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The 2 Most Common Mistakes in Partner Recruitment Campaigns

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Like many B2B marketing agencies, even though we’re a professional services business and don’t sell or re-sell technology, our firm gets marketed to regularly by companies looking to recruit us as a channel partner. Most of these pitches inevitably revolve around the functionality of the product or solution in question and the benefits to be gained by our clients.

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The Impact of New Google & Yahoo Deliverability Rules on Purchased Lists

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A client asks: “We recently purchased a list of email addresses from a reputable vendor for use in a campaign targeting competitive installations. Do the new Google/Yahoo deliverability rules make using a third-party list too risky? How should we approach the campaign differently?” My response: First, whereas the new rules (see below) increase the potential risk from using purchased lists, they don’t necessarily render such tactics irrelevant.

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10 Must-Haves for Your Next Creative Brief

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A good creative brief is the foundation for an effective marketing campaign. In the face of deadlines, however, and at the normal, torrid pace of modern marketing, creative briefs are often viewed as an extra step, an annoyance, and an unnecessary obstacle to getting content in market. Why are briefs so important? One word: alignment. A good, concise creative brief ensures that all stakeholders — creatives, sponsors, partners, sales, those who will be reviewing and approving copy and design —

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MDF Funds & How to Use Them

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In uncertain economic times, Market Development Funds (MDF) can be a precious resource for channel partners (resellers, distributors, ISVs) looking for budget to fund sales and marketing activity. Yet industry surveys report that as much as 60 percent of available MDF funds go unused. By some measures, that may add up to $15 billion of unspent marketing budget every year in the US alone.

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The Rise of AI & Other B2B Predictions for 2023

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Each year, it seems there’s one topic that dominates marketing conversation, and 2023 is no exception. In recent weeks, AI technology, and in particular tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney , have forward-thinking marketers devising entirely new approaches to their role, and others wondering if their job is about to be replaced by a machine. When I asked my agency colleagues for their B2B predictions for 2023, no prizes for guessing which topic cropped up most often.

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How Should I Market to Purchased Lists?

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A client asks: “What’s the best way to market to purchased lists like ZoomInfo ? We have a debate between our marketing and sales teams on whether the best approach is marketing emails, sales outreach, or something else. Curious as to your opinion?”. 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.

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Report: What’s Working in Email Marketing

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A new report: “ What’s Working in Email Marketing: The Power of Aligning Strategies, Data & Content ” details the strategies, technologies, and best practices that today’s email marketers are adopting in an era of data privacy, remote work, and demanding, digitally-savvy buyers. I was asked by the team at Demand Gen Report to contribute my views, and those thoughts are republished below.