Economics

Even though it’s in the news every day, it’s really not news anymore.  It’s more of an update: Our economy has fallen on some pretty hard times.  The news (or updates) simply lets us know about the most recent layoffs, … Read More »

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Leads for Sale!!!

Last night I was driving out to the store to grab a few grocery items and as is my custom, I began flipping through the radio stations.  I was mindlessly turning from station to station when I stopped at a … Read More »

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We Don’t Talk Anymore!

There’s been much talk lately about marketing and sales integration.  It seems most of the discussion centers around how marketing and sales technologies will integrate.  “Does our email program ‘connect’ to the contact manager?” “How will our marketing automation application … Read More »

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Managing Email Leads

In the previous post (“Email Marketing?”), we took a brief look at e-mail, automation, and how it can help improve marketing and sales. But what about the leads that are generated from those email campaigns?  What about the "clicks" that … Read More »

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Email Marketing

There's been quite a bit written lately on marketers that are looking for "automated marketing".  The articles use terms such as "e-mail solution", "newsletter automation service", "marketing automation", "e-mail solutions provider", etc.  In many conversations, these terms are being used … Read More »

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What’s the Difference?

I was in a meeting recently with several very smart marketing people and we were discussing the many trends we've seen recently in the world of marketing.  It wasn't long before our discussion turned to the subjects of e-mail, marketing … Read More »

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Customer, Where Art Thou?

In the last two weeks I've met with three different companies in different verticals and of different sizes. As usual, I asked a lot of questions to get a deeper understanding of each company's issues, their various challenges and how … Read More »

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In Defense of the One-Timer

I was on the phone the other day with a business colleague, and we began discussing what we're seeing in the market place. Specifically, we were discussing our interaction with companies, and how they approach the development and implementation of … Read More »

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