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JANUARY 31, 2012

Happy New Year! It is time again for our annual B2B Marketing "predictions". As every year, I asked the 25,000 marketing professionals in the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn about their B2B marketing priorities for 2012. And here are the results: 1 - Integration of social media Social media remains the #1 topic in 2012. Social media has clearly evolved from the experimental stage to become an established marketing tactic and lead generator in 2011.

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MAY 30, 2012

B2B buyer behavior has been changing dramatically over the last few years as buyers increasingly refuse to be interrupted by traditional outbound marketing tactics. Content marketing has emerged as a highly effective strategy to engage the reluctant B2B buyer who is actively searching for guidance and information online, often involving social media, before making a complex purchase decision.

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Everything Technology Marketing

JULY 2, 2012

Last month, we asked over 30,000 members of the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn about content marketing. The results are in. Here is the first in our series of sneak previews of the survey results (the complete report will be available shortly). The first survey question was "What are your top-3 goals for content marketing?" and here is what 727 marketers say: #1 Lead Generation With 68 percent of responses, the most mentioned goal for content marketing is lead generation.

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Everything Technology Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2012

Here is another sneak preview of the new B2B Content Marketing Report that will be released later this month. We asked over 30,000 members of the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn about their most popular content marketing tactics. Here are the results (click to enlarge): Leading the ranking are case studies (62 percent) followed by white papers / ebooks (61 percent) and press releases (58 percent).

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Everything Technology Marketing

APRIL 15, 2012

For B2B marketers, webinars are not only a great lead generator and essential part of a solid content marketing strategy, they can also offer a great educational opportunity to learn what other marketers are doing to drive awareness, engage prospects, and generate revenue. Here are a couple of new marketing webinars you might enjoy. For a complete list of B2B marketing webinars, check out the B2B Technology Marketing Channel on BrightTalk.

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Everything Technology Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Our 40,000+ member B2B technology marketing community on LinkedIn is conducting a lead generation survey to better understand how B2B marketers are adjusting to new challenges around lead gen, and to identify new trends and best practices for 2013. Please follow this link to take the 5-minute survey now: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B2B_LeadGen_Survey_2013 As a survey participant, you will receive an exclusive, free copy of the survey report before it is published to a broader audience.

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AUGUST 26, 2012

The new report " B2B Content Marketing Trends 2012 " is now available on Slideshare. Be one of the first marketers to share the brand new report with your friends and colleagues via Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook (just go to Slideshare and use the social sharing feature)! Earlier this year, we conducted our annual B2B content marketing survey with the 30,000+ members of the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn to learn more about the latest trends in content marketing.

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