The Effective Marketer

MARCH 10, 2011

This means that is time to update my previous charts on marketing automation funding (see below) and the funding timeline, because HubSpot just surpassed Marketo as the highest funded marketing software vendor to date. I know these companies well. Everyone Wins But it also means something else. Great images and great ideas.

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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? The solution, it seems, is far more complicated. United States License. United States License.

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MAY 3, 2011

The Goal of Marketing Software The need for marketing software comes from the necessity to better understand customer behavior across multiple channels. Not a new trend, but rather a need that has ben greatly amplified by the prevalence of social media channels which in turn is making companies look for technology solutions.

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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. It just goes to show that there is still a lot of controversy when it comes to creative briefs in marketing. 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. The presentation is not only funny is also engaging.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To make it easier for everyone I’ve compiled the suggestions from the group into an easy-to-read list (sorted alphabetically). An Excel file is available at the end of the post with all this info. 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

MARCH 24, 2011

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. In their “ CMO Perspectives on B2B Marketing Automation &# this challenge for high quality leads is shown as having increased from 69% in 2009 to 76% in 2010.

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Who doesn’t like to see a big giant fall down on its face, especially if it’s in public? 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.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

How many B2B vs. B2C companies, industries, and even job titles. I like Dan’s presentation for its brevity and focus on key action items based on solid data. What I wish he had shared is how the data from focus groups and MailChimp is broken down. United States License. United States License.

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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. In their research they also classify companies according to their results in email marketing usage. United States License. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

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? Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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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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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? How are you changing your customers and your prospects behavior? Some food for thought.

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The Effective Marketer

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Buyer personas and content creation The interaction was great and the fact that we had people from both SMB and large companies was great, we could hear both sides of the story and how different size companies work with marketing automation. One of the interesting points raised during the discussion was about content creation.

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The Effective Marketer

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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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 Amos credits this increase mostly due to the branding initiatives related to the duck, an amazing feat for any brand mascot. brand mascots are a common tool to promote your product or service.

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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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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. Our open rates average 30%. Is this good? 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. United States License. United States License.

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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. Marketers are good at visual communication, but not necessarily experts with the design tools.

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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. Wow, it’s magical! Yes, except for one little detail.

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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

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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Bluetext

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Government efforts to engage PE and VC-backed startups puts federal marketing and messaging in the spotlight Venture Capital-backed companies accounted for less than 1% of the $411 billion DoD contracts awarded last year. Anduril (defense software/autonomous vehicles), Palantir (A.I.

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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 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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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? Food for thought. United States License. United States License.

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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. Right side bar with useful links related to the webinar. Click on the images for larger version. Clean header graphic with big and concise title.

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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 16, 2009

With the advent of cheap online survey software, everyone it seems is creating and sending out surveys. This entry was posted on Monday, February 16th, 2009 at 10:13 pm and is filed under Communication , Marketing Management , Marketing Planning. How did you target and fine tune your messages? United States License.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

This entry was posted on Friday, February 6th, 2009 at 10:20 pm and is filed under Communication , Teamwork. 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. United States License. United States License.

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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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JANUARY 17, 2009

In marketing is especially important to ensure that the company as a whole is aware of what is being done. In big companies as well as in small ones Marketing can oftentimes be considered a necessary expense, the department where money gets spent without consideration and where results are difficult to be measured.

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markempa

JANUARY 23, 2007

This podcast was conducted for the marketing alliance partners for Sage Software , makers of ACT!, Peachtree and SageCRM software. This podcast was conducted for the marketing alliance partners for Sage Software , makers of ACT!, Peachtree and SageCRM software. Ill be posting my Amazon review soon.

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The Effective Marketer

APRIL 6, 2009

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. Companies spend a lot of time and money when they need to hire someone and spend even more when they make a wrong hiring decision. What is the risk the company faces?

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JANUARY 6, 2009

As you plan your day/week/month, make sure that you are spending time on activities related to your original action plan. This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 10:17 pm and is filed under Marketing Planning , Marketing Strategy. Keep asking yourself “what needs to be done NOW?”. United States License.

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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. This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 at 9:42 pm and is filed under Communication , productivity. I hope these simple tips will help you with your webinar initiative!

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