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In Defense of Unsolicited Email

The Point

In fact, he concludes: “Stop sending batch email blasts. I’m old enough to remember when list-based marketing was the workhorse of B2B demand generation (or, as we called it back then, “direct marketing.”) However, as I wrote in a recent post , inbound marketing isn’t always an option. Stop buying lists.

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21 Tips & Other Impressions from the Marketo User Summit

The Point

Here are 21 of the more useful, practical or inspiring ideas on lead nurturing, content marketing and demand generation that I heard: 1. Marketo’s most effective demand generation vehicles, as measured by cost per prospect (in Marketo parlance, prospect = in-profile lead): 3rd party email blasts and virtual trade shows.

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5 Types of Marketing Automation for Businesses to Consider

PureB2B

Since the early 90’s the internet has evolved into the most flexible marketing channel we’ve ever seen. As a customer, you’ve seen online ads, search engine rankings, social media, and hundreds of different content marketing formats. Email marketing tools allow you to automate the messages you send to your contacts.

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5 Types of Marketing Automation to Consider

PureB2B

Since the early 90’s the internet has evolved into the most flexible marketing channel we’ve ever seen. You’ve seen online ads, search engine rankings, social media, and hundreds of different content marketing formats as a customer. Email marketing tools allow you to automate the messages you send to your contacts.

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Predictions for B2B digital marketing in 2013

Biznology

I hereby take up that tradition, offering up four random prognostications for where B2B digital marketing is headed in 2013. My topics include Facebook, content marketing, personal branding, and data hygiene—certainly an eclectic mix. More and better content. B2B marketers were early to the content marketing game.

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Decoding the True Essence of Outbound Marketing

MarketJoy

This information came when social media, content marketing, search engine optimization, and other inbound strategies had already proved their mettle with regards to “cost-efficiency.” Not limiting oneself to e-blasts and direct mails, marketers should think creatively, witness the latest trends, and figure out the best solutions.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

As more marketers get on the bandwagon, the consumer is going to be pelted with “messaging&# from these marketers and it’s only a matter of time when the consumer’s tolerance for this messaging reaches a point of saturation.