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In Defense of Unsolicited Email

The Point

(Full disclaimer: my firm, Spear Marketing Group , is a leading Marketo partner.). But even then, I’d argue that emailing to a “cold” list still has a place in the arsenal of today’s B2B Marketer. But let’s say your sales team wants to go after 200 “target accounts” within the financial services industry.

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Why It’s Time to Start Leveraging Database Marketing for PPC

Directive Agency

As marketers, there are a million and two initiatives we run at once, and it can get difficult to keep track of what is working and what the data is telling us. Enter database marketing. Let’s discuss what it is, and why it is the perfect strategy to incorporate into your next B2B pay-per-click (PPC) campaign. .

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Interview with Brian Hansford

Onalytica B2B

Brian Hansford – VP of Marketing Performance at Heinz Marketing. Key Topics: B2B Marketing, Demand Generation, and Marketing Technology. Bio: I’m VP of Marketing Performance at Heinz Marketing, where I’ve worked the last 6 ½ years. Location: Redmond, WA USA.

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Can Games Play a Role in B2B Marketing?

The Point

So where does this leave the B2B marketer? To learn more, I talked with Mark Talkington, a senior sales executive with Blockdot , a Spear Marketing Group partner and world-renowned digital studio specializing in Interactive Entertainment and Advergaming technologies. B2B games are one of our fastest-growing segments.

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Case study in data-driven B2B customer acquisition marketing

Biznology

My new book, B2B Data-Driven Marketing: Sources, Uses, Results , is launching in a few weeks. While preparing case studies for book, I had the fun of interviewing a bunch of very smart B2B marketers to learn how they were applying data and analytics to their marketing objectives. Great approach, isn’t it?

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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

Decision Software has remained a small company while Aprimo is most successful in B2B marketing resource management. Alterian and SmartFocus are also still independent, but are sold as services via marketing agencies (Alterian) or directly (SmartFocus). These used proprietary, non-SQL database engines.

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21 Tips & Other Impressions from the Marketo User Summit

The Point

Earlier this week, Marketo , the marketing automation company, held its second ever user conference in San Francisco. From Marketo’s perspective, I understand the need to frame marketing automation in ever more mission-critical terms. I’m just not sure the rest of us are quite there yet. Phone contact has to play a role.

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