Sat.Feb 25, 2012 - Fri.Mar 02, 2012

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B2B Lead-Gen: Top tactics for a crisis-proof strategy

markempa

Tweet Do you remember the fire drills at school? The alarm went off, students got excited, and teachers marched them to the exits. They were a test of the schools evacuation plan — a calm, orderly process to follow should an emergency strike. ? Most lead-generation marketers are not in crisis, but many could use an orderly process to help combat challenges.

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How to Transform Social Media into a Powerful Marketing Tool

Tomorrow People

Want to be part of the social media revolution? There’s no escaping the rising business use of social media networking sites. But many companies are still getting it wrong when it comes to social media marketing. This is because they have failed to take on board some important resources and approaches. Here’s how to turn those social networking sites into social media marketing : Apply insight.

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Why Now Is The Time To Build Your Personal Brand

Marketing Insider Group

Brands used to be only for businesses. And we, the employees, were expected to uphold and support the principles of the brand. Some of us in marketing were even lucky enough to help our businesses build their brands. But as trust has eroded away from corporations and government institutions, we are seeing the ushering in of a new era: the employee-brand.

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Confidence is the Feeling You Have Before You Understand the Situation

ViewPoint

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. There are many marketing managers blithely tripping along feeling confident about themselves and their accomplishments who have never proven the return on investment for lead generation.

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The Top 3 Tips for Writing Successful White Papers

In the B2B marketing toolkit, white papers can be a powerful option for reaching decision-makers and experts, presenting them with interesting information that improves their perception of your organization's competence and thought leadership. That said, a poorly executed whitepaper will not only be unable to influence your desired audience but will also come with significant costs that other assets won't incur.

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Lead Scores Too High? Maybe They Need An Expiration Date.

The Point

In the early stages of a recent client engagement, it became apparent that the schema already in place to determine and assign lead scores was, well: broken. The most glaring symptom was the absurdly high scores: hundreds of contacts had lead scores of more than 1,000, even though the supposed threshold for a sales-ready lead was a mere 100 points. Amongst companies who adopt marketing automation technology, the problem of lead score inflation is a common one, mainly due to the rudimentary way i

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The One Chart Every Marketer Needs To Understand

Marketing Insider Group

Last year I announced that change was coming to B2B Marketing and urged marketers to get ready… Earlier this week I wrote about the decline of trust in traditional news media, CEOs and government officials and the corresponding rise of the employee-brand. I argued that now is the time to build your personal brand to help build our businesses… While the signs that the traditional marketing playbook is dead are all around us and the large majority of marketing sucks , even I was

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Demand Generation Strategies & Lead Management Processes First

ViewPoint

Lack of clarity and erroneous assumptions about demand generation, lead management and marketing automation are effectively addressed in two recent Software Advice whiteboard videos by Carlos Hidalgo, CEO, Annuitas Group , and Executive Director, Marketing Automation Institute. In part one , Carlos differentiates between demand generation strategies and lead management processes.

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Balihoo Offers "Local Marketing Automation" for Channel Partners

Customer Experience Matrix

One of first marketing automation systems I ever saw – this would be during the Reagan Presidency – was a custom-built dial-up network to distribute collateral to farm equipment dealers. This and similar seeds have since sprouted into a forest of products that help brand marketers work with dealers, distributors, franchisees, and agents. Some of these channel marketing systems focus on lead distribution, some on locally-customizable promotion materials, and some on campaign management.

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Changes in B2B Marketing — Mad Marketing TV Ep 13

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Join guest host Jeff Ogden and special guest Paul Dunay, CMO of Networked Insights and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies, as they discuss: Recent changes in B2B marketing. Influencer strategies and why they’re important. Facebook’s IPO and what it means for marketers. New social media tools for B2B marketers. Social data and what it means to B2B marketers.

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The Resurgence of Direct Mail as a Growth Marketing Strategy

Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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3 Networking Tips with LinkedIn Groups for Business

Writing on the Web

LinkedIn is today to working professionals what Facebook was to college students when it first launched: a networking tool with a specific audience and purpose in mind. Facebook has since degenerated to an all-inclusive social media outlet for friends and family, but LinkedIn still retains its reputation as an online social networking service for the working world.

