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Demand Gen vs. Lead Gen: Which is ‘Best’ for Startups?

Zoominfo

However, investors today expect to see sophisticated user-attraction models and established growth trajectories from even seed-stage startups , making lead generation mission-critical for businesses hoping to secure additional investment. The good news? There are essentially two competing schools of thought among B2B marketers.

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The Science of Email Marketing « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

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. billion emails sent. How many B2B vs. B2C companies, industries, and even job titles. Test them, see if they work, then be the judge.

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How—and Why—to Break Social Media Marketing Out of Its Silo

Content Standard

In 2009, when I began my career managing social media marketing for clients, it was very simple. Social was becoming a real-time focus group, customer service channel, and e-commerce store all in one. 7 being very integrated) when asked to rate how effectively social media is linked to their firms’ marketing strategies.

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Crunchy, salty, nutritious news & views on B2B marketing for technology companies | Velocity - the B2B marketing acceleration agency for technology companies

Online Marketing Institute

So click here to find out whether they changed my mind… Read more… Stan Woods | June 16th, 2009 | one comment The Content Marketing Workbook It’s here. Read more… Doug Kessler | June 11th, 2009 | 3 comments Choose your patients carefully The most respected surgeons in the world have the best survival rates.

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Top 56 B2B Marketing Posts October 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. Is social media creating a generation of cowards? Your PR team was aware of most of these as it often had a hand in generating those placements. Have I gone MAD??

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Blogs are Becoming the New Front Door for Prospects: Is Yours Open?

Online Marketing Institute

5 Most Popular Blog Posts Content Marketing: How to get your subject matter experts on your corporate blog (7) Social Marketing: Twitter contest boosts followers 43% (6) Marketing Research: Cold, hard cash versus focus groups (4) Email Marketing: Improve deliverability by deleting subscribers? (4)

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

Convince & Convert

What is the next generation of crowdsourcing? Surveying, physical and online focus groups and opinion polling are still the primary tactics companies depend upon for market prediction and go to market strategy. Before crowdsourcing there were focus groups, which never really worked too well. We know better now.