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The First (Almost) Clickable Direct Mail

The Point

Marketing pundits have been proclaiming that direct mail is making a comeback ever since I first cut my teeth in direct marketing back in the late 80s. I can only report that whereas the heady days of mail are long gone, far more B2B clients are utilizing direct mail today compared to say, five years ago.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Podcast: Tradeshow and Event Marketing with Ruth Stevens

markempa

I interviewed Ruth Stevens , author of Trade Show and Event Marketing , to get her views on what marketing and sales can do to increase the effectiveness of their event marketing and she gave some helpful insights. Show Agenda Why did you write Tradeshow and Event Marketing and what were you hoping to address?

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Off topic: Response to meme - 8 Random Things About Me

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Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Ardath, thanks for the tag. Ardath, thanks for the tag. " Let me see. " Let me see.

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Does your B2B Marketing have Consistent Messages?

Ambal's Amusings

We asked our panel of B2B marketing experts " How can companies maintain branding and messaging consistency across various marketing vehicles that they use? For example, how can trade show marketing strategy be consistent with blogging and other social media strategy? Marketing Edge podcast.

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Show Me the Numbers: Hard Data on Internet Use and Media Spend

Customer Experience Matrix

Zenith Optimedia pretty much agrees: its October 2008 report shows U.S. On the other hand, the Direct Marketing Association shows spending at $339 billion total in 2008 including $75.9 Where are marketers moving their budgets? Summary: Marketers may be overspending on blogs and search. for TV and 10.2%

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How Content Marketing Can Save Your Digital Marketing Strategy

Content Marketing Institute

The primary challenge is that, historically, all marketing campaigns (including the digital bits) have been managed by product marketing teams. They create brochures, PowerPoint decks, and case studies for salespeople, generally in anticipation of participation at an industry-related trade show. New product launch?

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2011 B2B Marketing Predictions

Online Marketing Institute

We are always trying to stay on top of the B2B trends in the marketing industry. The use of highly targeted Direct Marketing will steadily increase in 2011. The most successful direct programs will find the perfect balance of integrating online media and traditional offline elements to reach their target audiences.