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Marketing automation is not marketing strategy

Biznology

(Photo credit: Wikipedia). Remember ten years ago, when CRM came along? Marketers thought that the new CRM software would solve their customer service and customer retention problems. B2B Marketing Internet Marketing Slider B-to-B marketing CRM Eloqua marketing automation Marketo Sirius Decisions'

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How to Calculate Social Marketing ROI

Paul Gillin

The VP of marketing communications at SAP was recently asked by B-to-B magazine how she is measuring ROI on marketing efforts. According to Wikipedia, ROI is “the ratio of money gained or lost (whether realized or unrealized) on an investment relative to the amount of money invested.” A good CRM system is essential.

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Top 56 B2B Marketing Posts for September 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Social CRM: social media and communities in customer relationship management and marketing - Conversionation , September 9, 2010 Let me start this post with a quote from “Using your customers’ desired actions to increase your sales”, a paper Gerry McGovern and Kristin Zhivago published earlier this year. It’s a fantastic question. Every week?