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Getting a customer is not the end goal it’s the middle

Buzz Marketing for Technology

In a recent speech by Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research at the ITSMA Marketing Leadership forum it occurred to me that customer acquisition is no longer an “end state” for marketers its somewhere in the middle. Think of your budget as a B2B Marketer and just do a back of the napkin examination of your spending on Acquisition vs Retention.

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Fundamentals of Product Experimentation for Beginners

Convert

Tech giants like Booking.com, Netflix, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have been testing hypotheses to enhance their products and services for decades. If you deny it, I’ll refer you to Blockbuster and Digg. This leads to a lot of benefits including lower customer acquisition costs and scaling faster, regardless of headcount.

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Should You Outsource Your Social Media Efforts?

Online Marketing Institute

Make sure you’ve established some measurable goals to ensure that your social media spending is moving the needle for your business.

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90 Tips to Make Your Blog Rock

Online Marketing Institute

Then distribute the ebook on the Amazon Kindle Store and Apple iBookStore. Take each post and post it on the New Digg (20 million visitors a month), it is quick and easy to do and will take you only a minute or two (it involves copying the URL and pasting it to Digg, add the headline and choose the section then hit 62.

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19 New Featured Sources on the B2B Marketing Zone

Webbiquity

B2B Internet Marketing Strategies ( Amazon Viral Marketing Plan Aggregator Pricing Examples Strategy Personalization Measure Ads ). Earnest on B2B ( Cross-Sell Acquisition Target Campaign Differentiation Statistics Experience ). Selling to Big Companies ( Sales Amazon Books Leads B2B Training Prospect ). June 24, 2010.

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Best SEO Link Building Guides, Techniques and Tools of 2010

Webbiquity

18 Examples of Awesome Viral Linkbait by Acquisition Engine. Rae Hoffman interviews 10 leading experts including Aaron Wall, Debra Mastaler and Rand Fishkin (and throws in her own thoughts) about their most productive SEO link building methods and theories. Link Building 101 – The Almost Complete Link Guide by SEOmoz. ** 5 Stars.

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Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid on Your Company Blog

Online Marketing Institute

Karr says that acquisition, retention, building authority and customer support are all strategies to consider. I’ve only just recently begun making changes to the site to make offers much more clear, and I’ve already noticed important changes. Am I willing to allocate the necessary resources? As the saying goes: No pain, no gain.