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Here are just a few excerpts from a comprehensive article by Marshal Larger about the growing pricing optimization software marketplace, The Price Is RightYou Hope:
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Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTR), a leading provider of online business optimization software, announced Omniture SiteSearch, an on-demand solution providing marketers with greater control and increased conversion results through analytics-powered site search. Marketers can now automatically guide visitors to the highest converting products and most relevant content based on analytics-driven business rules and online metrics. (more…)

How do you know if your demand generation is good enough or when it’s time to take your lead management processes to the next level? Here are 14 important questions that indicate whether or not you can benefit for more sophisticated marketing automation.

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I do a lot of public speaking. And just this week I heard a number of small business owners in the audience commented on how hard business is right now, what with the economy and all…And how so few people are buying whatever it is they are selling.

Now, on the one hand, you can absolutely work to market your product or service as something they really do need to solve a problem or achieve a goal. That’ll help sales. Because when money is tight people have to justify every cent they spend.

On the other hand, you can narrow your focus to those who are still buying. And someone always is, even when most people aren’t. You just have to find them and speak to them in a way that resonates with where they are at right now.

Or, on the third hand (3 hands, I know…I’m a bit odd that way. Alien baby and all that…), you could find ways to get people to fall in love with whatever you’re selling.
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According to a joint study by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and BtoB Magazine, the marketers’ role is evolving beyond their primary function of communications.  The survey, conducted in February and March by research firm Guideline, is a follow-up to a previous ANA survey, which found that 70% of marketing organizations have been reorganized in the last 3 years.

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