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6 Steps to a Successful (B-to-B) Direct Marketing Campaign

MLT Creative

If your budget will not allow for big-ticket items, free trials or even introductory discounts, think about free information or content you can offer (this is especially effective in B-to-B). Patrick Maness is Director of Marketing Strateg y with B-to-B marketing agency MLT Creative and heads their Rhode Island office.

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Lights, camera, action: Video helps you stay in touch with customers

Biznology

One problem that plagues B-to-B sales and marketing is coming up with relevant, timely messages for nurturing customer relationships. Here’s a sample email from Skyline rep Al Mercuro, who was the first at SkylineNY to adopt the program and make it part of his regular customer outreach. Image via Wikipedia.

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Beware of dubious data providers: a 9-point checklist

Biznology

Tim Slevin provides a nice 3-point assessment approach in the SLMA blog , where he recommends checking out the vendor’s physical address, researching them on LinkedIn, and asking them for a data sample so specific that you can tell whether their product is any good. All terrific ideas, which I have gladly incorporated in my approach.

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MarketingSherpa Seeks Case Study speakers for 2009 B2B Demand Generation Summits

markempa

Here’s what they are looking for: B-to-B marketers to present Case Studies on real-life tests and tactics in demand generation. Advanced expert training sessions on one particular tactic featuring scientific/statistical data, test results/real-life campaigns and creative samples. Click here to learn more.

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B2B prospecting data just keeps getting better

Biznology

In response to our request for sample records on five well-known firms, the reported results included as many as 100 lines per firm. B2B Marketing Market Research Offline Marketing Slider B-to-B B2B Data data modeling database marketing lead generation marketing lists propspecting' We welcome your feedback and suggestions.

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The B2B marketing ironies of our time

Biznology

I’ve seen actual samples. Marketers are abandoning print and face-to-face channels in droves. But hold on. Did you know that both Google and Facebook use dear old direct mail for cold prospecting in their ad sales businesses?

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Winners Do Differently

The ROI Guy

Explore further with this article and research: Getting Prospects to Engage >>> [link] Source: What Sales Winners Do Differently – the Rain Group - Research conclusions from more than 700 B-to-B purchases made by a broad sample of buyers who in aggregate were responsible for $3.1 billion in annual purchases - [link].

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