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Value Nurturing: Marketing Meets the Subscription Economy

In the subscription economy, marketers must dedicate time and energy to nurturing their current customers. If you sell using a subscription model, then your future revenues depend heavily on the success and loyalty of your current customers. The potential payback for marketing…

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Lead nurturing and your content marketing strategy

Focusing your content marketing efforts on lead generation and ignoring lead nurturing is like playing golf when the only thing you know how to do is to drive off the tee.  You might reach a good spot on the fairway,…

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Content marketing strategy: the time is now

photo © 2010 Sean MacEntee | more info (via: Wylio) In honor of the RSA conference this week, I’ve been surveying the websites of many of the exhibitors.  I imagine that this group is fairly representative of B2B technology companies…

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How to ask a writer for a white paper

I love it when a client asks me to write a white paper. But I am even happier when we both understand exactly what kind of white paper they want. There are as many different types of white papers as…

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5 signs you’re burning money on social media

photo © 2008 Purple Slog | more info (via: Wylio) At a Christmas party the other day, a friend complained that his company was misdirecting marketing budget to ineffective social media efforts. Having a good sense of where and how…

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5 reasons to recycle your webinar content

Webinars can be a great way to reach prospects, nurture leads, and get some ‘thought leadership’ credit in your industry.  But don’t stop once you’ve put the recorded webinar up on your website. Take the extra step to use the…

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Endings: Part of the customer lifecycle

Do you have an end-of-life plan? Not for your healthcare (although that’s a very good idea). Not even for your product – for your customer relationships? As we focus on lead nurturing, like parents we have to remember the other…

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When is a white paper not a white paper?

Answer: When it’s a lure. Or a filter. Or a score. After years of writing white papers for tech companies, I’ve started looking at them through a different lens. I’ve always thought of white papers as part of the sales…

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