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Why Twitter is Trying to Turn Itself Into Facebook

Convince & Convert

The Future of Twitter. He and Dave Taylor just co-wrote “ twitter power 3.0 ,” the latest edition of his book first written in 2009. Today, Joel discusses various aspects of Twitter, including changes that seem to be moving Twitter away from a unique user experience to more of a Facebook user experience.

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4 Ways the Twitter You Know is Changing Forever

Convince & Convert

Twitter is on its way to becoming something entirely different. This isn’t a new phenomenon, as Twitter’s first incarnation as short form narcissism gave more than a kernel of truth to the old complaint among non-users that “they didn’t want to know what people had for lunch.” Twitter as a Ratings Service.

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ClickInsights: What was your "Aha" moment in 2009? - Part 2

Ambal's Amusings

I have invited our Panel of B2B Marketing Experts to reflect on 2009 and answer the following question: What was your aha moment in 2009 ? B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421. Twitter Search can reveal top-of-mind concerns and perspectives for specific topics.

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QuinStreet Buys Ziff Davis Enterprise: Is B2B Just Lead Gen Now?

Digital B2B Marketing

This isn’t QuinStreet’s first B2B technology media acquisition. They purchased IT Business Edge in September 2011 and Internet.com in 2009. According to a post on Google+ from Steven Vaughan-Nichols, nearly all of the editorial staff from Ziff Davis Enterprise have been laid off as part of the acquisition as well.

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What are the Best Career Paths for Marketers with the CMO Position Under Threat?

Martech Advisor

70% of Fortune 500 companies have a CMO, down from 74% in 2009, according to executive search firm, Spencer Stuart. Today’s CMOs juggle the responsibilities of customer acquisition and revenue management. This will help you bring together your creativity and analytical skills to balance customer acquisition and revenue growth.

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Using Content to Move Prospects Forward in the Sales Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.” Ardath Albee, CEO of Marketing Interactions, Inc. Your online content needs to play a much more active role in moving site visitors along in his/her buy decision.

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Tapping the Brakes

LeanData

This marked the worst year for tech IPOs since 2009, according to Dealogic, as companies decided to remain private. One-time tech darling Twitter went through layoffs. But only on five occasions has Google paid more than $1 billion for an acquisition. But some companies are right-sizing their head count (see Twitter).