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AUGUST 5, 2010

Finding and retaining the best people has always been a challenge, no matter your industry. The best marketing ends up being what the employees tell their friends about their companies. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking How Success is Misunderstood How do you define success? If you answered “it depends&# , then you’re thinking smart. Number of leads generated? Amount of sales or deals closed?

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MAY 3, 2011

Based on a recent report on Marketing Technology Adoption for 2011 , the findings of their research shed some light on the challenges we face when it comes to marketing technology. The Goal of Marketing Software The need for marketing software comes from the necessity to better understand customer behavior across multiple channels.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

On Monday I attended a Marketing Automation Monday event, put together by the Marketing Automation Association , a newly formed group of marketing professionals that discusses all things related to marketing automation and best practices. Join the LinkedIn group and attend the next event! United States License.

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MARCH 10, 2011

This means that is time to update my previous charts on marketing automation funding (see below) and the funding timeline, because HubSpot just surpassed Marketo as the highest funded marketing software vendor to date. For Eloqua, at least, they say there’s no need to worry since HubSpot is serving a very different market.

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MAY 9, 2011

When companies start to tailor content to different audiences and stages of the buying cycle, they greatly increase the amount of content, and the type of content needed changes&# Marketing Roles Are Evolving Marketing used to have clearly defined roles. What used to be clear roles (i.e.

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MARCH 24, 2011

According to a recent chart published by MarketingSherpa (below), 80% of marketers don’t spend time qualifying leads before sending them to sales. It is interesting that back in 2009, MarketingSherpa had published a chart showing the key challenges marketers faced and “generating high quality leads&# was the top one.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Their latest study points out that “The majority of B2B organizations are increasing marketing budgets for inbound marketing tactics, including social media, virtual events and webinars, SEO and PPC&#. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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MARCH 9, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Email Design Review Gallery Are you tired of what your marketing emails look like? Sure, our email marketing software has some canned templates but they are very bland.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

.&# MarketingSherpa is known for quality content and I have attended a couple conferences ( I was a speaker at the Email Marketing Summit 2008) and have always thought that the best you get from attending an event like this is more in the form of networking than in content itself. Like Be the first to like this post.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking How to Fail at Social Media The challenge of keeping up with the competition in the social media space is not new. The solution, it seems, is far more complicated. United States License.

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MAY 18, 2011

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AUGUST 23, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Ghost Blogging Debate Done Right If there is a discussion that will never die is the Ghost Blogging debate. Schaefer , another excellent blogger and marketer. United States License.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

What seems to be the opposite thinking of the advertising school became the winning campaign of Banco Hipotecario , a financial services business based in Argentina. Sometimes going against established “best practices&# may pay off. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Then with all the triggers in place, sit back and watch the software do the job of sending the right message to the right prospect at the right time. How is it that your product or service will benefit me? Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Wow, it’s magical!

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

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MAY 10, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Taming Your Brand Mascot From Tony The Tiger, Trix Rabbit and Energizer Bunny to Ronald McDonald and even John McCain (?!) brand mascots are a common tool to promote your product or service.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Watkis then states “ the most important activities for marketers are the establishment of marketing objectives, a plan for their achievement, a budget to support the plan, and the management of assets and resources to achieve the objectives ”. Maybe now is time for some change. Like Be the first to like this post.

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JANUARY 7, 2011

This entry was posted on Friday, January 7th, 2011 at 9:05 am and is filed under Content Marketing , Marketing Planning. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

On top of that, now you have videos you want to showcase and the home page was not designed with that in mind. When reviewing websites and discussing design elements, you invariably end up drawing all over the whiteboard, asking your designer to come up with some mockups and then annotating those and sending them back.

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MAY 7, 2010

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Danger of Email Marketing Benchmarks A recent article from BtoB Online about email deliverability reminded me of how dangerous this whole thing of email marketing deliverability numbers can be.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

For corporate blogs using a backup plugin is probably a good investment as well and the editorial calendar plugin is a great help for planning content especially coordinating among different team members. Click to download the WordPress Plugins for Marketers in Excel (XLS) format. United States License. United States License.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

In their research they also classify companies according to their results in email marketing usage. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I recently attended the Business of Software conference where I participated in a Pecha Kucha competition. This entry was posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under Communication. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Web Prototyping With PowerPoint Website re-designs are a common project on the hands of marketers at companies of all sizes. PowerPoint is something everyone knows how to use, though.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Books and theories exist on how to get people to perform their best or to change the way they behave (“ Bringing Out The Best In People &# comes to mind) but rarely we see those in action. This entry was posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under Communication , Marketing Strategy , Social Media.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Quality varies: [link] Can you recommend other resources for free marketing knowledge? This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 12:05 pm and is filed under Marketing Training. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

And now with social media, there’s no telling who will be the next United to see its market cap hurt because of a blog post or youtube video. A recent article ( When digital marketing strategies go wrong ) from Revolution Magazine, a UK publication, reviews some of the most interesting social media mishaps.

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JULY 23, 2010

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MAY 18, 2010

Outside work they don’t want to check out a blogabout the newest lead nurturing technology, or fly out to attend a marketing conference. Funny thing is, Passionate Marketers are not necessarily better at marketing than Job Marketers. United States License. United States License. United States License.

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JANUARY 13, 2009

Drucker advises us to use the following when determining the responsibility for each task laid out in the plan: The name of the person responsible for the task The deadline (when does it need to get done?) Results from the email might point to improvements needed for the copy, the overall design, or even the landing page used.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Software vendors like to boast when they are placed in a specific position on Gartner’s famous Magic Quadrant report. This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 12:30 pm and is filed under Marketing Planning , Marketing Strategy. Stay tuned! Like Be the first to like this post.

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APRIL 9, 2009

Insider information is always good when planning your next career move! This entry was posted on Thursday, April 9th, 2009 at 7:49 pm and is filed under Communication , Hiring. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. United States License.

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JULY 16, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Don’t Forget Your Company History The recent advent of the lost NASA tapes (they lost the original tapes from the Apollo 11 mission, the first Moon landing, then found out that they had all been erased) got me thinking.

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JANUARY 3, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking New Year’s Resolution: Share Ideas New Year’s Resolution: Start a blog to share ideas to improve the effectiveness of marketing managers around the globe. United States License.

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