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IN THIS ISSUE
 B-to-B Email Strategies to Improve your ROI
 Are Apps Overrated?
 Tips for Better Search Tracking and Automation
 Beware of Early Black Friday, Thanksgiving Weekend and Cyber Monday Numbers
 Get Social With Chief Marketer

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B-to-B Email Strategies to Improve your ROI

By Beth Negus Viveiros

Business-to-business email is no longer about quick promotional blasts. Today’s savvy B-to-B marketers are using email to nurture customers through the sales cycle and build relationships for the future. Chief Marketer recently talked with Loren McDonald, vice president of industry relations for digital marketing firm Silverpop, and Matt Blumberg, CEO of email deliverability company ReturnPath, to get their thoughts on what types of content works best, timing of messages, list growth and sharing to social.

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Are Apps Overrated?

By Patricia Odell

(Promo)A new study, commissioned by promotion and experiential agency Moosylvania, found that the majority (80%) of smartphone users surveyed used apps. But of the 300,000 or so apps on the market only about a handful dominate.

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Tips for Better Search Tracking and Automation

By Beth Negus Viveiros

Gauging the success of search engine marketing is a little more complicated for B-to-B marketers than their B-to-C counterparts, to say the least. Chief Marketer recently talked with three search experts—Craig Macdonald, CMO of Convario; Michael Kahn, senior vice president of client services at Performics; and Aaron Goldman, CMO of Kenshoo—for ideas on how B-to-B marketers can improve their search strategy.

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Beware of Early Black Friday, Thanksgiving Weekend and Cyber Monday Numbers

By Tim Parry

What do all the holiday shopping surveys mean? What do they really say about consumer spending patterns in the 2010 gift giving season? As Tim Parry reports on the Big Fat Marketing Blog, not a lot...yet.

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