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Why & How to Test Subject Lines on Your Next Email Campaign
If you took a poll of B2B marketers (see below), my guess would be that only a small percentage test email subject...
Maker’s Mark: PR Debacle or Social Media Genius?
By now you’ve probably read about a momentous recent decision, and the very public reversal of that decision, made by...
How to Sell Marketing Automation to Your CEO (& Other Burning Questions)
Recently I was asked to contribute some thoughts to Marketo’s new ebook, “The Definitive Guide to Marketing...
Email Marketing 101: No-One Cares About Your Product
An effective email campaign has one goal and one goal only: getting the reader to respond. This means that, in order...
How Much Of My Demand Generation Budget Should I Be Spending On Lead Nurturing?
It’s that time of year again, and marketers’ thoughts turn to budgeting for the next 12 months. One of the most...
Has Content Marketing Made Branding Obsolete?
Confession: as a died-in-the-wool direct marketer, I am a branding cynic. My general attitude towards branding is...
MobileIron Harnesses End-User Demand to Drive Mobile IT Sales Leads
If end users want your product, but their IT department makes the purchase decision, can you leverage that demand to...
“Fortune 500 CIO” is Not a Target Market – A Conversation with Bob Wright
I’ve had the pleasure of watching Bob Wright conduct messaging workshops with clients, and there is no-one better in...
Webinar Invitations: Sell the Event, Not the Product
Easily the #1 mistake that tech companies make when promoting Webinars is that they forget that they’re selling an...
Think Your Inside Sales Team Has it Covered? Think Again.
I’ve made the case previously in this space how one of the easiest way to gain a quick return from any investment in...
Key to Marketing Automation Success: Process First, then Campaigns
In a phone call this week I was swapping war stories with a well-known sales and marketing consultant, who, like us,...
Information Kits: Packaging Offer Content for Higher Response
For most B2B marketers, information offers like white papers, case studies, and analyst reports strike an effective...











