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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.”) Email, and even direct mail, is primarily used for lead nurturing, not lead acquisition. Stop buying lists.

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Decoding the True Essence of Outbound Marketing

MarketJoy

Alternatively, outbound marketing is referred to as traditional or direct marketing. Amidst the hoopla surrounding inbound marketing, several business experts and marketers have turned away from outbound marketing and taken to the other. The Relevance of Outbound Marketing.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

In B2B, it’s not about batch-and-blast acquisition as much as it is about using email to continue a conversation. Direct marketing lists? Positioning yourselves as “lead management” does not help differentiate what you REALLY do. 2) Email services – Julie Katz at Forrester writes about this group. Lead farming? Prospect lists?