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JANUARY 7, 2011

Big companies and small companies have different needs, and so their briefs are also formatted differently. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter!

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! An Excel file is available at the end of the post with all this info. Like Be the first to like this post.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Choosing an Email Marketing Software Who’s the best email marketing company/software? The important thing is to lead with the analytics side before throwing the qualitative evaluation into the mix.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

We all like stories of companies that mess up and in the process of trying to clean up their act end up messing up even more. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter!

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JANUARY 13, 2011

If you have just started your 2011 campaigns after battling the budget process, I bet you can definitely see some relation to your own company. According to the research “ email marketing’s ability to provide a high quantity of leads combined with direct revenue gains ” is what makes it still an attractive channel.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

How many B2B vs. B2C companies, industries, and even job titles. This entry was posted on Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at 12:19 pm and is filed under Email Marketing , Lead generation , Marketing Training , Online Marketing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Like Be the first to like this post.

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Corporate America usually relies on some form of compensation system which basically uses a reward/punishment method that tries to coerce people into doing what the company wants. And how about your staff or your company’s employees? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Some food for thought.

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The Effective Marketer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Opposite of Advertising How can a company embark on an branding campaign without prominently displaying its logo? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

How do you setup your scoring system for inbound leads? How do you get a feedback loop established with sales so that you can get better at scoring your leads? Most companies start off with one track for their automation and nurturing programs and expand with time. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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MAY 3, 2011

Companies need to be able to track and measure customer interactions from a reliable source and that has driven a lot of the recent interest in Marketing Automation and Customer Intelligence technologies. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Is a valid question to answer in your objective) and although he doesn’t describe what the “marketing objectives” are, I would focus on lead generation numbers (how many qualified leads, for example) although other metrics such as “number of blog posts” or “twitter messages” could be valid objectives for social media campaigns.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 18, 2010

After interviewing many marketers for different positions at my company and meeting marketing professionals regularly at events, I came to the conclusion that there are two types of marketers: Passionate Marketers Job Marketers The first group is comprised of those that, as the name suggests, have a real passion for marketing.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 10, 2011

Click to enlarge With the new round of financing, HubSpot now leads the pack in terms of VC funding and takes the total amount raised to date by key marketing players to over $220 million. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 I know these companies well. Everyone Wins But it also means something else.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Big companies all turn to Gartner’s reports to help them on emerging trends and technologies. Is an interesting lawsuit because it brings up the question of whether these vendor reports can really help or hinder a company’s ability to grow. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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APRIL 9, 2009

The site not only lists top executives based on approval ratings but also shows you reviews that give you some more specifics of the person, the company, and what it feels like working there. One of the more interesting features is the ability to search for salaries paid at a specific company. Like Be the first to like this post.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing Content That Sells When talking with lead nurturing and marketing automation vendors they all make it seem very easy. That reminds me of what I see when I visit most B2B companies’ websites.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Web Prototyping With PowerPoint Website re-designs are a common project on the hands of marketers at companies of all sizes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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MAY 9, 2011

When companies start to tailor content to different audiences and stages of the buying cycle, they greatly increase the amount of content, and the type of content needed changes&# Marketing Roles Are Evolving Marketing used to have clearly defined roles. How you think about what content is for your company will determine how big this role is.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

What if we could change the way our companies treat presentations and just give everyone six minutes to tell their stories? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter!

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Although his criticism was towards Wall Street financial companies that complain they need hefty compensation packages to attract talented employees, you decide whether it applies to your company as well. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Are the tasks you and your team working on going to directly affect the company’s ability to compete in the marketplace? What are the key items in your agenda as a marketer that can have a direct impact in the company’s bottom line? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Food for thought.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

I work for a B2B software company and we do regular email blasts. If I were to look at benchmark data from MailChimp we are doing way better than their published rate of 18% for companies in the software industry. Reading these isolated numbers and trying to use them as your overall goal will only lead to frustration.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

How do you get pass that low level gatekeeper and get an introduction to the real decision maker at the company? And PWC is a company with thousands of people from all over the world, so although the fact that they worked for the same company is good, it doesn’t really ensure they know each other. United States License.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Like Be the first to like this post. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 18, 2009

You probably heard of countless stories of how a company faced a crisis situation and was able to turn it around and come out even better than before (remember the Tylenol scandal? Johnson came out victorious after a well planned management of the crisis that could have cost the company dearly). Like Be the first to like this post.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 17, 2009

In marketing is especially important to ensure that the company as a whole is aware of what is being done. In big companies as well as in small ones Marketing can oftentimes be considered a necessary expense, the department where money gets spent without consideration and where results are difficult to be measured.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 17, 2010

Design #11 Email Sender: Tableau Software Email Title: 50 Metrics Every Marketer Should Master What I Like: Small but visible logo on top left identifies the company immediately. Big blue lead in. Compelling lead in. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Click on the images for larger version.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking If you’re gonna copy, make it right An interesting blog post by Jason Cohen at OnStartups.com discussed why you shouldn’t copy other companies just because they were successful at what they do.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Sure, in some cases people may respond simply because they love your company/brand and that’s great, but you should also strive to get those who are not necessarily loyal customers to respond, otherwise the survey may end up not telling you the whole truth. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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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. It is very important to make sure your marketing activities are results-oriented. Like Be the first to like this post.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 7, 2009

He reinforced some key messages we heard throughout the day and added some great stories about Twitter, blogs, and podcasting. Just as a sidenote, I thought ironic the fact that for a “digital marketing conference&# that focused on social media (blogs, wikis, twitter, facebook, etc.) Like Be the first to like this post.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2009

An effective marketer, therefore, is someone who can accomplish his/her goals and produce the results set forth by the company. Notice I didn’t say ‘marketing results’, I’m referring to the Corporate goals because no marketing can be effective if it doesn’t contribute to the overall goals of the company.

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The Effective Marketer

APRIL 6, 2009

I was recently hiring a marketing coordinator for my company and once again it became obvious to me that most candidates do a poor job at interviewing. Companies spend a lot of time and money when they need to hire someone and spend even more when they make a wrong hiring decision. What is the risk the company faces?

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 5, 2009

As a marketer what is the ONE thing you need to do that will really determine whether your company will be successful? This is key and what will link marketing to the company’s priorities. Where is the company headed? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 What is your highest priority?

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JUNE 13, 2009

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 want names, titles, email addresses, phone numbers, company revenues, number of employees, and while we’re at it give us your annual budget too. What do we do with it?

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The Effective Marketer

APRIL 29, 2009

Understand and map your needs First and foremost, you should list out all the ways in which your company will be using webinars and the platform. Online lead generation events are more effective when there’s a formal procedure that is followed every time, preventing occasional glitches from happening. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

Commitment : you will have to commit to spending time developing your social media strategy; it doesn’t work overnight and require backing from your company willing to let you spend time doing it. Set goals : this is important for any social media platform that your company is trying to use. and measure it religiously.

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