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Can’t Afford Artificial Intelligence for Your Small Business? Think Again.

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Salesforce.com the world’s #1 CRM platform has plans starting at just $25 per month. Start small and scale as needed Consider your budget Understand the training and learning time you’ll need to invest What training and ongoing support does the company offer? Will it solve your small business problems?

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New developments in B2B marketing list acquisition

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Marketers can find just about every target company, title and job function they need from traditional list suppliers. Many companies today use their marketing automation or CRM systems as their marketing databases, and populate them from a variety of internal and external sources. A new direction in B2B lists.

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B2B prospecting data just keeps getting better

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B2B marketers typically select targets from prospecting lists based on such traditional variables as industry, company size, and job role/title. Self-identifying keywords used on the company website (ALC). Out-of-business indicator, plus credit rating and parent/subsidiary linkages (Salesforce.com).

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The Stratification of Social Media Listening

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Full disclosure: I''ve been a senior strategist for social media listening company Converseon since 2008.] Full disclosure again: I helped design the text analytics technology that Converseon spun off as a separate company.] And companies such as DataSift and Gnip pump all the data in. Why should you care?

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Can you do top-of-funnel marketing automation without CRM?

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Just not for companies with a closed, proprietary CRM. What we’ve learned (and still are learning) could be useful to other companies with similar challenges. According to Salesforce.com , 92% of customer interactions happen on the phone. More likely to elicit a response…and less likely to be unsubscribed. The Disconnect.

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Where is B2B data-driven marketing headed?

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A bold prediction comes from Gary Skidmore, a strategic advisor to many companies in the B2B database marketing world: “The future lies in ongoing marketplace dialogue,” he says. As business buyers roam the Internet, marketers are able to treat them increasingly like individuals, versus company representatives. No more campaigns.

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B2B data decay and list rental – buyer beware!

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After a careful targeting and segmentation process, the next task is to find a list that aligns with those companies and individuals called out for the campaign’s execution, whether it is for lead generation or customer relationship building or retention. address change (changing companies or company/individual’s relocation).