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Inbound Marketing and Outbound Marketing, by Tony Soprano

Smashmouth Marketing

Our goal as marketers -- get the buyers to find relevant content, then find links to vendors, then capture their name as a lead (eventually). Classic inbound marketing. Search engine marketing (SEM), search Engine Optimization (SEO), blogging and social media strategies all contribute to solid Google rankings.

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Inbound Marketing and Outbound Marketing, by Tony Soprano

Smashmouth Marketing

Our goal as marketers -- get the buyers to find relevant content, then find links to vendors, then capture their name as a lead (eventually). Classic inbound marketing. Search engine marketing (SEM), search Engine Optimization (SEO), blogging and social media strategies all contribute to solid Google rankings.

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Fast Growth Marketing: From 0 to 500,000 Users

markempa

I first met Fowler when he was co-founder of the cloud-based contact management platform Jigsaw which he sold to Salesforce.com for $175 million (now Data.com). Jim: One of my marketers came up to me as we were naming the company, and we were looking at a bunch of different names like Jigsaw. Jigsaw was a great acquisition.

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Lead Gen 2.0 - Social Media & Search Alone Won't Attract C-Level Buyers

Smashmouth Marketing

The best lists we've seen for the money are from Jigsaw hands down. You can go the next step too, even with a good Jigsaw list, by doing list validation and cleaning. Collect Them - Yes, definitely, use SEM and SEO to gather the hand raisers, make it part of the mix, but be cautious not to rely too heavily on it.

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Lead Gen 2.0 - Social Media & Search Alone Won't Attract C-Level Buyers

Smashmouth Marketing

The best lists we've seen for the money are from Jigsaw hands down. You can go the next step too, even with a good Jigsaw list, by doing list validation and cleaning. Collect Them - Yes, definitely, use SEM and SEO to gather the hand raisers, make it part of the mix, but be cautious not to rely too heavily on it.

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