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New Charts: Most Effective Email Marketing Tactics for 2011

Hubspot

According to MarketingSherpa’s 2011 Email Marketing Benchmark Report , the most effective tactic to increase relevancy is triggered emails. At HubSpot , we use our marketing software's Lead Nurturing emails to keep in touch with prospects. Free Webinar: The Role of Email in an Inbound Marketing World.

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The Role of B2B Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Even though more than half of the marketers saw their roles expanded well into the sales process, 58 percent of those surveyed met with sales just once a month or less and 8% or nearly 1 out of 10, admitted to never meeting with their sales counterparts. Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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The Role of B2B Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Even though more than half of the marketers saw their roles expanded well into the sales process, 58 percent of those surveyed met with sales just once a month or less and 8% or nearly 1 out of 10, admitted to never meeting with their sales counterparts. Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity

Marketing Insider Group

Contacts from companies that are qualified as leads but not yet passed to sales can end up landing in the target list for an email blast or an event invitation. Maybe this works for your company as long as the number of marketing touches does not annoy the prospect to the point that they want to walk away.

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Understanding the New Roles in Marketing

Hubspot

In terms of both department size and budget, Marketing is on the rise. Just take a look at how the size of business' marketing departments has more than doubled -- in fact, almost tripled -- since August 2011. And as the role of marketing grows, it also continues to evolve. Lead Nurturing Specialist.

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B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011

Marketing Insider Group

So here is my list of B2B Marketing Insider predictions for 2011. Customer satisfaction, loyalty and retention re-emerge as key metrics B2B marketers will use to measure the performance of their holistic marketing programs. The one thing that concerns me is that sales and marketing alignment continues to be an issue.

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Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

Marketing Insider Group

These days, we really have the feeling that B2B marketers are all about following trends: we should have a blog, we should do lead nurturing, we should have a group on linkedIn. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Geraldine Roy Aug 18 2010 Good question! OK, but WHY. Share your thoughts, post a comment.