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Is Technology Making Marketing Agencies Obsolete?

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Over at the IDC Technology Marketing Blog , analyst Sam Melnick posted an article recently with the intriguing title: “Are Ad Agencies Keeping Pace with the Marketing’s (sic) Massive Digital Uptake? Here’s where I think today’s B2B marketing agency can best compete: • Helping clients get the most out of marketing technology.

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The Lead Generation Strategy Guide

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What is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. Marketing Campaigns. Service Level Agreement (SLA).

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In Defense of Unsolicited Email

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Over at marketing automation firm Marketo , CEO Phil Fernandez just wrote a full-throated rant against the evils of unsolicited email and purchased email lists used indiscriminately: “How does anyone think that these are sensible emails to send to the CEO of a fast-growing public company? In fact, I’d recommend it.

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Unica and Alterian Lead Database Marketers to the Digital Promised Land

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The gist of the argument is that traditional direct marketing agencies, marketing automation software vendors and marketing services providers have mostly remained focused on outbound campaigns. They did move from direct mail to email, but those are pretty much the same thing.

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The Lead Generation Strategy Guide

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What Is Lead Generation? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. Marketing Campaigns Campaigns are what make companies memorable.

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A Simple Technique for Reducing Bounces & Unsubscribes

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At our agency , when we send emails – for example, to blog subscribers – we include this “update profile&# option in two locations – one immediately under the body of the email (image at right), and another in the footer immediately under the unsubscribe link. After all, you’ve earned them! *As

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: On B2B Demand Generation tools and Lead Generation Dashboards

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