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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Lead Management & Integrated Direct Marketing

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Click to start video at this point — Commenting on the outbound marketing and inbound marketing mix, Jim says we can’t get away from basic integrated marketing. Some companies have abandoned traditional methods of generating leads and are trying to use only one vehicle like marketing automation. Stay Tuned.

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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

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LinkedIn was rated eighth out of 13 channels and YouTube was 10th, followed by Google+, and Twitter. B-to-b marketers have had issues with Facebook for a while, but what accounts for the poor evaluation of LinkedIn, a perennial b-to-b darling? Some of it is direct marketing, such as email, display, and PPC search.

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PowerViews with Christopher Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

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Christopher mentions Twitter’s recent launch of its self-serve ad platform similar to Google AdWords: marketers can go in with their credit cards and place ads. ” Marketing & Sales Alignment Via Shared Lead Definition. Additionally, this maturing is being advanced by the acceleration of social advertising.

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PowerViews with Chris Hosford – CRM/Marketing Automation/Social Convergence

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Chris mentions Twitter’s recent launch of its self-serve ad platform similar to Google AdWords: marketers can go in with their credit cards and place ads. ” Marketing & Sales Alignment Via Shared Lead Definition. Additionally, this maturing is being advanced by the acceleration of social advertising.

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PowerViews with Dave Munn: The Transformed Marketing Organization

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This means direct marketing and direct sales need to be more relevant, more specific, and more targeted to the people they are trying to contact. Marketing and sales messages are competing with web searches, word-of-mouth, social media, and consultant and analyst recommendations. ITSMA on Twitter: @ITSMA_B2B.

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Is Anyone Leading Lead Management?

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Direct Marketing Agency. Two major departments compete on rules establishment and daily management (sales and marketing). Marketing Operations Department. Social Media Department – blog, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, iTunes, YouTube and Pinterest, to name just a few. Digital Agencies. Telemarketing Inbound.

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Why Engagement Will Not Generate Leads (and what to do about it)

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Direct marketers are decidedly less sexy.constantly searching for the next idea that increases response. ” Moran says engagement marketers with interest in driving sales have much to learn from the practice of direct response marketing. How to Always Make the Sale. This is how advertising works.