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MARCH 24, 2011

B2B Marketing Summit Shows Old Problems Persist This entry was posted on Thursday, March 24th, 2011 at 9:00 am and is filed under Lead generation , Marketing Automation , Marketing Budget , Marketing Management. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Like Be the first to like this post.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

How many B2B vs. B2C companies, industries, and even job titles. This entry was posted on Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at 12:19 pm and is filed under Email Marketing , Lead generation , Marketing Training , Online Marketing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Like Be the first to like this post.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

If you see another company being successful (however you define success) and you try to apply the same method, can you guarantee you will also achieve success? A B2B company applying tactics used by B2C companies can be very successful but only after some necessary translation is done. Now let’s go one step further.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

If you have just started your 2011 campaigns after battling the budget process, I bet you can definitely see some relation to your own company. In their research they also classify companies according to their results in email marketing usage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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MAY 9, 2011

When companies start to tailor content to different audiences and stages of the buying cycle, they greatly increase the amount of content, and the type of content needed changes&# Marketing Roles Are Evolving Marketing used to have clearly defined roles. How you think about what content is for your company will determine how big this role is.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

We all like stories of companies that mess up and in the process of trying to clean up their act end up messing up even more. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter!

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Yup, it is more complicated when you get to the implementation phase of the program, and that’s where most companies fail. David Meerman Scott , in his book The New Rules of Marketing and PR points out that creating quality content is the new imperative: “The tools of the marketing and PR trade have changed. We have all been there.

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MARCH 10, 2011

The money flowing to companies like HubSpot is impressive, and the results of the investment will not only benefit them but also the whole marketing automation and marketing software industry in general. This entry was posted on Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 10:54 am and is filed under Marketing Automation , Marketing Management.

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MAY 3, 2011

Based on a recent report on Marketing Technology Adoption for 2011 , the findings of their research shed some light on the challenges we face when it comes to marketing technology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Improving customer experience across channels was also top of mind. United States License.

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APRIL 6, 2009

I was recently hiring a marketing coordinator for my company and once again it became obvious to me that most candidates do a poor job at interviewing. Companies spend a lot of time and money when they need to hire someone and spend even more when they make a wrong hiring decision. The problem with this answer is that is very limited.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Opposite of Advertising How can a company embark on an branding campaign without prominently displaying its logo? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Corporate America usually relies on some form of compensation system which basically uses a reward/punishment method that tries to coerce people into doing what the company wants. And how about your staff or your company’s employees? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Some food for thought.

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MAY 10, 2010

More recently even Twitter mascots have been showing up as a company’s public face. The company reported $9.7 You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 One Response to Taming Your Brand Mascot David Thompson says: April 4, 2011 at 8:38 pm I specialize in designing brand mascots.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Buyer personas and content creation The interaction was great and the fact that we had people from both SMB and large companies was great, we could hear both sides of the story and how different size companies work with marketing automation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Choosing an Email Marketing Software Who’s the best email marketing company/software? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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MAY 18, 2010

After interviewing many marketers for different positions at my company and meeting marketing professionals regularly at events, I came to the conclusion that there are two types of marketers: Passionate Marketers Job Marketers The first group is comprised of those that, as the name suggests, have a real passion for marketing.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

This last bit is important for factors outside your influence, maybe a contract that depends on another company has to be signed for the joint marketing campaign to start, or what to do if certain assumptions you’ve made when putting together the plan fail to materialize (i.e. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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APRIL 9, 2009

The site not only lists top executives based on approval ratings but also shows you reviews that give you some more specifics of the person, the company, and what it feels like working there. One of the more interesting features is the ability to search for salaries paid at a specific company. United States License.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

What if we could change the way our companies treat presentations and just give everyone six minutes to tell their stories? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter!

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Big companies all turn to Gartner’s reports to help them on emerging trends and technologies. Is an interesting lawsuit because it brings up the question of whether these vendor reports can really help or hinder a company’s ability to grow. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Web Prototyping With PowerPoint Website re-designs are a common project on the hands of marketers at companies of all sizes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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JANUARY 17, 2009

In marketing is especially important to ensure that the company as a whole is aware of what is being done. In big companies as well as in small ones Marketing can oftentimes be considered a necessary expense, the department where money gets spent without consideration and where results are difficult to be measured.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Although his criticism was towards Wall Street financial companies that complain they need hefty compensation packages to attract talented employees, you decide whether it applies to your company as well. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Are the tasks you and your team working on going to directly affect the company’s ability to compete in the marketplace? What are the key items in your agenda as a marketer that can have a direct impact in the company’s bottom line? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Food for thought.

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JANUARY 6, 2009

Marketers are used to creating marketing plans, including advertising campaigns, trade show schedules, etc. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter!

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Studies from multiple email marketing service providers show different numbers when it comes to delivery rates, bounce rates, open rates, clickthrough rates, and more. I work for a B2B software company and we do regular email blasts. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Our open rates average 30%.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

How do you get pass that low level gatekeeper and get an introduction to the real decision maker at the company? This really cool tool I read about on Laura Ramos’ blog , shows the path between you and your desired target. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! This entry was posted on Friday, February 6th, 2009 at 10:20 pm and is filed under Communication , Teamwork. United States License.

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JANUARY 18, 2009

You probably heard of countless stories of how a company faced a crisis situation and was able to turn it around and come out even better than before (remember the Tylenol scandal? Johnson came out victorious after a well planned management of the crisis that could have cost the company dearly). Like Be the first to like this post.

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MARCH 17, 2010

Design #11 Email Sender: Tableau Software Email Title: 50 Metrics Every Marketer Should Master What I Like: Small but visible logo on top left identifies the company immediately. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Click on the images for larger version. Clean header graphic with big and concise title.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Sure, in some cases people may respond simply because they love your company/brand and that’s great, but you should also strive to get those who are not necessarily loyal customers to respond, otherwise the survey may end up not telling you the whole truth. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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FEBRUARY 15, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking If you’re gonna copy, make it right An interesting blog post by Jason Cohen at OnStartups.com discussed why you shouldn’t copy other companies just because they were successful at what they do.

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JANUARY 3, 2009

An effective marketer, therefore, is someone who can accomplish his/her goals and produce the results set forth by the company. Notice I didn’t say ‘marketing results’, I’m referring to the Corporate goals because no marketing can be effective if it doesn’t contribute to the overall goals of the company.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

As a marketer what is the ONE thing you need to do that will really determine whether your company will be successful? This is key and what will link marketing to the company’s priorities. Where is the company headed? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 What is your highest priority?

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MARCH 7, 2009

Is great to be able to discuss your own challenges with other marketers and realize that you’re not alone out there… I met some great people and learned some stuff I can start using right now in my own company. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Like Be the first to like this post.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Understand and map your needs First and foremost, you should list out all the ways in which your company will be using webinars and the platform. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 at 9:42 pm and is filed under Communication , productivity.

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JUNE 23, 2009

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 But still experiments are being done by a lot of people and companies. I usually keep on trying the products of the different companies. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Like Be the first to like this post. United States License.

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