The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 6, 2009

Marketers are used to creating marketing plans, including advertising campaigns, trade show schedules, etc. It is very important to make sure your marketing activities are results-oriented. As you plan your day/week/month, make sure that you are spending time on activities related to your original action plan.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2011

In their research they also classify companies according to their results in email marketing usage. They say that “companies that marry high value customers with personalized, specialized offers in their email campaigns produce far greater results on every tangible measure of effectiveness”. United States License. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Mr. Watkis then states “ the most important activities for marketers are the establishment of marketing objectives, a plan for their achievement, a budget to support the plan, and the management of assets and resources to achieve the objectives ”. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 18, 2010

They see these activities as “work” and as such, shouldn’t be performed after 5:29pm. This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 12:05 pm and is filed under Hiring , Marketing Management , Teamwork. If they were offered more money to create TPS reports they would switch to doing it in a heartbeat. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 17, 2009

As the marketing plans are shared with the rest of the company, and details on why each campaign or activity is being carried out together with their expected impact on operations and sales, the reason for marketing and why we have this department should become clear. United States License. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 16, 2009

Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

The chart above shows in a funny way that you sometimes feel more productive when you are checking email, and that you may turn to it if you get bored, and from personal experience I have felt the same way. Think back to your daily activities. When are you usually checking email? Is it the first thing you do in the morning?

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 29, 2009

As marketers, we sometimes fall victims of the routine day-to-day tactical activities and forget why we are doing them. An interesting post by Steve Johnson talks about marketing not being a list, but rather an approach to solving customers problems and helping buyers to buy. United States License. United States License.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

kenny madden Aug 13 2010 Michael, Great post. IT vendors generally think more leads is better because it lowers the Cost Per Lead they have to pay and gives the sales team more activity. Happy to connect kenny@spiceworks.com Michael Brenner Aug 14 2010 Hi Kenny, thanks for your comments. Some are slowly doing it.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2009

Think of the communication activities that may result of completing a task) A key part of taking responsibility and assigning people responsible for each task is to make them accountable. Do you have to put out a press release after you revamp your whole website? United States License. United States License.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 10, 2011

As we exited 2010, there were a lot of predictions for what’s in store for B2B Marketing in 2011. In 2009 & 2010 there was a lot of noise about how marketing automation adoption rates among B2B companies were going to sharply increase, yet the adoption rates remain less than 20%. In your opinion, why is that?

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Webbiquity

MAY 16, 2011

Not surprisingly, offline tactics (trade shows in particular) are viewed as costly by B2B marketers on a cost-per-lead basis, while online tactics are seen as more cost-effective. As of December 2010, almost a third (31%) of U.S. No other activity comes close, with social networking coming in a distant second (10.7%).&#

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 5, 2009

The 8 principles he outlines in his HBR article are more “action oriented”, meaning they guide you towards making the right plans for the right activity and how to behave in general. Since those are both solid works that need to be used in your search for effectiveness, let’s tackle them in different posts. United States License.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

Inviting and following up on trade show attendees. So it is not surprising that more organizations are now outsourcing their teleprospecting activities to companies like InTouch. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Reconnecting with past customers and leads.

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markempa

MAY 13, 2007

If marketing is a profitable activity, it still doesnt mean that what it is communicating to the universe of buyers is building the business. Ive seen lots of marketers sacrifice early and middle stage buyers because they had to show an immediate ROI on each campaign they ran.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 15, 2009

Why do I do those things, you might ask, and I reply that is because sometimes you just can’t say no. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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markempa

MAY 21, 2007

Build your personal prospecting engine - Leverage these activities by communicating with your prospects, customers, networks and alliance partners in a consistent manner by using traditional direct marketing methods such as direct mail, phone calls, personal publicity, and email campaigns. Dig your well before you’re thirsty.

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markempa

MAY 16, 2006

« Why CEOs Must Be Actively Involved in Lead Generation | Main | Book Cover and Advanced Praise for Lead Generation for the Complex Sale » Podcast: The Innovative Marketer Steve Gershik of the Innovative Marketer Blog interviewed me for his podcast on the subject of lead generation.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 21, 2009

We’re told that if you have a good plan , if you follow a proven framework for rolling out your social media activities and integrate them with your sales efforts , then the ROI will be clear . Reply Neoco | Blog | Why Social Media Is Not For Everyone says: April 27, 2010 at 11:07 am [.] To read more, go here. [.]

