Sat.Apr 21, 2012 - Fri.Apr 27, 2012

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The Death of Copy Writing

Tomorrow People

Is copywriting really dying? After all, it plays a central role in creating a company’s brand and credibility. It helps to shape public perception of a business and what it has to offer. A strong, clear written message forms the core of marketing content for many businesses, from the big budget adverts - to the growth of business websites and SEO copywriting.

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The Cost-Per-Lead Fallacy in Measuring B2B Lead Generation Investments (Pt 1 of 3)

ViewPoint

As much as marketing and sales best practices—not to mention just plain common sense—dictate that cost-per-lead not play a prominent role in managing and measuring B2B lead generation investments, the metric continues to prevail. I included the following in a blog on the cost-per-lead metric I wrote in the summer of 2010: “I continue to marvel at the high number of companies that only use cost-per-lead as a basis for lead generation buying decisions.

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Teleprospecting: When cutting response time is a priority (and when it’s not)

markempa

Tweet When you’re converting inquiries into qualified leads, it’s widely believed that time is of the essence. Even research published in the Harvard Business Review says you’re almost seven times more likely to qualify a lead if you respond by phone within five minutes than if you respond an hour later. That’s why, when one of our Research Partners, a B2B telecommunications company, wanted to convert more inbound leads into sales-ready ones, we cut our response time.

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Content Strategy Ain’t Just For Large Companies

Marketing Insider Group

In a recent podcast on OpenView labs , I discussed how content strategy can drive real results for businesses of all sizes. I talked about how every business needs a content strategy – it is not just for large companies. I also answer the question of whether content marketing is just another term for marketing. Finally, I discuss how can companies get started in content marketing and also how to get past “campaign-brain” and create the mindset that puts customers first.

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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Marketing & Sales Alignment; We’ve Aligned to Optimize Your Lead Funnel & Pipeline

NuSpark Consulting

Content drives leads into the funnel; content nurtures leads into sales opportunities. But real revenue growth depends on the quality of your salespeople, and how they convert those opportunities into wins. Marketing and Sales alignment is essential to a well-oiled lead funnel. I understand the importance of a sound media, social media, conversion and content strategy that generates quality leads until they are sales-accepted.

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B2B Sales and Marketing Integration

Digital B2B Marketing

Last week Danny Hanssel ( @dannyhanssel ) us as the guest moderator and leader for #B2Bchat. Danny lined up a great set of provocative questions for the group on aligning B2B sales and marketing. As always, the #B2Bchat participants shared a range of perspectives from both sales and marketing experiences. The variety of responses and the disagreements among participants on reporting structures, aligning goals and the best approach to training is its own additional insight into each of the questi

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The Most Important Words In Social Media

Marketing Insider Group

“ I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks. ” ~ William Shakespeare. And so I offer up to you that the most important words in social media are “thank you!” They may be the most important words in, well, the history of words. But in social media , where we only see avatars and not real expressions on real human faces, they are particularly important.

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Free Keyword Research and Landing Page Tools for Paid Search; Google Adwords Campaigns

NuSpark Consulting

Google Adwords has some great tools for keyword research, but missing are many tools that can help build strategic keyword lists and ad groups. For my clients I use many tools; some of my own; and some from others, to ensure I begin paid search campaigns as strategic and relevant as possible. The video below goes through many of these tools; most free, that demonstrate how to plan a paid search campaign, build and implement targeted keywords, and convert clicks into conversions using landing p

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Looking for a job? Why aren’t “job creators” finding you, instead?

Biznology

Photo credit: Wikipedia. Several clients of mine have recently filled search marketing, social media marketing and community management positions. I’ve been reviewing stacks of resumes from scores of candidates representing the full spectrum of skills and experience. But, even in the current labor market, finding the right candidate is hard. If you’re one of those candidates — or will be when you graduate next month — there’s one thing you should know before you send out your n

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WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook 2024

Elevate your webinar game with WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook! Packed with insights from our seasoned webinar experts, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for mastering the art of B2B webinars. Learn the fundamentals, from defining webinars to exploring their benefits and diverse use cases. Discover the key elements of running a successful webinar, avoiding common mistakes, and making your sessions more engaging.

