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5 Ways To Incorporate Direct Mail Into Your Marketing Mix

The Point

Direct mail is tangible, personal, and gives you a measure of creative license that’s increasingly difficult with email, where even minor graphics can be a sure-fire trigger for spam filters. Here are 5 areas that make ideal candidates for including direct mail in the marketing mix: 1. Lead Nurturing.

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Tempted to Do Away With Registration Forms? Think Again.

The Point

A client asks: “Now that we have our marketing automation system in place, is it really necessary to use registration forms in our lead nurturing (follow-up) campaigns? After all, we already know who these people are, correct?

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In Defense of Unsolicited Email

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I’m old enough to remember when list-based marketing was the workhorse of B2B demand generation (or, as we called it back then, “direct marketing.”) Today’s modern demand generation is driven by content marketing, social media, search marketing, and other inbound strategies. Those days are long gone.

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Are Webinars too Popular?

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2) where the audience already has a familiarity with your company and product — for example, in marketing to customers, or partners, or to existing prospects, perhaps as part of a structured lead nurturing program. What’s the most common Webinar mistake companies make? Simply put: not selling the event.

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Decoding the True Essence of Outbound Marketing

MarketJoy

Alternatively, outbound marketing is referred to as traditional or direct marketing. Amidst the hoopla surrounding inbound marketing, several business experts and marketers have turned away from outbound marketing and taken to the other. The Relevance of Outbound Marketing.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

Synchronizing prospect and opportunity databases is key. The data has to flow back and forth and not dirty up the pipeline with raw leads. Posted by Laura Ramos at 09:40 PM in B2B Marketing , Lauras Posts , Marketing Technology | Permalink Digg This | Save to del.icio.us 6) SFA integration — ditto the above.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

IF they have sales reps twiddling their thumbs, they start screaming for "more leads" and don't care how you get them. Lead farming? Direct marketing lists? The worst part about this is that there doesn't seem to be common language about these products, even between competing vendors. Prospect lists?