Biznology

MAY 28, 2014

Are you happy with the quality of the information in your marketing database? A new report from NetProspex confirms: 64% of company records in the database of a typical B2B marketer have no phone number attached. Pretty much eliminates phone as a reliable communications medium, doesn’t it? Probably not.

Data Hygiene 80

Data Hygiene B to B Marketing Analytics Tools Ideal Customer Profiles 80

Biznology

JANUARY 30, 2015

Business-to-business marketers are plagued by data problems. Business data is complex and fast-changing. Our legacy databases are not as robust as we need. To shed some light on B2B data problems, Bernice Grossman and I compiled a working list of problems and solutions. It’s a never-ending battle.

De-duplication 80

De-duplication Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Attribution 80

The Point

APRIL 30, 2012

A further strategy for minimizing unsubscribes is to employ subscription management, a technique in which you, as the publisher, give the wannabe unsubscriber the option to choose which types of messages he/she wants to receive (or not receive, as the case may be.) Maybe what they really mean is “I’m not interested in this topic.”.

Marketing Management 100

Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Data Hygiene Ideal Customer Profiles 100

Biznology

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

As a B2B marketer, I am always interested in new customer data sources, so I feel compelled to at least give them a listen. So, over time, I have come up with a 9-point assessment strategy to help marketers determine the likely legitimacy of a potential vendor, using approaches that can be replicated by anyone, at arm’s length.

B to B 80

B to B Data Hygiene Marketing Management B2B Sales 80

Biznology

MARCH 6, 2015

Business-to-business data continues to challenge marketers, who need to identify and communicate with customers and prospects, but who run into thorny issues every day. Problems range from duplicates, to key-entry errors, to missing data elements, and beyond. As a general rule, in marketing databases, never overwrite.

De-duplication 80

De-duplication B2B Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 80

Customer Experience Matrix

MAY 15, 2011

. • Data sources tend to enrich each other, if properly managed. Cons: • Many companies don’t have the resources to handle very large volumes of data. Lack of Metadata about data sources. • No real experience with merging multiple data sources with different element codes and timeframes.

Data Hygiene 120

Data Hygiene Stats Conference Work Management 120

The Point

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A client asks: How long should a lead be chronically non-responsive before they’re marked as “marketing suspended”? Over time, an accumulation of stale, non-responsive leads can bump you to a higher pricing tier for your CRM or marketing automation license. . What best practices should we put in place?

Lead Scoring 162

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads Lead 162