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Six “Killer” Tips to Bring Your Outbound Marketing Back to Life

Duct Tape Marketing

A good rule of thumb in branding is that if you can paste your logo on top of someone else’s marketing piece, you don’t have a unique brand to claim. In outbound marketing, we are filled with formulas that are driven by percentage of response, ROI and the number of visitors to a site. Why waste the opportunity?

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Push vs. Pull: Social Media and the Case for Marketing Optimism

Marketing Insider Group

In many ways, Social Media is simply another proof point of the power of customer-driven, inbound marketing. Push vs. Pull The battle has raged within B2B Marketing departments since the dawn of the web: push vs. pull, traditional direct marketing vs. newer inbound techniques like search. Engage employees.

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Social Media and the Case for Marketing Optimism

Marketing Insider Group

In many ways, Social Media is simply another proof point of the power of customer-driven, inbound marketing. Push vs. Pull The battle has raged within B2B Marketing departments since the dawn of the web: push vs. pull, traditional direct marketing vs. newer inbound techniques like search. Engage employees.

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B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011

Marketing Insider Group

Too many marketers and business executives still question the value of social media (mostly in private). Inbound marketing spend will grab more share of the marketing budget but will stay far from a majority in most B2B companies. One thing that’s not going to go away even in 2011 is the email marketing efforts.