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Video Tech Company Leverages SEM to Drive Enterprise Leads

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Started in 2008 as the world’s first open source video player, JW Player pioneered video on the Web and today has customers in 193 countries, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to individual bloggers. JW Player contacted Spear Marketing Group , a leading B2B demand generation agency , for help. billion unique monthly views.

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Apparently It’s Now Safe (Again) to Use “Free” in a Subject Line

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In follow-up to the recent 2013 Marketo Summit , the marketing team at ReachForce , a leading provider of B2B data services, sent a message to attendees (including this blogger) crowing about the success of their traffic builder campaign , an email that generated a 42.8% Now, apparently, the pendulum has swung again.

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Is Social Media Wasted on PR Agencies?

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The stated objectives of said plan were: * increase awareness amongst bloggers, influencers and prospects. If I were to have written the plan, the primary objectives would have read: * drive search-generated traffic and net new sales leads. * use targeted, insightful content to attract and engage with qualified prospects.

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Does Renting Email Lists Make Sense Any More?

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I wrote recently in this space about the recent resurgence of direct mail as a viable outbound component to an integrated demand generation strategy. Most of that resurgence is due to the benefits of using direct mail on its own merits, but there’s another factor: the greatly diminished effectiveness of rented email lists.

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Measuring the True Impact of Marketing Campaigns: A Conversation with Bonnie Crater

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Bonnie Crater is a five-time Vice President of Marketing, a former colleague of this blogger from our days at Oracle in the late 80s, and in 2000 was named one of the “Top 20 Female Executives in Silicon Valley” by San Jose Magazine.

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Book Review: Essential Marketing Automation Handbook

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Published by the folks at marketing automation software company Genius.com , and authored by respected consultant, author, and blogger Ardath Albee , this is a valuable primer that would serve as a useful resource to anyone just getting started with a marketing automation system. But I’m glad I found the time. And you can’t beat the price.