Scanning the ranks of VC’s can reveal a lot as can the company’s press releases Advertising – Lots of associations and trade publications in the advertising world prognosticate about the various spending levels at different brands.  Friend or Foe (Competitive Assessment) October 28th, 2010 by Marcus Tewksbury As Sun Tzu, historical author of the Art of War , once said, “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”  When considering any marketplace it’s critical to understand the competitive landscape.  Are they bootstrapped startups?  Or cash rich incumbents?  LoopFuse ,Inc. MORE >>

We were doing online newsletters and press releases to get into search engines.  In the beginning it was interesting – it came out in hardcover in 2007 (originally in June of 2007) and throughout 2007, there were a few people who gravitated to it really early and started talking it up.  A couple of rogue professors started to use the book, and then I started getting emails from these students who, like in 2008 and 2009, who said, “I can’t believe I went through four years of education and I never learned any of this stuff.”  I like that. . My iPhone?  MORE >>

He has updated the original analysis with new data from November 1, 2006, to July 31, 2007. Industrial Marketing Automation Industrial Marketing Blog Industrial Marketing Strategies Industrial Websites Integrated Industrial Marketing Press & News Releases Random Thoughts Sales Strategies Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Social Media Marketing Social Networking Website Design & Development White Paper Marketing Recent Posts High-Performance Email Marketing for Attracting and Engaging Industrial Buyers Have Digital Marketing and Social Media Killed the Industrial Sales Job? MORE >>

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The good news is that the second half of 2010, projections are in line with Gartner’s survey in the fourth quarter of 2009 when CIOs reported IT budgets would increase, on average, by only 1.3%, and spending outlooks are more positive than earlier surveys. More good news is that 2010 is far better than 2009, with a weighted global average reduction in IT budgets of 8.1% for 2009, showing that a spending recovery is in place, but marginally. Friday, September 10, 2010 IT Budgets into 2011 - Robbing Peter to Pay Paul? in 2010, essentially flat in 2010. MORE >>