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Choosing an Email Marketing Software « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

This is to help you differentiate between vendors that offer a similar way to accomplish something but one is clearly better (because it’s easier, or gives more options, etc.) Vendors that score very closely may have some clear differentiators that are not easily measurable. Good luck in your email marketing selection process!

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Taming Your Brand Mascot « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

This entry was posted on Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 11:45 am and is filed under Communication , Marketing Strategy , Online Marketing , Social Media , Uncategorized. Brand mascots are best for highly competitive market arenas where it is hard to differentiate players. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Customer Referrals and Your Sales and Marketing Department

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« Lead generation and the number | Main | Reaching Decision Makers » Customer Referrals and Your Sales and Marketing Department For the complex sale you need enthusiastic referrals to help you build your reputation, differentiate yourself, demonstrate your value proposition, shorten your sales cycle, and drive revenue.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Top Six Lead Generation Challenges for the Complex Sale in 2006

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Commoditization will continue and will be more difficult to overcome: Marketers must work much more diligently and creatively to differentiate their organizations against increasing competition. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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

Convince & Convert

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. Think Different Here’s 6 ways to differentiate agency social media services: 1.

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How to Match 10 Key Success Metrics to Your Blogging Strategy.

Convince & Convert

If you don't have remarkable content, you have not differentiated yourself and therefore is no reason for people to pay attention. I'd rank the goals of blogging – or any communication – thusly, in order of priority. Content Blogging is and always be about content first, no matter what your goal.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: In defense of thought leadership

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Bauer writes, “What differentiates a thought leader from any other knowledgeable company [or individual] is the recognition from the outside world that the company deeply understands its business, the needs of its customers, and the broader marketplace in which it operates.” So what is a thought leader? So what is a thought leader?