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The Flaw in Calculating Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing Cost Per Lead?

Smashmouth Marketing

Inbound: SEO, SEM, Blogs. HubSpot 's survey, made up of companies of all sizes, shows that in 2008 the average marketing spend from b2b companies on outbound telemarketing efforts to be 12%. Their study covers a much wider spectrum of b2b companies and sizes, and reports 21% invest in similar outbound efforts in 2008.

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The Flaw in Calculating Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing Cost Per Lead?

Smashmouth Marketing

Inbound: SEO, SEM, Blogs. HubSpot 's survey, made up of companies of all sizes, shows that in 2008 the average marketing spend from b2b companies on outbound telemarketing efforts to be 12%. Their study covers a much wider spectrum of b2b companies and sizes, and reports 21% invest in similar outbound efforts in 2008.

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High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging.

Industrial Marketing Today

Results achieved: The company has seen a 26% increase in engine and automotive shipping customers since the campaign began in 2009 FreightCenter.com exceeded its original goal of a 50/50 split in only 18 months. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

In another noteworthy post, Ian presciently warns readers about 11 Internet Marketing Trends To Ignore in 2009 , such as "Vertical Search. I hate to kick that dead dog again, but it sucked in 2007, it sucked in 2008, and it'll continue to suck wind in 2009."

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 6

WebMarketCentral

Unfortunately, several of the largest sites including Digg, delicious, Reddit, Mixx and Mister Wong now partially or completely use insidious no follow links.

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20 LinkedIn Groups Every Marketer Should Join

Hubspot

Created: March 3, 2008. Created: February 2, 2008. Created: November 4, 2008. Created: August 6, 2008. Created: March 27, 2008. Created: March 6, 2008. Marketing. 1) Digital Marketing. Type: Networking Group. Members: 427,420. Owner: John Horsley. Why This Group Is Awesome. Type: Professional Group.

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - SEO Guidance, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

Again, there have been so many excellent blog posts and articles written on SEO already this year that I'm trying to get a jump on 2009. So here are several more of the best SEO-related pieces from 2008 thus far. Learning SEO and SEM - Where to Start?

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