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The Monkees, Davy Jones, and Good Marketing/Content Strategy

NuSpark Consulting

The passing of Davy Jones on February 29, 2012 has given me some time to reflect on the phenomenon on what the Monkees were at the time, and the role of marketing played in turning actors to beloved and still well-known musicians to this day. Although not in the rock and roll hall of fame, if you ask someone today who grew up in the 60s to name famous rock groups of the 60s, more than likely, you’ll hear Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, and Monkees.

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SAS Unveils High Performance Analytics Technology

Customer Experience Matrix

I spent the early part of this week at SAS ’s annual analysts conference, where the company reviewed the past year and presented its vision for 2012. The story this year was simple: “big data”, and SAS’s “high performance analytics” approach to taming it. Of course, “high performance analytics” is what SAS has always done and, like “big data” itself, the term is relative.

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Five Ways to “Get Real” With B-to-B Social Media

Biznology

Image by Getty Images via @daylife. Today, 89% of B-to-B marketers in the U.S. are using social media, says a study conducted by iTracks and the Business Marketing Association (BMA). In fact, B-to-B use of social media may have even eclipsed that of consumer marketers, according to another report from White Horse Productions. But the B-to-B marketers I talk to still sound confused.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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How To Change Your Facebook Page Name

Tomorrow People

Stuck with a Facebook page name you’d like to change? While this used to be impossible to do for pages with over 100 fans, it just got much easier! The big news this week was Facebook’s rollout of Timeline for brand pages, but they also rolled out a form allowing you to request to change your Facebook page name.

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A new eBook; Content Marketing Templates for Lead Generation

NuSpark Consulting

If you’re a content marketer, then you know the challenges you face. A sound content marketing plan is critical to the success of your lead generation efforts. Some of the biggest challenges we see are: 1. Producing well-written quality content that engages prospects to convert. 2. Not having the time or resources to produce enough content. 3. Producing enough relevant content targeted to specific audiences and personas. 4.

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The iPad and the False Distinction Between Consumption and Creation

B2B Memes

Listening yesterday to Leo Laporte’s podcast, This Week in Tech , I was reminded how technology is constantly befuddling those who believe in a clear distinction between content consumption and creation. Midway through the show (at about 1:09), discussion turned to how Adobe will soon be releasing Photoshop for the iPad , and how Microsoft is expected to do the same for its Office suite.

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SEO is Only One Part of an Integrated Marketing Strategy

Biznology

People are constantly using the Internet. Whether they are browsing from a desktop computer, laptop, smart phone, or tablet, the Internet is always “on”. When people are looking for information and researching products and services, they turn to the Internet. More specifically, they turn to the search engines. Businesses today understand that in order to be successful online, they need to have a positive search engine presence and invest in SEO.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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Poll of the day: What’s your PR approach for the future?

Tomorrow People

Once upon a time, PR for business used to be simply about gaining coverage in the local and national press. There’s no doubt that developing a credible and consistent profile for your brand is as important as ever. Or that gaining positive recognition within industry media channels is both highly valuable and highly desirable. Today, many businesses continue to undertake their own PR activities, or buy in PR support to help boost their profile.

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Guidelines for a Content Marketing Audit

The Effective Marketer

If you are already a content marketing convert and understand the importance of embracing content publishing as a core component of your marketing strategy, you may be wondering how well you are doing in comparison to other companies. The Altimeter Group has a report that can help you with that. Their recently released “ Content: The New Marketing Equation ” report puts together a “Content Marketing Maturity” framework to help you assess your content marketing efforts.

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More Lessons from My 10-Tweets-a-Day Challenge

B2B Memes

In the beginning of February, I challenged myself to post at least 10 times a day on Twitter. As I explained in the blog entry announcing the challenge , I had a variety of reasons for undertaking it. Mainly, though, I wanted to make better use of my Twitter account. Now that the month is done, how did I do? And what, if anything, have I learned? Unlike my previous challenge to publish one blog post a day in November, I didn’t quite achieve my goal this time.

