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How Often Should I Email My Database?

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This is becoming a common question, driven in part by the trend in B2B towards more proactive lead nurturing and the rapid adoption of marketing automation systems. Suddenly, companies have the tools at [.].

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Why Companies Buy Marketing Automation Software

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Email is now a means to a conversation, not merely a one-off broadcast, and marketing automation solutions enable sophisticated, automated, triggered, multi-step, “drip” marketing campaigns that respond to changing demographic and behavioral criteria.

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5 Ways To Incorporate Direct Mail Into Your Marketing Mix

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Tags: B2B Marketing Database Marketing Demand Generation Dimensional Mail Direct Mail Installed Base Marketing Lead Management Lead Nurturing direct marketing b2b demand generation b2b lead generation direct marketing best practices. The results may surprise you.

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10 Questions: Do You Need Marketing Automation?

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Or even if the processes with which those leads are shepherded along the sales cycle are woefully inadequate, a company may not generate the volume of inquiries necessary in order for marketing automation to make a difference. And lastly, to be frank, it depends how bad you are.

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5 Ways to Segment Your Lead Nurturing Campaign

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Excerpted from the Spear Marketing white paper: “Top 10 Tips for Lead Nurturing Success (How to get the most from your lead nurturing program, and how to plan for success if you’re just getting started)”. To download your free copy, click here.

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Getting the Most from Salesforce.com: A Conversation with David Taber

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Salesforce.com is a dominant player in the CRM category and an integral part of many companies’ lead management, database marketing, and demand generation programs. HS: Thanks David!

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Aprimo Marketing Studio Supports Sophisticated Business Marketers

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Aprimo was founded in 1998 and has more than 200 clients on its original marketing system, which offers modules for marketing automation and marketing resource management. Marketing Studio was launched in September 2009 and at this writing has 22 clients, including a mix of business and consumer marketers.