In today’s B2B purchase process, the marketer is no longer in charge. Tags: email marketing B2B marketing automation social media data management Social media is all the rage these days and I’m in complete agreement that it should be part of your campaigns but let’s not overlook the power of email and how it’s being underutilized by many organizations today. From conversations that I have with marketers I sometimes sense this feeling of anxiety when I recommend that they should increase the frequency of emails that are sent to their opted-in database. Social media highlights. MORE >>

Back on December 21, 2008, I wrote the post “ 10 Tips for Using Twitter And Email Marketing for B2B ”. I get a few blank stares at times when I talk about social media technologies with friends and colleagues but I’m starting to win people over day by day. How am I doing this? With real stories! Today, I want to share these stories with you to help you better understand the power of social media and to hopefully inspire you to continue on your social media efforts or to jump in for the first time. In a few short months, the group has 32 members without having done any advertising. MORE >>

As you’re gearing up for a great new year, I wanted to highlight some webinar/event best practices from the marketing team over at VMware. VMware has found that this marketing channel is one of their most successful when it comes to ROI so taking a few pointers and optimizing your own efforts could pay off big time this year. They They achieved an ROI of 1324% in 2010 - not too bad! They were kind. marketing metrics webinars / webcasts MORE >>

In a recent case study on B2B Online , NIIT , a global learning solutions company, created an automated email program that engaged subscribers based on their “ Digital Body Language ”. Response rates for this campaign were greater that 20% which is very good for B2B campaigns. Tags: email marketing B2B marketing automation personalization Marketing Sherpa I have the pleasure of welcoming a new bunch of Eloqua team members who we start off with a boot camp here in Toronto so they get to know each other and the rest of the company. Personalize the Email Heading. Chad H. MORE >>

This is a guest post from CRM Analyst Ashley Verrill. This is the first ever guest post on this blog in its seven year existence so you know the content is going to be good. Much of this verifies what I've been saying for years but it's always good to see this data for yourself for a sanity check. For example, before you go upload that list of emails that you just bought, read the data below MORE >>