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The Challenges in Adoption of Marketing Technology « The Effective.

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The goal is to make use of cross channel marketing strategies to target the customer at the right moment and influence purchase decisions. Marketers are starting to play a strong role in defining the needs and in the selection process when it comes to purchasing marketing technology.

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A Buyer Persona Template for the B2B Marketer

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David Meerman Scott argues that one of the benefits of creating buyer personas is that it will force you to create meaningful, easy to digest content that will actually make a difference in the buying process. Another interesting development that is shaking the B2B space is the increase influence of social media in buying decisions.

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free stuff that sells. maybe.

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Free Marketing Stuff Can Sell As marketers our job is to generate brand awareness, educate our prospective customers on the benefits of our products and get them to purchase. Part of the challenge is reaching enough people with your message so that at least a significant number of them decide to buy.

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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

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The power of marketing automation is the ability to target your marketing database with specific content based on their behavior and stage in the purchasing process. And unless you have someone paying attention to it, you’re likely to lose the opportunity to influence people towards buying your product.

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The Danger of Email Marketing Benchmarks « The Effective Marketer

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What can we do to improve clickthrough rates and, more importantly, to get people to buy/download/register? Analyze the results you get by segment (geography, products purchased, industry targeted, job titles, etc.) Instead of asking how to match the industry averages, ask instead: How can we improve deliverability?

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only one thing matters in online surveys - wiifm

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The good surveys, or should I say effective surveys, are the ones that get people to fill them out giving you enough insight into their market/purchasing process/buying habits/etc. With the advent of cheap online survey software, everyone it seems is creating and sending out surveys. that will positively affect your campaigns.

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The Big Myth About Buyer’s Journey in the Digital Age

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According to SiriusDecisions 2015 Buyer Study, buyers classify “sales presentations” more meaningful or impactful than the traditional marketing assets like whitepapers, infographics, eBooks and Webinars during their buying process. How do you get to see ‘sales presentations’? Also important is the notion of risk.

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