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

In a meeting with your staff and want to ensure you follow-up on the activities you just delegated? This is an awesome way to quickly find messages from different people while still keeping the sorting by date active. Is that simple… now for those emails that require an action or follow-up, simply drag them to create a new task.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

Here are the key takeaways from the webinar: Don’t confuse marketing activity with results. Number of campaigns sent out, trade shows attended or press releases published do not generate revenues. It’s a combination of tools, methods or procedures, and analysis and activities.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

This post was originally published on the WebMarketCentral blog in January 2010. Staying in touch with customers on Twitter is not only more real-time than many other techniques, it’s also far more cost-effective than direct mail, attending trade shows, picking up the phone, or even maintaining a customer newsletter.

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markempa

JANUARY 3, 2006

Wow, I havent posted here in a month but I promise you will see a lot more activity soon. Wow, I havent posted here in a month but I promise you will see a lot more activity soon. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 In the meantime, I wanted to give you an update.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 15, 2005

« Lead Generation via white papers and webinars | Main | Better Sales and Marketing Integration » Combine Your Cold Calling Efforts With Email Marketing Targeted e-mail combined with outbound calling is the ideal 1-2 punch for increasing leads, sales activity and revenue.

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markempa

DECEMBER 21, 2006

It seems they would rather spend their budgets on things that drive activity (which is often wasted) over results measurement. A study by the CMO council showed this is a key reason CMOs are losing influence at the executive table. A study by the CMO council showed this is a key reason CMOs are losing influence at the executive table.

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markempa

OCTOBER 19, 2006

from cadenceblog One of my main responsibilities in the past few years was to increase marketing activities. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

MAY 8, 2006

« Lead generation with Podcasts | Main | Why CEOs Must Be Actively Involved in Lead Generation » Personal lead generation tools If you do lead generation (a.k.a. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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markempa

MAY 18, 2007

Integrate sales and marketing activity by using the same database or CRM system. Share effectiveness measurements from recent lead generation activities. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Webbiquity

MARCH 9, 2010

You’ve seen the eye-popping statistics: Facebook now has more than 350 million active users. TechCrunch predicts that “by this summer (2010) well over half of all Internet users will likely visit Facebook each month.&# If it were a country, it would be the third most-populous on earth , behind only China and India.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Thus, they have a built in “Events&# tool where you can plug in anything out of the ordinary, and that occurrence will show up in your integrated Swix reporting. Trade show. A new product launch. A write up on a blog. New YouTube video that goes viral.

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markempa

JANUARY 4, 2006

Return on investment measurement difficulty: Direct return from lead generation activity takes time to surface. Return on investment measurement difficulty: Direct return from lead generation activity takes time to surface. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

A combined 59% of B2B marketers have only a basic social media presence (45%) or are not actively engaged in social media marketing (14%). In contrast, a combined 44% of B2C marketers have only a basic social media presence (26%) or are not actively engaged (18%).

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markempa

NOVEMBER 14, 2005

In the complex sale, the length of the buying cycle make the connection between on-the-web activity and the off-line decision to purchase much more difficult to trace. In the complex sale, the length of the buying cycle make the connection between on-the-web activity and the off-line decision to purchase much more difficult to trace.

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markempa

JULY 7, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Further follow-up? Leads for nurturing.

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markempa

MAY 23, 2005

Seven Strategies for the New Year Here are a few strategies that I would ad: Develop a lead generation calendar - map out your activities and then really follow it! No matter how busy you are make time to do lead generation activities. No matter how busy you are make time to do lead generation activities.

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markempa

MAY 23, 2005

Most CEOs agree that they aren’t getting enough activity at the top of the sales funnel. Most CEOs agree that they aren’t getting enough activity at the top of the sales funnel. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 What CEOs really yearn to know is this.

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markempa

MAY 20, 2005

Also, we’d like to understand your practice’s focus better because we are actively working this market and expect to find opportunities that need strategic expertise such as yours. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Would you be interested in exploring this further?"

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