Remove acquisition

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8 Questions to Ask Before Investing in Marketing Attribution

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Depending on the marketing automation platform (MAP) you use, this might be captured in different ways (for example: Pardot campaigns, Marketo acquisition programs). These may simply be your MAP or CRM. A good starting point is a mini data audit, focused on the following questions: * Are you capturing lead sources?

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Report: Why Demand Marketers Should Expand their Focus Beyond the Lead

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Email, as one example, plays a very different (and less dominant) role in the marketing mix than it did only a few years ago, having migrated from acquisition to nurture and customer marketing. Change in marketing is an evolution, not a coup. But there are still 5+ billion email accounts worldwide. Email is very much alive.

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In Defense of Unsolicited Email

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In my day-to-day work, I run into many clients whose salespeople purchase email lists en masse from the likes of Data.com and upload them into their CRM system. Email, and even direct mail, is primarily used for lead nurturing, not lead acquisition. It just needs to be used intelligently, sparingly, and strategically.