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To Gate or Not to Gate, That Is the B-to-B Content Marketing Question

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There’s a spirited debate in B-to-B marketing about whether it’s best to give away information (aka “content,” like white papers and research reports) to all comers, versus requiring web visitors to provide some information in exchange for a content download. It’s tough to do sustainable marketing on faith.

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5 Steps to customer data hygiene: it’s not sexy, but it’s essential

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Here are 5 steps you can take to maintain data accuracy, a process known as “data hygiene.”. When you have some results, decide whether to put your less valuable accounts through the same process. B2B Marketing B-to-B marketing B2B marketing data hygiene database marketing marketing database'

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6 thorny data problems that Vex B2B marketers, and how to solve them

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Then, develop a very simple process by which reps pass their data to this group. Be careful not to build targeting or segmentation processes that are primarily dependent on appended data. Marketers are in general agreement today as to the deficiencies of either of these traditional methods.

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Three barriers to B2B data-driven marketing

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As noted by Derek Slayton , CMO of D&B/NetProspex, “even companies with data scientists on staff tend to ignore the nuts and bolts of minding the database itself. Organization and process. It’s like they have the back pain, but they aren’t doing the exercises that would keep the pain at a manageable level.”.

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Case study in data-driven B2B customer acquisition marketing

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Five9’s solutions provide everything businesses need to run an inbound and/or outbound center for sales and marketing, customer service, or outsourcing, including sophisticated management tools for reporting, recording, workforce management, quality monitoring, and CRM integration. First, we target the right accounts.