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Direct Marketing Doesn’t Have to Suck

Paul Gillin

In the weeks leading up to the Direct Marketing Association annual conference in Boston this week, exhibitors were out strutting their best stuff. And then I thought about what that says about the state of direct marketing today. Lots of direct marketers still haven’t bought into this idea.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Word-of-mouth marketing gets BtoB people buzzing

markempa

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Richard Karpinski wrote the piece which, from what I can tell, is one the the first articles on WOM for B2B marketers.

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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

ViewPoint

But things can get murky when marketers are asked to rate social media in terms of contributing to business goals. Social distribution of content and messages isn’t considered all that effective in providing business value to companies, according to a recent analysis by Forrester Research. It’s hard to believe.

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B2B Prospecting Data Just Keeps Getting Better

ViewPoint

B2B marketers typically select targets from prospecting lists based on such traditional variables as industry, company size and job role, or title. The quantity was so vast that we published it in a supplementary spreadsheet , so that our research report itself would be kept to a readable size.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Research confirms that B2B Companies Continue to Struggle with Lead Generation and Follow-up

markempa

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Ive found that the frequency and quality of communication between sales and marketing is the most important factor to drive better lead generation ROI.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: On Alignment between Marketing and Finance

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Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Last year, I highlighted a report by MarketingSherpa which concludes that marketers need to do a better job capturing and communicating their value.

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Top 50 B2B Marketing Influencers On Twitter

Marketing Insider Group

These company Twitter accounts provide updates on some of the latest B2B marketing strategies and tools and can add some B2B Marketing knowledge into your Twitterstream. Forrester – Forrester Research, Inc – An independent research company that provides pragmatic advice to global leaders in business and technology.

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