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4 Elements that drive B2B direct marketing results

Biznology

If you’re an experienced B2B direct marketer, this is probably not for you. At the beginning of the buying process only three DM media are both targetable and proactive (outbound ) – email, mail, and phone. Social media can be included once the individual has responded and provided that information.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: E-mail and the phone have high response rates, DMA report finds

markempa

The DMA report found that the phone and e-mail produced the highest response rates respectively—among direct marketing media channels in terms of generating leads. The report also found that e-mail continues to have a high response rate too.

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Direct vs Indirect Marketing

Stevens & Tate

You may not realize it, but all marketing efforts can be categorized in one of two ways — direct marketing or indirect marketing. On the surface, direct vs. indirect marketing is relatively easy to understand. Direct marketing involves engaging with leads or customers directly.

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What are CMOs’ Most Important Media Channels?

Porch Group Media

The top channels CMOs prioritized as being very important or extremely important included: Social media – 79%. Social Media Advertising Statistics. Social networks are the biggest source of inspiration for consumer purchases with 37% of consumers finding purchase inspiration through the channel. Search – 73%.

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3 Reasons You Should Consider Direct Mail Marketing

Leadspace

First thing’s first: despite the bad rap it sometimes gets, direct mail gets results. According to a 2012 study by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) , direct mail generates a 4.4% response rate. According to the same study, emails on average achieved response rates of just 0.12%!

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Does Renting Email Lists Make Sense Any More?

The Point

Most of that resurgence is due to the benefits of using direct mail on its own merits, but there’s another factor: the greatly diminished effectiveness of rented email lists. And here’s the shocker: even while response rates have plummeted, the price of those lists (as I also commented recently ) is the same as it was 15 years ago.

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Customers don’t care about Channels

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Let’s face it at this point social media has gone mainstream. Customers are not only surfing the web looking for information but more and more they are relying on social media to get their information. Your customers can seamlessly move from web to social to call center to your front door.