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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

For each problem listed above, you can find good examples that might reflect exactly what you are facing at your company. They also list a few things other companies are doing that you should think about, such as: Have a staff dedicated to inbound programs. Automates repetitive tasks. Combine inbound AND outbound programs.

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MARCH 10, 2011

This means that is time to update my previous charts on marketing automation funding (see below) and the funding timeline, because HubSpot just surpassed Marketo as the highest funded marketing software vendor to date. Industry Impact Should established marketing automation players be worried about HubSpot’s sudden infusion of capital?

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JUNE 9, 2011

At least, that’s what the recent HBR article “ The Short Life of Online Sales Leads &# states, saying that 24% of companies take more than 24 hours to respond to a lead, and 23% of companies never responded at all. These results are especially shocking given how quickly online leads go cold – HBR.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Especially useful for small companies and those who are just starting out with their marketing programs and need some help identifying key metrics, the eBook is packed with good advice. Lead Nurturing & Marketing Automation. Inbound Marketing Analytics Overview. Email Marketing. Your Website & Landing Pages.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

Besides the rise of social media as marketing channel, the emergence of marketing technology, more specifically Marketing Automation systems, in which you can configure the automated distribution of content to customers and prospects has been changing the way marketers see and create conent. Does it sound familiar?

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AUGUST 2, 2010

The problem is, when a company does very well with a campaign, others come and try to copy the same formula thinking it will also yield higher numbers, but no! Why is it that one company fails miserable while the other gets it right? The solution, it seems, is far more complicated. United States License. United States License.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing Content That Sells When talking with lead nurturing and marketing automation vendors they all make it seem very easy. That reminds me of what I see when I visit most B2B companies’ websites.

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MAY 3, 2011

Companies need to be able to track and measure customer interactions from a reliable source and that has driven a lot of the recent interest in Marketing Automation and Customer Intelligence technologies. Without solid customer data, cross channel strategies become increasingly difficult to implement. United States License.

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JUNE 19, 2012

Don’t Automate. When you have a site or service that seems perfectly relevant to your topic, it might be tempting to grab everything that it posts by RSS or another automated tool. Not only is it the right thing to do ethically, but it keeps you from making enemies needlessly. Don’t do it.

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MARCH 24, 2011

In their “ CMO Perspectives on B2B Marketing Automation &# this challenge for high quality leads is shown as having increased from 69% in 2009 to 76% in 2010. It is interesting that back in 2009, MarketingSherpa had published a chart showing the key challenges marketers faced and “generating high quality leads&# was the top one.

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MAY 7, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Explaining Social Media If you need to explain what social media is and the impact it can have in your company or industry, the slideshow below might help. The presentation is not only funny is also engaging.

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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 They are one of the most powerful marketing tools a company can use to build a strong brand, if they are designed and deployed the right way. brand mascots are a common tool to promote your product or service.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To make it easier for everyone I’ve compiled the suggestions from the group into an easy-to-read list (sorted alphabetically). An Excel file is available at the end of the post with all this info. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. 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? The videos on their website (embedded below) are some great examples of what they mean.

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The Effective Marketer

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 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. The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Social Media’s Next Victim? United States License. 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? Slides can be seen below. 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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JANUARY 7, 2011

Big companies and small companies have different needs, and so their briefs are also formatted differently. It just goes to show that there is still a lot of controversy when it comes to creative briefs in marketing. If you come from the agency side, you are used to a certain format. United States License. United States License.

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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? Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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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. A Judge Will Decide. United States License. United States License.

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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. Marketers are good at visual communication, but not necessarily experts with the design tools.

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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. United States License. United States License.

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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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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. What is the risk the company faces?

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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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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. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

How many B2B vs. B2C companies, industries, and even job titles. I like Dan’s presentation for its brevity and focus on key action items based on solid data. What I wish he had shared is how the data from focus groups and MailChimp is broken down. United States License. United States License.

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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? And PWC is a company with thousands of people from all over the world, so although the fact that they worked for the same company is good, it doesn’t really ensure they know each other. United States License.

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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? Food for thought. United States License. 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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MARCH 22, 2012

Best Practice B2B Company Rates: Inquiries to MQL: 9.3%. Best practice companies, on the other hand, will typically close 14 deals out of 1,000 inquiries. How do you get to be a “best practice” company and increase your efficiency? Create : Automation expert. Why companies can’t keep up?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

I work for a B2B software company and we do regular email blasts. If I were to look at benchmark data from MailChimp we are doing way better than their published rate of 18% for companies in the software industry. Our open rates average 30%. Is this good? United States License. United States License.

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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. United States License. United States License.

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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. Click on the images for larger version. Clean header graphic with big and concise title. Short copy. Right side bar with useful links related to the webinar.

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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? More than your typical “and in this slide I will talk about X&# , because since the slides are automatically timed, your delivery has to be on time all the time. United States License. United States License.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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