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2010 B2B Marketing Budgets and Mix Trends Research

Online Marketing Institute

Note: this research looks at firms of 50 employees or more only. Here are some of the more interesting things found in the January, 2010 survey: 1) Social media became the hot new marketing tool. Almost half (49%) employ corporate blogging, a number much higher than the 32% who embraced this digital medium in 2008.

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Understanding the "Non-Rational" Dimensions of B2B Buying

B2B Marketing Directions

In 2008, two books - Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely and Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein - raised public awareness of behavioral economics and put it on the radar screens of business and marketing leaders. As a 2010 article by McKinsey put it, "Long before behavioral economics had a name, marketers were using it."

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Connecting with Skeptical / Frugal Buyers drives Content Marketing Spending up Significantly in 2010

The ROI Guy

A recent research report on content marketing highlighted why marketing via feature / function / price is extinct, and why connecting personally with skeptical and frugal buyers is more important than ever. o Larger companies (100 employees or more) spend an average of 18% of their budget for content marketing.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Approximately 25% of the time (on average) they will. Perhaps 3-5% of the time (on average) they will. The average consumer receives 44 emails per day, which is far fewer than the number of tweets to which the average person is potentially subjected. Will that open it?

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29 Quotes On The Future of Business

Marketing Insider Group

Here are 29 quotes on the future of business, technology and the world economy I was able to find through a combination of sources including some of the best slideshare decks, economic studies and research reports out there. On average, the world has become a little happier in the last 30 years. Thanks for your help! billion 2050.

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Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo?

Industrial Marketing Today

by Achinta Mitra on June 24, 2010 in B2B E-Mail Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Lately, social media seems to garner all the attention in the media and blog posts with very little mention about email marketing. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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Don't Count on Marketing Automation to Solve All Your Lead.

Industrial Marketing Today

For the answer to that question, I went to the “The 9 Metrics Every Marketer Must Track” webinar by Megan Heuer, Research Director, SiriusDecisions and Craig Rosenberg , Vice President, Products & Services, Tippit. Achinta Mitra July 19, 2010 at 1:47 pm Eric, Thank you for posting your thoughtful comments.