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Marketing Automation Catching On Fire

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Some have even suggested that marketing automation market is floundering , but it is such a new market and offering that is innevitable to have doubts, especially with these many vendors in the space. You may spot some companies that were not considered to be “marketing automation&# players just a year or so ago.

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What’s Wrong with Marketing Education?

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Not of basic marketing concepts like the 4 P’s , advertising , or branding but their utmost ignorance of modern marketing tactics and tools like webinars, marketing automation, and even CRM software. Social Media : just because you use Twitter and Facebook in school, it doesn’t mean you really know how to use it for marketing.

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How Everybody Wins with HubSpot's Funding « The Effective Marketer

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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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The Danger of Email Marketing Benchmarks « The Effective Marketer

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A good starting point is the major email service providers (ExactTarget, Silverpop, Lyris, Eloqua, ConstantContact, Emma, etc.). Analyze the results you get by segment (geography, products purchased, industry targeted, job titles, etc.) OK, if you insist, here are some links to benchmarks I found online. United States License.

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Email Design Review Gallery « The Effective Marketer

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Design #5 Email Sender: MarketingProfs Email Title: How Businesses are Marketing with Facebook and Twitter What I Like: Really great color combination makes it easy in the eye. Design #9 Email Sender: Eloqua Email Title: Using Social Channels What I Like: This is a really nicely designed email. United States License.