14 Oct 2011

Building your own database: The basics

Comments Off Business Development, Direct Marketing, PRM & CRM Development

In addition to ensuring a database is tailored specifically to your business, building your own list also means you hold 100 per cent ownership.

Before investing in a Prospect Relationships Management (PRM) system, most people start with a basic Excel spreadsheet that should include the following columns, in order of:
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07 Oct 2011

The importance of strategy in your B2B BD campaign

Comments Off Business Development, Direct Marketing, PRM & CRM Development

We previously spoke about Strategy being one of the 4 pillars to a successful B2B Business Development campaign.

Let’s make one thing clear: strategy, creative and tactics are three different things.

A strategic plan should essentially cover the following areas…
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04 Oct 2011

The 4 pillars to successful B2B campaigns

Comments Off Business Development, Direct Marketing, PRM & CRM Development

There are 4 pillars to every successful B2B Business Development campaign…

- Strategy. Not to be confused with tactics, a solid strategy plan is the first step to a successful campaign. This should be a detailed document with your objectives, tactics and measures for success.
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02 Oct 2011

Time to consider new formats for AdWords

Comments Off Brand Building, Online Marketing

More than just three simple lines of text, AdWords has since evolved into ads that are “multimedia-rich, location-aware and socially-amplified” and Google want you to consider some of these new formats in your next campaign.

What should advertisers get excited about?
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26 Sep 2011

Watch out Facebook, Google Plus surging in popularity

Comments Off Marketing Communications, Social Media

In just one week*, Google Plus has experienced a 1269 per cent jump in traffic making it the 3rd largest site and the 8th most visited site in Hitwise’s Social Network & Forums category.

On to local shores, Google increased Australian market share for Google Plus by more than 455 per cent compared to the previous week.
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