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How to Include Webinars in Your Content Plan

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To get the most out of it, make sure to include it as part of your content planning efforts and use the best type of webinar to the best type of persona. Focus: Step-by-step product walkthrough, business scenarios, best practices. Mapping Webinars to Your Content Plan. Focus: Product features and functions.

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Getting Started Guide for Marketing Automation

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Problem is, sometimes the rush to get the software installed and running ends up trampling the creation of processes, content planning, and other key ingredients that are necessary for a successful marketing automation implementation. Content drives marketing automation, so the best starting point is to understand what you already have.

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Email Adoption High But Lacking Best Practices

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According to the report, adoption of email marketing is high, with 88% of B2C companies already using email and 10% planning to use before December 2011. In the B2B space, adoption at 71% is also very high but different from their B2C counterparts, 16% of B2B companies don’t plan on using it within the next 12 months.

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10 Do’s and Don’ts of Partner Marketing Programs

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I have worked with partner marketing programs from some big companies like IBM, SAP, Sage, and smaller ones like Adaptive Planning and Avalara and based on this experience I would like to share with you what I think are the 10 Do’s and Don’ts of Partner Marketing Programs. What To Do.

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Best Companies Don't Need Marketing

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Finding and retaining the best people has always been a challenge, no matter your industry. The best marketing ends up being what the employees tell their friends about their companies. When you have a little bit extra to offer, being that the free lunch or whatever, you are a step above the competition. United States License.

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Marketing Automation Monday is Here!

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On Monday I attended a Marketing Automation Monday event, put together by the Marketing Automation Association , a newly formed group of marketing professionals that discusses all things related to marketing automation and best practices. Some of the issues discussed were: Who manages and who owns the CRM system in your organization?

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The State of Demand Generation

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Best Practice B2B Company Rates: Inquiries to MQL: 9.3%. Best practice companies, on the other hand, will typically close 14 deals out of 1,000 inquiries. How do you get to be a “best practice” company and increase your efficiency? Best in class companies are auditing their assets. MQL to SAL: 66%.