Few companies can survive without CRM software for Customer Relationship Management. But all too often, companies are wasting money on a full-blown system with amazing features and functionality, then they let the implementation fail. All-in-all, they only use it as a somewhat advanced contact manager. It is terrible to have powerful CRM software that is … Continue reading
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When Easy Data Acquisition Can Be a Bad Idea
When Easy Data Acquisition Can Be a Bad Idea You’ve heard all the “buzz” about how profitable email marketing has become in today’s business environment. You need people to email. You want to get a list of sales leads quickly and cheaply too. This mindset of desperation can actually work against you. Common Email List … Continue reading
The Dirty Truth about a Clean Database
The Dirty Truth about a Clean Database You can’t trust all the data sources available. Whether you obtain your lists from an online source or a new staff member, you need to take precautions to protect the cleanliness of the data. Otherwise, the clutter of old data or the risk of spam traps can jeopardize … Continue reading
Email Marketing Alt Text And You
Email Marketing Alt Text And You We’re all familiar email programs like Outlook, Gmail, Thunderbird and others blocking images. When you receive an email, the images are not displayed initially. It looks like this: The images that you labored over don’t even show up. If the recipient of your email marketing message wants to see … Continue reading
Dirty Databases and Heart Attacks
3 Sneaky Ways Your Dirty Database is Like a Future Heart Attack You wake up one Monday morning in a cold sweat. Your chest tightens. Your skin feels clammy. Your left arm feels numb. What is happening? Too often, this is a scenario where 23% of the men who experience it will not survive. … Continue reading
Insight Using Marketing Automation
Be the Source of Insight Using Marketing Automation Buyers are different than a few short years ago. They are more educated and spend time online to find resources of ever-increasing knowledge. Their insatiable desire to know more about the products and services they purchase can lay the foundation of your marketing automation campaigns. According to … Continue reading
Triggered Emails Coupled with CRM Integration Offer Value
Triggered Emails Coupled with CRM Integration Offer Value Lead nurturing marketing automation is highly valuable to both your company and your sales leads. Triggered emails are another way to engage your customers and learn more about what makes them happy. Any number of things can trigger an automated email or email campaign. Here are a … Continue reading
Best Marketing Automation Uses Content
The Best Marketing Automation Uses Epic Content Marketing automation is much more than slapping together a few email campaigns with clickable content for the recipient to find. Sure, watching the metrics of what triggers a reader to click through is valuable to your marketing strategy. But there is much more that you can accomplish if … Continue reading
Feed the Hungry Email Marketing Beast with Curated Content
You may feel guilty about “stealing” someone else’s content…but don’t. It can be the best thing ever for your email marketing campaigns if you do it right. Of course, you must follow ethical content curation practices. One of the most important is giving attribution. In fact, when you give both attribution to the original source … Continue reading
Analyze Which Key Metrics Count in Your Online CRM
Your CRM dashboard can be really useful in helping you adapt to the buying patterns of your sales leads. Often people struggle with deciding what to measure, but no one really doubts that getting the data is useful. In the 1950’s Edward Deming revolutionized manufacturing with his “Plan-Do-Check-Act” cycle. Since then, few have questioned the … Continue reading