The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2010

According to their post: “Last week in San Francisco, 211 business-to-business marketers spent two days sharing insights, case studies and advice on social media marketing, lead generation, Sales and Marketing alignment, and other hot-button issues on the West Coast swing of MarketingSherpa’s seventh annual B2B Marketing Summit.&#

Planning 100

Planning Work Management B2B Marketing Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2011

Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention?

Planning 100

Planning Email Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 17, 2009

As the marketing plans are shared with the rest of the company, and details on why each campaign or activity is being carried out together with their expected impact on operations and sales, the reason for marketing and why we have this department should become clear.

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Marketing Management Effectiveness 100

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Are the marketing campaigns you are planning or have planned going to directly influence sales? Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 2 days ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? Food for thought.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Effectiveness Marketing Budget Creation 100

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 10, 2011

We sometimes tend to bundle all of the vendors into one big basket, because a search for marketing software solutions will show more results than you would care to browse and the sales literature of most of them will make you think they all do very similar things.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Hubspot 100

The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Sales reps should look into this tool as a potential route for getting in direct contact with those hard-to-reach contacts, and also to expand their networks. A call to this friend could solve the mystery, though, and is better than no clue at all. If they priced it at $10 / month for instance it would be more attractive.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JULY 29, 2009

Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention?

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget Creation 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 18, 2010

Telemarketers often regret the call because the passionate marketer keeps analyzing their sales pitch instead of buying something. Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail?

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget Creation 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 10, 2010

Here are some highlights of the Aflac duck’s impact: First year after the duck’s introduction, sales were up by 29%. Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail?

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JULY 16, 2009

Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? How can a company’s history be used effectively?

Paid Search Agency 100

Paid Search Agency Companies Marketing Budget Creation Work Management 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

Sales reps are sharing webinar recordings with prospects, the CEO is blogging his latest thoughts on the industry, the human resources manager is updating the company’s LinkedIn page. What used to be clear roles (i.e. the copywriter writes copy for the ad while the designer makes the ad look pretty), is now morphing into a free for all.

Planning 100

Planning Marketing Budget Creation Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

Effective marketing is about generating sales. Sure, leads and nurturing and all of that are all good but the reality is that unless a sale is made, all that money was spent without any return. We send it along to the sales reps so tat they can chase these “leads&# like eagles diving for their prey. What do we do with it?

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Budget Programs Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

APRIL 29, 2009

For example, typical uses of webinar software often fall into one or more of these categories: Online sales demos and presentations : a sales rep shares a PowerPoint presentation and his desktop screen while walking through a product demonstration. Why not kill three birds with one stone?

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Webinar Metrics Budget Programs Work Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 6, 2009

There’s a whole discussion around marketing ROI that we should have at a later date, I think most of you are already developing plans with specific goals in mind be it lead generation, web traffic, referrals, and even sales. link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention?

Planning 100

Planning Marketing Budget Creation Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

Trade show booths with slogans and taglines that don’t mean anything and sales brochures that are full of “features” and screenshots but lack detail of how they solve a problem. In the B2B marketing space this is notorious. Go to a trade show and the situation gets really bad.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Planning 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 29, 2009

So here are a couple of important lessons we marketers can all learn from their mistakes: Kindle Lesson Number 1: Integrate Your Sales Channels For almost 10 years I’ve been a loyal Wall Street Journal subscriber. When planning your sales channels, the more integrated they are, the better your chances of acquiring and keeping customers.

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Effectiveness Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JULY 21, 2009

We’re told that if you have a good plan , if you follow a proven framework for rolling out your social media activities and integrate them with your sales efforts , then the ROI will be clear . That is, if you can translate all those additional site visits, downloads, and re-tweets into sales. Otherwise it’s just buzz.

Social Media 100

Social Media Planning Work Management Social Marketing 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2009

You could have effective marketing campaigns that drive sales up 100% and win awards and accolades but still have an inneffective marketer at helm. Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 2 days ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail?

Planning 100

Planning Effectiveness Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 23, 2009

While the decision on whether to nurture or pass leads directly to sales will vary based on your own industry and experience, the concept is a powerful one. Successful Email Marketing (CV301) Professor: Eric Groves, Constant Contact This presentation should have been titled Email Marketing 101.

Training 100

Training Planning Marketing Budget Creation Work Management 100

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 7, 2009

I was prepared for a sales pitch but Albert delivered one of the best presentations of the day while at the same time informing us of all the great tools available for Marketers from Google. link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention?

Conference 100

Conference Social Media Work Management Marketing Budget 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2009

Make sure to add this person as part of your plan and also to allocate the appropriate time it will take for this person to review and approve – or not – the deliverable) The names of people who will have to be informed by the decision (after you create a new piece of marketing collateral do you announce it to the sales team?

Planning 100

Planning Marketing Budget Creation Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 5, 2009

So although that new website project was high on your list, maybe rethinking packaging or focusing on sales collateral is what should be done. Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 2 days ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail?

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Effectiveness 100

The Effective Marketer

JULY 12, 2009

Saying “we didn’t reach our sales goals” is OK, but after the initial shock, people will wonder exactly what happened. Saying “we didn’t reach our sales goals” is OK, but after the initial shock, people will wonder exactly what happened. Then, I think about what is the summary of all the analysis and the conclusion. What is the story?

Effectiveness 100

Effectiveness Enterprise Management Planning Work Management 100

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 15, 2009

Get yours [link] 8 hours ago Good tips for corporate bloggers - "13 Tips for Creating a Top-Ranked Blog" - from @ MarketingProfs [link] 1 day ago Why #MarketingAutomation Projects Fail? link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention?

Product 100

Product Effectiveness Marketing Automation Services Work Management 100

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

With time, a shake out is likely (in fact, the recent acquisition of Unica and Aprimo may point to consolidation ) and the evolution of solutions will ensure marketing automation has a place in most marketing organizations, much like CRM is now standard for sales departments.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation 100