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The Hybrids are Coming: Evolution of the Prototype Marketer

Convince & Convert

Paul Roetzer ( @paulroetzer ) is founder and CEO of PR 20/20 , a Cleveland-based inbound marketing agency, and author of The Marketing Agency Blueprint (Wiley). Digital marketing has revolutionized the industry, and the job market. Corporate marketing departments and marketing agencies struggle to recruit and retain qualified professionals for career paths that did not exist three years ago, while academic institutions are faced with the need to adapt curriculums to the real-time nature of bus

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The AI-Enabled CMO: Practical Tips for Today's B2B Marketers

Speaker: Paul Slack, Vende Digital CEO

On October 11th, understand how to navigate the AI landscape confidently, turning insights into groundbreaking strategies that set you apart. Why attend? You'll learn: Practical applications/Use cases How to find and assess the right AI technology Prioritizing quick wins Mastering prompt engineering Solving marketing challenges efficiently Strategies to launch pilot programs Case studies of B2Bs building smarter businesses with AI Exclusive bonus content: Actionable frameworks to get started qui

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B2B Marketers: How Much Time Should You Spend On Facebook?

B2B Marketing Traction

I’m still getting a lot of questions about whether or not B2B marketing should include a presence on Facebook. Business owners want to see a return on their investment, and many don’t understand what’s involved in planning, implementing and maintaining a Facebook company presence. How much time does it take to get results from Facebook?

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It’s 10:00 PM. Is Your Content Where It Belongs?

Digital B2B Marketing

Comscore recently issued a release showing 31% of banner ads from a sample of advertiser had no opportunity to be seen. The problem is, advertisers often do not know where their ads are running. Increasingly, marketers don’t know where their content is either. B2B technology marketers running lead generation programs are finding their content or offers on a wide range of sites they never intended to place their content on, yet they are paying $20 to $60, or more, every time someone downloa

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A Leap-Day Special

B2B Memes

To mark the auspicious occasion of leap day, I’ve marked down the price of the e-book edition of the New-Media Survival Guide to just 99 cents (or, if you’re outside the United States, the equivalent in some other currency). This is just a one day sale, more or less, so if you’re tempted, don’t wait. I don’t anticipate another discount for some time.

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Are your Google rankings based on your conversion rate?

Biznology

Image via CrunchBase. One of the oddest things about all the updates that Google has made over the last few years concerns the lack of impact that some of the changes have had on some businesses I know. Google Panda and other ranking algorithm changes have caused significant drops in traffic for many of these companies. But that’s not the odd thing.

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Lets Get Physical: How to Blend Direct Mail Marketing with Your Digital Strategy

Speaker: Akeel Jabber, B2B SaaS Investor and Growth Marketer at Horizen Capital

⭐ Are you ready to boost campaign success? Consider the untapped potential of integrating direct mail marketing seamlessly with digital marketing strategies. Combining the physical, tangible impact of direct mail with the dynamic reach of digital marketing can be a game-changer, significantly increasing your ROI when done right. Direct mail grabs attention, making it great for reaching your target audience 📩 Digital marketing keeps the momentum going, driving action 📲 So.

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Three F-Commerce Techniques That Actually Work

Convince & Convert

Daniel Lemin is Strategy & Analytics Lead at Convince & Convert. He also runs a consulting firm called Social Studio where he provides analytics, PR and integrated marketing strategy to his clients. If you’ve been following the latest f-commerce news about retailers experimenting with social storefronts on Facebook, you’ll already know that the media are labeling the retailer efforts a failure following the shuttering of Facebook storefronts run by Gap, J.C.

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Is Focusing On Your Audience Getting In Your Way?

Digital B2B Marketing

Of course not! As B2B marketers, focusing on your audience is absolutely critical. However, you must look forward, at where your audience will be. Research and observation tell you where your audience has been and what they have been interested in. But what will they be interested in and using in 6, 12 or 24 months? If you are focused on what your B2B target audience has done in the past or is doing today, you will miss new opportunities like the Internet (2000), Twitter (2009) or Pinterest (201

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Measuring the Value of Social Marketing and Media

Vision Edge Marketing

'Hardly a week goes by when you don’t read or hear about social marketing or social media, the terms social marketing and social media are frequently used so it’s probably a good idea to define what we mean by these two terms. Social marketing was “born” as a discipline in the 1970s. Philip Kotler & Gerald Zaltman, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, in 1971, used the term to describe the application of commercial marketing principles to health, social and qual