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The B2B marketing ironies of our time

Biznology

The result: you get higher quality prospects, with higher conversion rates and at lower cost than traditional outbound marketing. Here’s another: Google and Facebook are leading the digital marketing revolution. Did you know that both Google and Facebook use dear old direct mail for cold prospecting in their ad sales businesses?

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Top Social Media and Marketing Books of 2010

Webbiquity

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li” Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Share this on Facebook. Author Andrew King, president of Internet marketing firm Web Site Opimization, LLC has really done it.

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8 (of the) Best Web Analytics Guides of 2010

Webbiquity

How can you use GA to track visits to a Facebook page? how does the conversion rate for frequent blog commenters differ from other visitors?) How to Add Google Analytics to a Facebook Page Tab by SitePoint. Share this on Facebook. What common analytics mistakes should you avoid? Share this on Bebo. Tweet This!

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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

Marketing Insider Group

The leads with the highest conversion rate and the lowest costs typically come from inbound activities like search and are then followed up and qualified by our telemarketing professionals. Not watching the backend results: look at conversion rates with sales and ultimate ROI. Thanks for emphasizing the point!

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Lead Generation Programs That Work

Marketing Insider Group

People respect their peers first and foremost and the results of the event exemplified this point: high conversion rates from our email promotions, 55% attendee rate, and people stayed for the entire event — very little drop-off. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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Why Digital Media is Killing TV Advertising

Hubspot

TV advertising spend actually climbed 16% from 2010 to 2017 , according to analysis by ARK Investment Management. And yet, conversely, TV viewing decreased in that time by 20%. If these losses continue as projected, by 2023 viewing hours could be less than half what they were in 2010, and cut in half again by the year 2028.

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How To Shorten The B2B Buyer Cycle With Landing Pages

Marketing Insider Group

Here’s a great example of how one firm used segmentation to optimize their media spend and increase conversions: Mini Case Study Challenge : A large virtualization company launched a paid search campaign to generate leads for their compliance solutions for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).