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Why Seeding Your Content is Key to Making it Viral

The Effective Marketer

Is great to see scientific research being done on social media, viral videos, and marketing in general (see previous post on the New Science of Viral Ads ). Problem is, many research papers contradict each other. A recent study published on Marketing Journal titled “ Seeding Strategies for Viral Marketing: An Empirical Comparison ” (requires registration), by Oliver Hinz, Bernd Skiera, Christian Barrot, & Jan U.

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A Nontraditional Application of Triberr: B2B Marketing

Digital B2B Marketing

Triberr. Just say the name on Twitter and you are likely to get responses that range from disdain that is only constrained by 140 characters to adoring love and affection. It is a lightening rod application. I believe as marketers and as individuals, we must serve our connections or audience if we have any desire to maintain and grow them. I use Triberr.

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3 Things to Consider When Hiring a Blog Ghostwriter

B2B Marketing Traction

Effective blogging takes a lot of time and effort. Over 90% of blogs that get started are abandoned. One solution can be to hire a blog ghostwriter. Here are three important things to consider if you hire a blog ghostwriter. 1. Your blog should reflect “the voice” of your company. Any business-to-business blog must reflect your business’s marketing persona.

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Perform a Link Audit to Monitor Link Building Efforts

Biznology

Photo credit: Wikipedia. Link building is a huge part of an SEO campaign. Inbound links to a website convey trust and the search engines take that into consideration as part of their ranking algorithm. In order to know what kinds of inbound links are pointing to your website to better understand how the search engines are viewing your website, it’s necessary to conduct a link audit.

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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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Reporter Failure, Editor Failure, or Tool Failure?

B2B Memes

What are the new-media lessons, if any, to be drawn from the resignation earlier this month of Washington Post blogger Elizabeth Flock? Her immediate reason for resigning was having a prominent correction slapped onto one of her stories, the second in the last five months. Most of the discussion about her resignation has focused on who’s to blame. WaPo ombudsman Patrick Pexton says that “ The Post failed her as much as she failed The Post.

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5 Content Marketing Assets You Forgot You Had

Convince & Convert

Stanford Smith obsesses about how to get small business blogs noticed and promoted at Pushing Social , except when he’s chasing large mouth bass! It’s usually a look of pure terror. I’m sitting across the desk from a professional and confident marketing executive. We’ve discussed the benefits of social business. He is on board with making the changes needed to create a culture that embraces customer collaboration and is ready to get started, but we have one thing left to cover…his content

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B2B Blogging – 8 Ways to Promote Your Blog

B2B Marketing Traction

If you’re going to invest time and effort in writing a blog, you want to get as many customers and prospects as possible to read it. How can you promote your blog? Here are eight ideas: 1. Increase the frequency of your blog post writing. 2. Engage with other bloggers by commenting on their blogs and other social media. 3. Advertise the blog in your email signature line, newsletters, and other marketing collateral. 4.

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Images Might Define Your Online Image Moving Forward

Biznology

It looks like we are rapidly moving toward the point where we are going to be communicating in flash cards of images–and words may be an unsettling extra, if needed at all. I get that I am exaggerating, but with the direction the online space is headed, it is going to become a rather important principle for businesses to grab on to and then run with.

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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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Content Marketing for Engineers

Industrial Marketing Today

I’ll go out on a limb and state that content marketing for engineers is different. Yes, I do get it that the lines between work and personal lives have blurred thanks to today’s hyper-connected world where everybody is always “On.” And I agree that at the end of the day, marketing to engineers is still all about communicating with people. Call it P2P (Person-to-Person) marketing if you will.

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WEBININE: How to Build an Email Sign-up Form That Works

Convince & Convert

Chris Sietsema is Social & Digital Operations Lead at Convince & Convert. He also runs a digital agency called Teach to Fish Digital where he provides insights on search, social media, email marketing, and analytics. In this webiNINE, our series of ~9-minute webinars for social media and online marketing practitioners, we review the email sign-up process for three sites in the travel and tourism industry.

