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Email Campaign, Newsletter and Banner Ad Click-Through Rates (CTR)

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It can be challenging to find current statistics, but based on several studies, these are typical CTR ranges for email newsletter ads, email campaigns (blasts or internally-produced enewsletters), and banner ads. The average CTR for industry trade newsletter ads is 7-8% of "openers," or 2-3% of all recipients.

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Email Newsletters vs. Blogs

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When WebMarketCentral was first launched, the plan was to offer an associated newsletter. E-newsletters were, not so many years ago, a clever and unique idea (good newsletters anyway). Just a few short years later, email newsletters are beyond ubiquitous. After careful consideration, this ain't gonna happen.

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What Works Now in B2B Lead Generation, Part 1

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MarketingSherpa has just released its 2008 B2B Lead Generation Handbook (that's a link to the free executive summary PDF; the complete report will run you a cool $500). Finally, getting SEO and marketing assistance from different providers can lead to inefficient duplication of effort.

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Viral Marketing for B2B Lead Generation, Part 2: Viral Promotion

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Running online ads on industry trade publication sites and ads in trade magazine e-newsletters are potentially helpful though expensive tactics. Next: Viral Marketing Caveats and Links ** technorati tags: viral marketing, viral media, promotion, MarketingSherpa, B2B lead generation, email, blog outreach, PR, Web 2.0,

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WMC Interviews: Alan Douglas

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Briefings offers newsletters, videos, reports and tip books to help professionals sharpen their workplace skills, improve productivity and become a more effective team player and leader. Last week I caught up with Alan Douglas, president of Douglas Publications and the Briefings Publishing Group.

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Four Reasons to Keep Branding During a Recession

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That not only means you can get more attractive pricing, but also that you can get creative in terms of what else goes into the mix: print advertorials, case studies or bylined articles; online editorial coverage, reduced-cost lead gen activities like webinars and white paper syndication; reduced pricing on newsletter sponsorships, etc.

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4 Ways to Improve Email Deliverability

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Here are four tips to improve the deliverability of your legitimate, opt-in email marketing newsletters and campaign blasts. 3) As I've written previously , use a hosted email service for sending out your newsletters and blasts. 1) Run a spam check on your content before sending. The Email Insider blog has an excellent post the topic.