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Can Old Database Marketers Learn Digital Tricks?

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Database marketing and digital marketing are more different than it seems. It’s self-evident that digital marketing (mostly on the Internet, but also mobile, in-game, and eventually interactive TV) is a major change from both traditional mass media and more recent database marketing (mail, email, telemarketing, CRM).

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Unica and Alterian Lead Database Marketers to the Digital Promised Land

Customer Experience Matrix

Here are some quick thoughts on two items: Unica ’s acquisition of paid search bid management system MakeMeTop (now mercifully renamed Unica Search) and Alterian ’s recently-released and excellent annual marketing survey. 35% of marketers expect to move more than 20% of their direct marketing budget into digital channels next year.

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Customer Centricity Isn't Marketers' Major Concern--Yet

Customer Experience Matrix

Contrary to my initial impression that “customer centricity” was the major topic at the National Center for Database Marketing conference this week, a close look at the program shows just four of the 45 sessions had this as their focus. This includes three related to multi-variate testing (e.g.

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Expert Interview Series: Mike Moran of Biznology on How to Excel at Digital Marketing for B2B Businesses

Leadspace

Biznology recently published an article about New York’s happiest B2B database marketer , where the author advocates for adopting an “ideal state” data model and then filling in the blanks to make it actionable. “Knowing more” is about the data, customer data and metadata about your content.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence. However, for marketers, a social media address is insufficient to manage that channel. through a new channel. And of course product improvement ideas are important.

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The Founder Interview Series #32: Mike Lewis and Michael Weber, Click360

Webbiquity

That means both B2B and B2C marketers are challenged to answer the same question: how can I know which marketing tactics are actually driving sales, so I can allocate my marketing budget more effectively? And by extension, which marketing channels make that happen and which don’t. And here we are. The Launch.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

Online Marketing Institute

The breakdown: “Capturing conversation outside brand-owned channels is not a perfect science, but at the moment, Radian6 is leading the pack. Multi-Platform/Focus Company. Database Marketing. Golf Courses and Clubs. Tool: Radian6 (Salesforce) URL: Radian6.com City & Regional Publishing. Internet/Online Only.