B
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89%
89% -- marketers using email as primary lead generation channel for marketers (2026)
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89%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Mailigen
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Tier C
https://www.autojini.com/blog/5-strategies-for-successful-auto-dealership-marketing.html ↗
Source Article
5 Strategies for Successful Auto Dealership Marketing
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Mailigen
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marketers: 89% marketers using email as primary lead generation channel. Source: Mailigen (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/email-primary-lead-generation-channel
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