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Why It’s Time to Start Leveraging Database Marketing for PPC

Directive Agency

As marketers, there are a million and two initiatives we run at once, and it can get difficult to keep track of what is working and what the data is telling us. Enter database marketing. What is Database Marketing? Internal Databases vs. External Databases. Why is Database Marketing Important for ROI?

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Interview with Brian Hansford

Onalytica B2B

My very first professional job was an inside sales rep for a PC-based software company that sold developer tools in the early 90’s. It was pre-web and the marketing world was wholly focused on direct mail, advertising, tradeshows, and PR. I love what I do and working with other B2B marketing pros.

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5 Types of Marketing Automation for Businesses to Consider

PureB2B

The birth of marketing technology happened sometime in the 80’s , when computers became powerful enough to store large volumes of customer information. a customer management company, developed the first ever database marketing software, basically a primitive CRM platform. In 1986, ACT!,

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Aprimo Marketing Studio Supports Sophisticated Business Marketers

Customer Experience Matrix

In other words, Marketing Studio competes with high-end demand generation systems like Eloqua , Market2Lead and Neolane. Neolane may be the most similar, since it also straddles the business and consumer marketing worlds. But consumer marketers also need inputs from transaction systems.

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5 Types of Marketing Automation to Consider

PureB2B

The birth of marketing technology happened sometime in the 80's , when computers became powerful enough to store large volumes of customer information. a customer management company, developed the first ever database marketing software, basically a primitive CRM platform. In 1986, ACT!,

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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: consolidation isn't new among marketing software vendors. When campaign management systems consolidated in the late 1990's and early 2000's, most were bought by enterprise software companies. Decision Software has remained a small company while Aprimo is most successful in B2B marketing resource management.

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B2B Lead Generation – Challenges & Strategies That Work

PureB2B

Without leads, B2B marketers don’t have prospects. Without prospects, your company has no way to expand its client base. You can get your product in front of more decision makers at more companies and win more accounts as a result. Assessing the market need. However, with the right leads, everything else falls into place.