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Why Spending More on Your Trade Show Increases ROI

B2B Marketing Traction

But, spending more decreases ROI, doesn’t it? You’ve heard the adage, “To make more money, you’ve got to spend more money.” I believe this is true when it comes to tradeshows. You see, what most businesses do is just show up. Then they go home. They don’t plan strategically. They don’t have a special offer or promotion.

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An Example of a Well Executed Event: Blueglass 2012

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Maria Pergolino Often conferences feel a bit to me like the three bears – some too large, most too small, and few just right. Larger conferences often have more choices, and bigger thought leaders, but lack the ability to truly get value from networking (especially since you’re traveling from building to building between sessions and due to the sheer volume of people).

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Is Blogging Dead or Are Companies Not Trying Hard Enough?

Online Marketing Institute

When I speak to CEO organizations , I typically run through a series of quick slides that show where technology is right at this moment. For instance: There were 107 trillion emails sent last year, Facebook is at more than 900 million users , Pinterest is closing in on 15 million users , and there are three billion videos streamed on YouTube every day.

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IBM’s Beck: Social Business is About Enablement, Not Control

Paul Gillin

Social business isn’t about tools and promises. It’s about giving people at every stage in the sales cycle the incentive to adopt tools that make their jobs easier and contribute to customer satisfaction. Photo via NigelBeck.com. IBM started with that simple premise when it tackled the task of convincing its sales and marketing people to adopt a new way of doing business.

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Overcoming Your Fear of Social Media

MLT Creative

Being active in social media requires self-confidence. Though many people give you tips about how to get started , I’ve noticed they often don’t focus on the one thing that inhibits a lot of people out there: fear. Social Beings. We are social beings ; we want to be liked by others. When we engage in social media, we are putting our voices out there and opening them up to a world of responses — many of whi ch are outside of the social in-group to which we ’re accustomed.

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SEO vs. Social Media for B2B Marketing: Join us Wednesday for a Tweet Chat with Lee Odden, CEO of TopRank and author of Optimize

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Seth Resler We love putting you up close and personal with the top minds in B2B marketing. So on Wednesday, April 25 th , the Marketo B2B Marketing Book Club is inviting you to a special tweetchat with Lee Odden, CEO and co-founder of TopRank and author of Optimize: How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing.

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Intent Data: Which Is Right for You?

How do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party intent data compare? 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data each have specific advantages and disadvantages. It comes down to four factors: accuracy, cost, control and quantity. This infographic explains the pros and cons of each and helps you understand which one is best for meeting your business objectives. Intent data can be a great way to fill your pipeline and close more deals.

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Why Landing Pages Are an Indispensable Part of Marketing

Hubspot

Any savvy inbound marketer "gets" that once you've done all that hard work to get visitors to your website, the next big step is to convert them into leads for your business. But what's the best way to get them to convert? Landing pages , that's what! Unfortunately, there seems to be a major disconnect between the importance of landing pages and their use by marketers.

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IBMer: ‘Social Selling’ Is a Sales Process in Itself

Paul Gillin

It’s no secret that the factors that motivate salespeople to change the way they work have to be pretty simple: Help them spend more time selling and less time scrounging for information and telling managers what they’re doing. So when IBM began to introduce the concept of “social selling,” it chose a test base of a few hundred salespeople and their managers to build a set of integrated systems that improved productivity and reduced administrative overhead.

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Gartner Spending Trends Demand that IT Sales and Marketing Must Challenge the “Do Nothing” Prospect to Achieve 2012 Success

The ROI Guy

As we wrap up the first quarter of 2012, economic fears over the European debt crises and emerging country slowdowns are having a significant impact on IT spending, this according to new Gartner research findings. In the first study, Gartner lowered their 2012 worldwide IT spending growth forecast by 1/3 rd. The good news is that IT spending is still growing, at a rate of 2.5% this year.

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