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B2B Marketing Mix: Will Online, Social Tactics Lead?

Online Marketing Institute

Direct mail as lead management automation now makes it easier to use email, direct mail, Webinars, and telesmarketing to displace first sales calls and continue nurturing a dialogue with prospects. What’s making a comeback? 4) Social tactics emerge, but marketers have yet to see it make a big impact on prospective audiences.

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Marketing Automation Catching On Fire

The Effective Marketer

Note: I used publicly available data and wasn’t able to find Eloqua’s Series A, so I deducted based on valuation of their second round. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 You may have to click to enlarge the funding timeline infographic above.

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Marketing Automation Trends for 2010

LeadSloth

Steve Woods , CTO, Eloqua. The vast majority of leads generated on a website never have a meaningful conversation with a sales rep. I think developing and implementing a holistic lead management process will be one of the greatest challenges companies face in 2010. Steve Woods, CTO, Eloqua ( @stevewoods ).