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Unica and Alterian Lead Database Marketers to the Digital Promised Land

Customer Experience Matrix

Here are some quick thoughts on two items: Unica ’s acquisition of paid search bid management system MakeMeTop (now mercifully renamed Unica Search) and Alterian ’s recently-released and excellent annual marketing survey. 35% of marketers expect to move more than 20% of their direct marketing budget into digital channels next year.

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Interview with Brian Hansford

Onalytica B2B

As my career progressed, I transitioned from sales to marketing and my first big career move happened when I ran a global field marketing program in the US and Europe. I also began working with CRM systems to enable database marketing efforts and lead results analytics.

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ExactTarget Survey: Lack of Skills Slows Growth of Digital Marketing

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: a new survey from ExactTarget shows that digital marketing is growing faster than database marketing or mass media, and that agencies have a harder time adding digital capabilities than their clients. It also suggests that marketers are moving into digital channels even when they can’t measure their value very well.