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Strategies for Blending Marketing Channels to Increase B-to-B Sales
Program Code:
94
Date:
Monday, May 19, 2008
Time:
9:45 AM to 10:45 AM
EST
SPEAKER
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Randy Burkard is currently the VP of Brand Management, for the VWR International Science Education Division. Previously, Randy was President, Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories, a VWR International Subsidiary, having held that position since 1998. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President, Book Distribution Division at RR Donnelley and Sons. From 1990 to 1996 Randy held various positions with the Chas. Levy Company beginning as the VP of Corporate Planning and Development and ending as the VP & General Manager of the Magazine Distribution Division. He worked for several years as a Senior Strategy Consultant with Accenture . Randy recieved a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
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Larry Kavanagh has 20 years' experience in e-commerce and multi-channel marketing. He frequently speaks at national conferences and has several articles published annually in multi-channel marketing trade journals. Prior to founding DMinSite in September 2000, Mr. Kavanagh operated a successful mail-order consulting firm with clients that ranged from traditional catalog and newsletter marketers to pure-play Internet companies.
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Eileen White, Director of Marketing for Staples Business Delivery, has over 15 years marketing experience. Since 2003, she has successfully led a team of marketing professionals in acquiring over 6 million new accounts utilizing a mass array of marketing vehicles such as catalog, direct mail, email, telesales, search and affiliate marketing. Eileen has held numerous roles at Staples including Director of Internet Marketing Operations and Director of Database Marketing and Circulation.
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Description
As much as we might like our buyers to follow a linear path down a marketing channel to buy products, that's usually not how they purchase anymore. The buyer's journey today is a circuitous path through numerous channels that's difficult to track or predict. But attempting to move buyers down a specific channel misses the huge opportunity multichannel marketing presents. Many customers prefer that you use multiple channels to contact and inform them. This session will give you strategies to blend multiple channels
of customer contact to boost sales.