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Database Marketing: Five Important Things to Know

Webbiquity

A form of direct marketing , database marketing uses business and consumer databases to generate targeted recipient lists. What distinguishes database from direct marketing is the awareness to the analysis of data. Database Marketing Types. Consumer Database Marketing.

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Unica and Alterian Lead Database Marketers to the Digital Promised Land

Customer Experience Matrix

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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Consultants Collective Profile: Ruth Stevens

Biznology

This month we’re pleased to feature Consultants Collective member customer acquisition and retention consultant, specializing in B2B markets, Ruth Stevens. Ruth advises companies on go-to-market strategy, sales lead generation, customer and prospect data, content marketing and ABM. It paid off, big time!

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In Defense of Unsolicited Email

The Point

I’ll even agree that any type of “spray and pray” advertising – the type that makes no attempt to target the right audience, deliver relevant content, or offer information of value, should be frowned upon if not outlawed completely. Email, and even direct mail, is primarily used for lead nurturing, not lead acquisition.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

I would also put another group — one more focused on helping marketing align with, support, and enable sales: firms like BrightMarket, einsof, Longwood Software, and Salesforce.com with their Saleforce Content offering, to name a few. 9) Collaboration — capabilities like wikis, sales-contributed content, voting and tagging.

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MarketingPilot Offers Integrated Marketing Management for Mid-Size Companies

Customer Experience Matrix

Yesterday's acquisition of AssetLink by SAS has prompted me to finally write about MarketingPilot , a vendor I've been following since its launch nearly ten years ago.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

In B2B, it’s not about batch-and-blast acquisition as much as it is about using email to continue a conversation. Tools that analyze who’s clicking – and help B2B marketers make heads or tails out of Google’s analytics – are bleeding over into the lead management space. Direct marketing lists? Lots of stuff, huh?