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Activate Acquires Green Leads

Smashmouth Marketing

Enough business. I bumped into Mike while walking through the Sales Force Automation conference in Boston, I turned a corner and almost walked into him – I hadn’t seen him for years but we reconnected and ended up doing business together at his company, CIC. 2008 The two of us get married. Fraternity Brothers.

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Tech layoffs? Great companies are actively hiring marketing technology talent

chiefmartech

A Dilbert cartoon from 2010 quipped that marketing was “just liquor and guessing.” For my inaugural post in 2008 , I did a Google search for the phrase “director of marketing technology” It turned up 7,520 matches. Of course, not every business needs a dedicated marketing technologist. Maybe not bad.

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How B2B Brands Can Benefit from Social Listening

Brandwatch Marketing

But what about those B2B companies that sell their services to other businesses? So we’ve listed a few tips and tricks for establishing a solid social listening plan to meet your higher level business objectives. This can be especially helpful for businesses that do not have big budgets for research and development.

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How B2B brands can benefit from social listening

Brandwatch Marketing

But what about those B2B companies that sell their services to other businesses? So we’ve listed a few tips and tricks for establishing a solid social listening plan to meet your higher level business objectives. This can be especially helpful for businesses that do not have big budgets for research and development.

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99 Amazing Facts On The Future Of Business [Slides]

Marketing Insider Group

The Future of Business is being defined right in front of our eyes. Massive changes brought on by the internet, social media and mobile technologies are transforming business models faster than our ability to keep up. Consider: Over 40% of the companies that were at the top of the Fortune 500 in 2000 were no longer there in 2010.

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How Marketers Should Navigate Economic Uncertainty in 2023

B2B Marketing Directions

Analytic Partners contends that economic uncertainty will be a prominent feature of the business landscape in 2023. One of the more recent studies was described in a March 2010 article in the Harvard Business Review. The risk of a recession in the U.S. The risk of a recession in the U.S. Let's take a closer look at those three.

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List of Mid-Tier Business-to-Consumer Marketing Automation Systems

Customer Experience Matrix

Portrait Software – purchased by Pitney Bowes in July 2010 and now part of the Pitney Bowes Business Insight group, along with former MapInfo and Group 1 Software products. The campaign management portion is based on the Million Handshakes system purchased by Portrait in 2008.