The Point

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular blog posts from our blog, “ The Point ” in 2010 (as measured by page views). The First (Almost) Clickable Direct Mail. Comments after the fold. 26 Must-Have Negative Keywords for B2B PPC Campaigns. 7 Mistakes To Avoid In Your Next Webinar Invitation. Comments after the fold.

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Lead Gen Webinar Metrics Salesforce.com Eloqua 100

Webbiquity

AUGUST 20, 2019

Content marketing has become pretty much…just marketing. Anything you mail out is content. But the combination of information (text) overload, shorter attention spans, and greater use of mobile devices has led marketers to turn to visual content to make an impact on their audience. Guest post by Ronita Mohan.

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Content Marketing Content High Quality Lead Mobile Marketing 217

B2B Digital Marketer

MARCH 30, 2023

Overcoming Common Mistakes to Elevate Your Digital Marketing Strategy In today’s episode, we are joined by digital marketing expert and author, Jay Baer, to discuss common mistakes digital marketers make and how to overcome them. Jay was a direct mail specialist and managed all mailing for U.S. It took off.

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Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels Work Management Marketing Management 59

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2018

In a 2010 blog post, ZoomInfo discussed the emergence of video as an effective vehicle for B2B marketing communications. Today video remains a hugely successful tactic in the B2B marketing world. In fact, nearly 76% of B2B marketing professionals report including video content in their overall digital strategies ( source ).

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Webinar Metrics Video Marketing Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 157

markempa

NOVEMBER 22, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. The report also found that e-mail continues to have a high response rate too.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

LinkedIn is firmly ensconced among the “big 3″ social networks for marketing and business purposes, and though its base of 80 million members is far smaller than the 600 million users of Facebook, its impact in B2B marketing is larger. Mark Walsh reports on company pages, another new feature added by LinkedIn in late 2010.

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illumin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A screenshot of the Six Degrees login page Bolt was designed by Dan Pelson to give teenagers a dedicated space to connect with other teens through email, voice mail, chat, and message boards. This was followed in 2006 with the creation of Twitter and later by the 2010 launch of Instagram. billion social media users across the globe.

Social Media 52

Social Media Social Marketing Media Paid Social Agency 52

markempa

JUNE 26, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Because it performs so well in other arenas, many marketing practitioners believe that direct mail will do the same for their B2B lead generation programs.

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Lead Generation B2B Sales Work Management B2B Thought Leadership 120

markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. On the other side, Ive heard numerous speakers and bloggers declare e-mail marketing dead. but their e-mails dont show it.

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Outgrow

JANUARY 22, 2020

Top 9 Affiliate Marketers You Need To Know About. Affiliate marketing is a gold mine that often remains unexplored. There are some extremely successful affiliate marketers out there. Affiliate marketing does not make you a fortune overnight. We’re here to tell you about affiliate marketers. Finch Sells.

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Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Outgrow Work Management 101

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Reviewing this year's survey results I was surprised that, while B2B marketers experimented enthusiastically with social networking sites (Facebook, LinkedIn) and microblogging (Twitter), social media have yet to create budgetary or business impacts on the marketing mix. " in the marketing mix.

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markempa

JUNE 7, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Jim also shares ideas on how to leverage direct mail and combine it with other lead generation modalities to capture a higher response rate.

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Paper Lead Generation Generation B2B Thought Leadership 120

Digilant

JANUARY 10, 2023

Omnichannel and integrated marketing strategies are often pitted against each other. But in the case of integrated marketing vs. omnichannel marketing, the distinction isn’t necessarily helpful or accurate. What’s the Difference Between an Omnichannel and Integrated Marketing Strategy?

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Planning Marketing Plans Paid Search Agency Ad Building 52

NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2019

I feel comfortable doing things by the book and following marketing best practices. Every once in a while, however, at NuSpark Marketing we stray from the best-practice guidelines. The anecdotal evidence that breaking the rules sometimes pays off comes from the world of email marketing. Breaking the Rules. Here’s why it may not.

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Marketing AI Practices Account Based Marketing Best Practices 164

Martech

MARCH 25, 2024

No, I’m stuck in 2013 because many of the small, mid-market and enterprise marketers I’ve been speaking with over the past month are fretting over Gmail’s Primary tab, which was the big burning issue that year. They might even resent having to comb through marketing emails to find the messages they want.

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Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

How should marketers change their approach to address these new world buyers? We asked Craig Rosenberg "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Craig Rosenberg's Marketing Prediction for 2010. Focus - Marketing.

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Peer-to-peer Buying Cycle Marketo Marketing & Strategy 100

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

According to BtoB's "2010 Outlook: Marketing Priorities and Plans" survey of 376 b-to-b marketers, almost 40% say they plan to boost their marketing budgets in 2010 , and only 13% plan on cuts. This, compared to 57% who said they were cutting their budgets in 2009.

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Planning Marketing Budget Creation B to B BtoB 40

Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 25, 2010

In the new world marketing, Russell Sparkman, of Fusionspark Media , urges us to use transmedia storytelling. We asked Russell Sparkman "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" " Russell Sparkman's Marketing Prediction for 2010.

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Content Marketing Storytelling Content Marketing & Strategy 100

SendX

MAY 30, 2019

They started with 12 people on their mailing list. Not even their marketing leads! Whether you have a list or not, you’ll discover exactly how to use email to drive word of mouth marketing success for your brand leveraging email. And to crown it all, email converts more leads to buyers than any other marketing medium.

