I recently came across an example of the future of strategic digital marketing. A friend of mine (we’ll call her Amanda) is a trendy young professional in Chicago. I always find her to be on the cutting edge of marketing and she just made a Facebook post that I find intriguing: Is it a bad […]
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Engagement indicates a person’s level of commitment. It can come in many forms, such as diamond rings or “@” replies. But engagement, however you get it, can be the difference between a stranger, a qualified lead and a returning customer. Think of engagement as a measurement of how committed a lead is to your brand. […]
Difference makes the world go around. I frequently remind myself this world would be very boring place if we were all the same. Lifecycle marketing strives to recognize, accept and celebrate customer differences. Long gone are the days where it’s considered sensible to market with blind eyes, assuming all customers want the same information, at […]
Do you know who your customers are? Are they your ideal customer? These are important questions to consider before implementing any new marketing strategy. For organizations looking to win new business, keep current customers and grow the right relationships, it’s necessary to first identify who your current customers are and of those, which are “ideal.” […]
This week’s TweetChat will examine lead scoring best practices. According to Jay Famico, a research director at SiriusDecisions, “Lead scoring is a methodology used to rank prospects against a scale that represents the perceived value each lead represents to the organization. The resulting score is used to determine which leads a receiving function (e.g. sales, partners, teleprospecting) […]
Last week, our partner Salesforce.com released its ExactTarget Marketing Cloud 2014 State of Marketing study that polled over 2,600 mid to senior level marketing managers across all industries. The report provides some interesting insights. In particular, I was most drawn to the list of priorities for marketers in 2014. 67% of marketers want to increase […]
Let’s get down to it: What makes lifecycle marketing automation different from marketing automation? What makes one a better candidate than the other for an organization? Can lifecycle marketing work for B2C companies? What about B2B2C? How about higher education? These are questions we hear frequently by organizations of all sizes, varying verticals and with […]
Another year has come and gone. Tomorrow, we welcome 2014 and initiate new strategies, campaigns, tactics and partnerships. What better way to celebrate the ending of such an action-packed year than by counting down our top ten blog posts of the year determined by you, our readers. Without further ado, here is the ROI Top […]
Just like browsers and mail servers, you have a choice when selecting an internet search provider. Whether you’re a die hard Google fan or you bounce around from one to another, you at least know where you will start a search. Since Google announced it was saying goodbye to keywords, odds are you may have […]
Last week, a bunch of articles and blog posts were published on Canada’s new anti-spam legislation. Some authors provided analysis of the new law and others lamented the new rules by which organizations must adhere to when marketing their goods and services within Canada. Of course, this law is more concerning to those of us […]