The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The good surveys, or should I say effective surveys, are the ones that get people to fill them out giving you enough insight into their market/purchasing process/buying habits/etc. Marketing guru Seth Godin has recently posted a short but very good list of how you can make better surveys , but he misses one very important point.

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The Effective Marketer

APRIL 29, 2009

In your first conversation with a vendor, you should list all the uses (maybe even share the grid with them) for the tool you want to buy and ask for a demo showcasing the specific requirements you have. 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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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

unemployment rate still near 10%, and uncertain prospects for a quick recovery , marketers need to keep two things in mind. Virtually every b2b buying decision involves some level of research on the web. Buyers won’t buy from you if they can’t find you. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – this is the ultimate no-brainer.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

Part of the challenge is reaching enough people with your message so that at least a significant number of them decide to buy. There is a natural resistance among marketers to give whitepapers, webinars, even product spec sheets out for free, especially without requiring any kind of registration. Give away free stuff.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 21, 2009

We’re told that if you have a good plan , if you follow a proven framework for rolling out your social media activities and integrate them with your sales efforts , then the ROI will be clear . Get people to buy our products! You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Tell them about a new release!

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Hubspot

APRIL 3, 2013

Shortly thereafter, blogging saw a renewed resurgence when everyone began hyping the value of content creation which, of course, had already been around for hundreds of years in various incarnations. Social media was all the rage, and blogging was, well, old and worn out. The Blog Post as the New Ad Unit.

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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Flip the Funnel Book Review At the San Francisco Marketing Book Club meeting last week we discussed “ Flip the Funnel: How to use existing customers to gain new ones “, by Joseph Jaffe.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 5, 2009

Design and copy should be worked together. This is a key point for me because often times I write or edit copy then send it to the graphic designer who will insert it into some kind of layout he created. And often times the design needs to be changed because it doesn’t work with the copy. Understand the benefit of your benefit.

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