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Word of Mouth Email Campaigns Campaigns Generation 158

Ambal's Amusings

MAY 3, 2010

Why will small businesses get better and better at content marketing and do more and more of it in 2010 and beyond? We asked Newt Barett "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" Both b2c and b2b marketers will follow this path.

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Small Business Marketing Allocation Content Marketing Business 100

Ambal's Amusings

JULY 21, 2010

Brands that continue to use outdated, uninteresting methods to shout messages to buyers will get lost and lose market share. We asked Bernie Borges "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" Bernie is also the author of Marketing 2.0:

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Ambal's Amusings

JUNE 28, 2010

One size fits all marketing does not work. In today's flat world, how do you incorporate cross-cultural awareness to adjusting your marketing to engage with different international markets? We asked Cindy King "What are key international marketing trends and predictions for 2010? Cindy King. Cindy King's Blog.

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Social Media Social Marketing Media Marketo 100

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 26, 2011

Summary: MakesBridge offers a full set of marketing automation features with some special strengths that will appeal especially to small companies. I’ve written quite a bit recently about marketing systems for very small businesses – a category I’ve tentatively labeled “micro-business” and pegged at under $5 million revenue.

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Small Business Marketing Work Management Features Marketing Management 120

Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 21, 2010

We asked Bob Gilbreath "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? Blog Marketing with Meaning Twitter MktgwithMeaning. "Resolve to abandon the advertising interruption model and begin to evolve to Marketing with Meaning." " Bob Gilbreath's Marketing Prediction for 2010.

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Ambal's Amusings

APRIL 21, 2010

How should you adapt to the changing trends in B2B marketing? We asked Galen De Young "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?". Blog B2B Marketing Twitter GalenDY. " Galen De Young's Marketing Prediction for 2010. Galen De Young.

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B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Long Tail Marketing B2B 100

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Incorporate web video in your B2B Marketing. Get good at mobile marketing. Take content marketing seriously. We asked Doug Kessler "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" Blog Velocity-B2B Marketing Twitter DougKessler.

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Content Marketing Marketing Analytics Tools Verticals Paid Search Agency 100

ViewPoint

MARCH 13, 2014

Nick Stein, SVP of Marketing at Vision Critical Vision Critical is the world''s leading provider of insight communities, currently supporting over 650 brands worldwide. Matt Heinz, Heinz Marketing, The Quality of Sales Leads is Abysmal. Marketers and sales people need to be working towards the same goals. percent were quality.

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The Point

JANUARY 20, 2011

Our agency recently developed a report summarizing the results of a B2B marketing survey commissioned by Google and conducted by research company Ipsos OTX. In the survey, more than 600 B2B marketing executives answered questions about their budgets, marketing mix, and key challenges for 2011.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 6, 2010

While integrated marketing approaches are nothing new, email and social media are especially complimentary marketing tactics. by Michael Brenner, July 6, 2010 Related Posts: Need to Drive Leads? by Michael Brenner, July 6, 2010 Related Posts: Need to Drive Leads? It also allows the marketer to track who is responding.

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Social Media Media Burn Rate Web 2.0 100

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We asked Gordon Graham "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" ” Gordon Graham's Marketing Prediction for 2010. It’s safe to say that in 2010, many B2B marketers will imitate each another. Gordon Graham.

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Paper Content Marketo Consulting 100

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

They go down in history as the biggest marketing mistakes of our time. 8 Legendary Marketing Mistakes to Avoid Replicating at All Costs. Guerilla Marketing Without Due Diligence. 1) Guerilla Marketing Without Due Diligence. 1) Guerilla Marketing Without Due Diligence. Everyone makes mistakes. Even (especially?)

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Guerilla Marketing Sample Paid Search Agency Lock-In 78

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Here are some quick thoughts on two items: Unica ’s acquisition of paid search bid management system MakeMeTop (now mercifully renamed Unica Search) and Alterian ’s recently-released and excellent annual marketing survey. They did move from direct mail to email, but those are pretty much the same thing.

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Database Marketing Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Paid Content 120

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Our expert contributors to ClickPredictions 2010 eBook are giving away many exciting and wonderful prizes this week. Winner can e-mail Gordon a white paper to review, or ask questions about a white paper project they're considering or working on. 2010 Content Marketing Trends and Predictions. Over to you.

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ViewPoint

MAY 23, 2011

Today we're honored to have guest blogger Ruth Stevens share her thoughts on database marketing. Business marketers are always suspicious of the data they are getting from list and data companies, whether its prospecting lists or data elements purchased for “append,” to fill in gaps. Will my mail be delivered?

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Resources B to B Work Management Marketing Management 120

B2B Marketing Traction

JANUARY 19, 2010

What is Inbound Marketing and why is it important to B2B marketers? Why should you consider Inbound Marketing in your 2010 marketing programs? Inbound Marketing Is… …the art of creating inbound marketing interest from your prospects when they have a need or interest in your product or service.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

link] [link] Bogdan Donisan New post: Randy Kemp: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] ( [link] ) topsy_top20k RT @jaybaer: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail: Keeping tabs on your social media connec… [link] #marketing [link] Focus Communications interesting. This, I'll try. This, I'll try.

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Social Media Media Paid Search Agency PR 115

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 20, 2010

But marketing-generated leads are gaining increasing respect and salespeople are increasingly looking for help from outside data vendors. Marketers should work closely with salespeople to reinforce these trends, which promise to lower the overall cost per sale. Events and trade shows actually rank below all of these.

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