only lead to frustration.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 11, 2010

A vast majority of the survey respondents reported that outbound tactics outperformed inbound initiatives for generating qualified leads. I am wondering if it is a result of the age-old disagreement between sales and marketing on the definition of a qualified lead. Company news and industry SIC codes tied for third.

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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2009

How do you get pass that low level gatekeeper and get an introduction to the real decision maker at the company? And PWC is a company with thousands of people from all over the world, so although the fact that they worked for the same company is good, it doesn’t really ensure they know each other. United States License.

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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? What are the key items in your agenda as a marketer that can have a direct impact in the company’s bottom line? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Food for thought.

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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. Big blue lead in. Compelling lead in. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Click on the images for larger version.

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JUNE 13, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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