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In Defense of Unsolicited Email

The Point

Over at marketing automation firm Marketo , CEO Phil Fernandez just wrote a full-throated rant against the evils of unsolicited email and purchased email lists used indiscriminately: “How does anyone think that these are sensible emails to send to the CEO of a fast-growing public company? Stop buying lists. In fact, I’d recommend it.

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The CMO Six-Pack: How to Pump Up Your Pipeline

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Goal : Automate and scale your marketing strategies. Tech Solution: Marketing automation. Shine a laser on the prospects who are most likely to buy your product, and give up on the batch-and-blast emails. In short, marketing automation enables you to succeed with every other technology on this list. Did You Know?

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Does 'Being Findable' mean 'Being Everywhere'?

Ambal's Amusings

That’s equivalent to the batch and blast newsletter sends of old when companies hoped their messages would land in the inbox of someone who might be a potential customer. The High-Tech Direct Marketing Handbook (Ebook). How to Choose Your Carrot: Effective Lead Generation Offers for High-Technology Marketers (White Paper).

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ClickInsights: What was your "Aha" moment in 2009? - Part 2

Ambal's Amusings

Mac McIntosh's Sales Lead Insights: A B2B marketing Blog. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing. Howard Sewell’s blog, Direct Connections. Content Strategy: The Future of Marketing (via Joe Pulizzi with Christine Halvorson). Marketing and Sales Alignment – Marketo eBook (New!).

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Email Marketing Tips, Trends and Techniques with Return Path’s Stephanie Miller

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

For our latest B2B Thought Leader Interview , we had the chance to talk to Stephanie Miller, Return Path’s email marketing expert. With over 20 years of direct marketing experience, Stephanie Miller is an expert on email marketing best practices. It is so not about us marketers.

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How to Make Sure You Give as Much as You Take in Email Marketing

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

In the 46 years of its existence, email has become more of a marketing tool than a casual interface for friends and co-workers. In fact, according to TowerData, the first email marketing blast ever sent in 1978 achieved a whopping $13 million in revenue, which amounts to about $78 million today.

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Marketer of The Month Podcast- EPISODE 080: Mining the Partnership Gold With Channel and Propelling Growth Through Deeper Integrations

Outgrow

There are all kinds of marketing tactics. The most successful ones though are again double clicking, if we want to talk about marketing before the point of vendor selection, there are 28 moments. And as a direct marketing team, you’re doing your best to collect maybe three or four of those moments.