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Business Lessons From Mars

Smashmouth Marketing

Marketing vendors (agencies, PR firms, consultants, list brokers, you name it) have for decades, and occasionally still today, been treated by some with disdain - a necessary evil. The best marketing service providers, however, rarely suffer this pain. That said, some folks still need a lesson in change.

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Business Lessons From Mars

Smashmouth Marketing

Marketing vendors (agencies, PR firms, consultants, list brokers - you name it) have for decades, and occasionally still today, been treated by some with disdain - a necessary evil. The best marketing service providers, however, rarely suffer this pain. That said, some folks still need a lesson in change.

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Can a programmatic approach bring efficiency, savings to B2B lead gen?

Martech

Despite the low initial costs offered by aggregators and list brokers, there remains work to be done and costs to bear as marketing and sales work the leads. “The cost of the purchased lead isn’t just the cost from the lead broker,” said Natalie Jackson, Director of Demand Generation at CBIZ and a MarTech contributor.

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