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Broker Roundtable: Testing Lists Outside Your Normal Comfort Zone

Welcome to Broker Roundtable, where each week we ask list brokers to give their opinions on issues that matter to the marketing community. This week’s question: How important is it to test lists outside your normal comfort zone? Our panel includes Geoff …

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NaturallyCurly Tries to Tame the Stylist Market

Curly hair can be a challenge to keep under control. For the NaturallyCurly Network, the challenge is getting a clear picture of not only the consumers with those luxurious manes, but the stylists who care for them.

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Warning: Your CRM System Is Not a B-to-B Database

Chief Marketer recently talked with John Coe, president of Sales & Marketing Institute, and Jim Wheaton, co-founder of Wheaton Group, about why it is essential for B-to-B marketers to have both a CRM system and a proper marketing database.

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18 Proven Ways to Reach B-to-B Customers with Email

Business-to-business communications are fundamentally different from business-to-consumer. With B-to-B, there is usually a long sales cycle. Your goal is to engage, to establish your company as a valuable source of information. You want to get your messages opened and read often, making you the authority buyers turn to when they are deciding where to purchase. Here are 18 steps to consider when planning a B-to-B email marketing campaign:

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McDonald’s Wins Twitter Followers with “McWinning”

McDonald’s director of social media Rick Wion said he took a chance that something fun and timely on Twitter like “mcwinning” would get tweeters to lay off the McLobster

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Kansas City Nonprofit Launches Multimedia DR Effort

The Kansas City Rescue Mission plans to launch a multimedia direct response campaign this fall to help feed that city’s homeless and generally less fortunate residents.

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State Farm “Cars 2” Tour Highlights Firm’s Own Brand of Special Agent

State Farm’s “Cars 2: Agents on a Mission” tour is making 25 stops in large metro markets around the country, offering life-size versions of the car stars as well as interactive games and other activities

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Visa Memory Mapper Lets Users Build and Share Vacation Memories

As the peak travel season gets underway, Visa is working to show that it should be traveler’s preferred payment method. Visa has introduced a new tool on its Facebook page called Memory Mapper, the free app uses Google Maps satellite technology and cardholders’ own photos, videos, captions and selected music to produce a unique, visual keepsake of their travels. The promotion calls for users to, not only use the tool to create a keepsakes for themselves, but to spread word about the tool virally by sharing the keepsake with family and friends.

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Bud Casts Huge Net Across Social in Latest “Bud United” Casting Call

It was about a year ago when the opening games of the World Cup kicked off in Johannesburg, South Africa, and seven-time “Official Beer,” Budweiser, debuted a global marketing campaign of unprecedented scale called “Bud United: Bud House.” The promotion drew 4,000 applications from people who hoped to live, eat and sleep the World Cup as Bud filmed their lives and produced a number of shows for its YouTube channel. Now a similar casting call can be heard pinging around the world for Bud’s latest iteration of “Bud United” called “The Big Time.” This time, the brand is offering fans unprecedented access to live their dreams in very active ways through Bud’s sponsorships of its various entertainment, lifestyle and sports properties.

Chief Marketer Listline June 6

Chief Marketer and NextMark offer a selection of files new to market. The criteria for selection for Chief Marketer Listline is: · New list to market in past 7 days · Exclusive to list manager · Data card quality score 85 or higher on NextMark · Data …