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How Should I Market to Purchased Lists?

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Very few organizations can rely exclusively on inbound channels, particularly those companies with solutions that buyers aren’t necessarily searching for. First, let’s dispense with the inevitable question of whether so-called “cold” lists even have a role to play in today’s marketing mix. My response is a definitive: yes.

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ABM is a Strategy, Not a Campaign.

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That is not to say, however, that you can’t successfully design and execute a highly targeted, tightly integrated, multi-channel, multi-touch campaign aimed at a finite number of specific, key accounts. It is a strategic initiative that involves (or should involve) both sales and marketing at all levels of the organization.

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Can You Shortcut ABM and Still Make it Work?

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If you already have good content, adapted for different personas or industries, the technology to drive automated, multi-touch nurture emails, and a willing and capable sales team, you may not need a full-blown ABM solution, at least not at first.

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Tips for Increasing SDR Engagement Rates

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In the context of the report, the first point argues for SDRs to employ other channels beyond just phone and email. This is lead nurturing beyond the inbox , and part of a larger B2B trend towards omni-channel marketing, a reflection of multi-channel synergies and the simple fact that not all prospects like to be contacted in the same way.

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High Bar Offers: Why Your Campaign May Be Asking Too Much

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For ABM campaigns in particular, it’s become something of an accepted truth that if you’re going to the trouble of constructing a highly personalized, highly orchestrated, multi-channel, multi-touch campaign, then naturally you want to ask the prospect for a meeting.

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7 Steps to a Successful Account-Based Marketing (ABM) Strategy

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Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is certainly the hot topic in B2B circles these days, but like other trends, ABM can encompass a whole range of activity – from something as simple as an email drip campaign to a more comprehensive, sustained, integrated program that incorporates multiple channels. How will you measure success?

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Observations from the 2017 Marketo Summit

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But the answer also lies in a more multi-channel approach. Yes, business buyers are tiring of automated campaigns and endless streams of emails, especially now that the power to launch automated campaigns is being placed in the hands of salespeople. BDR spam, anyone?). Again, look at ABM.

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