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Unica and Alterian Lead Database Marketers to the Digital Promised Land

Customer Experience Matrix

The connection is that these both support my feeling that many members of the old-line database marketing community have failed to adapt to the new world of digital marketing. Alterian has already made big bets in social media and Web content management, which are also well beyond the scope of traditional database marketing.

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In Defense of Unsolicited Email

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If those purchased lists, as is often the case, filter into the company’s demand generation engine, the result is the kind of indiscriminate, untargeted campaigns that are the topic of Phil’s rant. But let’s say your sales team wants to go after 200 “target accounts” within the financial services industry.

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Are Webinars too Popular?

The Point

The article contains some valuable insights on where Webinars fit in today’s B2B demand generation mix, and is definitely worth a read. Tags: B2B Marketing Database Marketing Demand Generation Webinar Invitations Webinars direct marketing email marketing webinar strategy.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. Yesterday, Demandbase announced a new software suite to help marketers harvest passive traffic visiting Web sites.

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MarketingPilot Offers Integrated Marketing Management for Mid-Size Companies

Customer Experience Matrix

MarketingPilot started as an operations management tool for mid-size direct marketers, with features for project management, list and media buying, source code tracking, expense capture, and vendor management. The company also created special editions for ad agencies, which now provide about 40% of its business.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

Many of the marketing automation companies have added some fairly sophisticated analytics to monitor prospect’s online behavior and help marketers qualify and score them based on Web site visits, registrations, and downloads. Folks, at less than 20 employees, many of you look more like boutique agencies than true technology providers.