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Lena Waters
Key Tune-up Tips to Keep Your Email Campaigns Humming In this era of blocked images, preview panes, new ISP deliverability rules, and the constant flux in rendering issues associated with Web-based and desktop email clients... a one-size-fits-all email design just won't cut it. Each email template needs to be "tuned-up"—that is, assessed and configured optimally for each campaign for it to truly deliver. Here are key steps to take, as well as advice for ongoing list and delivery maintenance. Get the full story. Please note: This article is available to paid subscribers only. Get more information or sign up here. |
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David Lemley
How to Deal With Crisis—and Defend the Brand How companies deal with negative experiences is just as important as creating positive experiences. In light of the recent pet-food poisoning cases, several companies have taken the lead in reassuring pet owners that they are being proactive in responding to concerns. Which is good: Reacting immediately and proactively is not an option. In fact, it's the right thing to do from both a humane perspective and from a brand-sustainability perspective. Get the full story.
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Mike Zavershnik
B2B Demand Generation in the Age of Accountability, Measurability, and Automation Never before have business-to-business (B2B) marketers faced such enormous pressure in their jobs. With competition intensifying and prospective customers becoming increasingly elusive, companies are demanding that marketers deliver measurable results. Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) are now expected to demonstrate the impact of their actions and the return on their investments. The failure of so many marketing executives to rigorously and successfully defend their decisions partly explains why the average tenure of top CMOs is now less than 23 months. Several factors have dramatically altered the landscape of B2B marketing in recent years, forcing marketing practitioners to rethink their tactics and reinvest their resources to achieve superior outcomes. Here are the top challenges B2B marketing organizations now face, and how to address them. Get the full story. |
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Susannah Ross
10 Tips for Building a Better Web Site Building Web sites involves three very different kinds of skill—technical, visual, and editorial—and the three must work together, which is why the task is so daunting. Here are 10 tips for smoothing the process. Get the full story. |
Ernest Nicastro
Want Better Sales Copy? Take a Tip From Zig Ziglar In his keynotes and recordings, world-class motivational speaker and sales trainer Zig Ziglar often talks about the importance of having meaningful, specific goals. And he'll drive home his point with the rhetorical question, "What would you rather be in life, a meaningful specific or a wandering generality?" As marketers and business owners, if we want our sales copy to produce profitable results we would do well to heed Zig's admonition. Because nothing will hold the attention of your reader and advance your selling proposition as well as specific and meaningful benefit-oriented copy. Get the full story. |
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Nilofer Merchant
Segmentation in a Web 2.0 World—and Beyond In 1964, in the Harvard Business Review, Daniel Yankelovich introduced the concept of "non-demographic" segmentation. By moving past demographics, Yankelovich's goal was to look at things that mattered more—customer usage and adoption patterns. This meant that marketers could craft better messages and develop improved channels to reach them. While this revolution helped us to understand customer requirements and interests, it has its own limits. In fact, Web 2.0 blows out the Yankelovich model. What's it mean for marketers? And where is this heading? |
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Marketing Challenge: Three Ways to Fire up the Team This week, how do you create a sense of urgency when comes to contacting prospects and following up with clients? Join the conversation! Get the full story. |
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