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To Gate or Not to Gate, That Is the B-to-B Content Marketing Question

Biznology

There’s a spirited debate in B-to-B marketing about whether it’s best to give away information (aka “content,” like white papers and research reports) to all comers, versus requiring web visitors to provide some information in exchange for a content download. It’s tough to do sustainable marketing on faith.

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New Response Databases - Valuable Resource for B2B Marketers?

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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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Where is B2B data-driven marketing headed?

Biznology

Data drives B2B marketing today, and it’s a fast-evolving arena. New tools, new technologies, and most importantly, new buying behavior among businesses—these changes are accelerating the pace and driving new directions for B2B data-driven marketing. The rise of the marketing technologist. Real-time marketing gets real.

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Beware of dubious data providers: a 9-point checklist

Biznology

Are you hounded by email pitches offering access to all kinds of prospective business targets? As a B2B marketer, I am always interested in new customer data sources, so I feel compelled to at least give them a listen. (Photo credit: Tim Morgan). I am, and I hate it. Of course a lot of these emails are simply fraudulent.

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B2B prospecting data just keeps getting better

Biznology

B2B marketers typically select targets from prospecting lists based on such traditional variables as industry, company size, and job role/title. My colleague Bernice Grossman and I recently conducted a new study indicating that B2B marketers now have the opportunity to target prospects more efficiently than ever before.

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Case study in data-driven B2B customer acquisition marketing

Biznology

My new book, B2B Data-Driven Marketing: Sources, Uses, Results , is launching in a few weeks. While preparing case studies for book, I had the fun of interviewing a bunch of very smart B2B marketers to learn how they were applying data and analytics to their marketing objectives. First, we target the right accounts.

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Three barriers to B2B data-driven marketing

Biznology

Ask any business marketer about the importance of data, and you’ll get plenty of good answers. That’s a good thing, since marketers are under increasing pressure to manage, collect, and make use of data, according to a recent CMO Club/Gartner study. With his clients, Ken never says “marketing database.” Like this post?