After talking with him - and asking lots of questions about his industry - I asked, "Have you tried LinkedIn?" What would I get from LinkedIn?" " For those of you who think LinkedIn is simply a place to post your resume when you need a job or to half-heartedly build a "network," it's time to revisit LinkedIn. In the last year or so, LinkedIn has significantly increased its functionality - making the business networking site a great way to gather market intelligence about your prospects and connect with them as well. "Uh, no. MORE >>

have invited our Panel of B2B Marketing Experts to reflect on 2009 and answer the following question: What was your aha moment in 2009 ? Blogs. Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. Ardath Albee's blog Marketing Interactions. Rebel Brown's blog Phoenix Rising. Brian Carroll's blog B2B Lead Generation Blog. Patsi Krakoff's blog Writing on the Web. Mac McIntosh's Sales Lead Insights: A B2B marketing Blog. Howard Sewell’s blog, Direct Connections. Tom Pick's blog Webbiquity. via Beth Harte). MORE >>

alt=" Why Use Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn for Content Marketing?" />. But still, I am using Twitter , Facebook and LinkedIn and I think you should too. All that changed in 2004 and 2005 with the popularization of blogging platforms like Typepad and Wordpress. This ushered in new business success for me and my former partner as The Blog Squad. LinkedIn went from 2 to 40 million in May 2009 and 60 million by February 2010. An interesting user statistic for LinkedIn is this: “Senior Executives” (est. LinkedIn ( join my network here ). MORE >>

The “Destroy Your Printer Video Contest” was promoted through the comapny’s blog,  Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.  At long last, I bring to you my valued {grow} folks, a true B2B social media success story that can really be measured by MONEY.  I believe this is the only one in the world.  ; )  And it is GENIUS! Best of all, the success comes from one of our very own {grow}-er’s, Nathan Dube aka @DubiousMonk, a frequent comment contributor. Nathan works in the marketing department of  Expert Laser Services of  Southbridge, MA.  That’s right.  New business. MORE >>

Last year, storytelling, influence and curation came together in  The Blog Tree , a collaboration between Eloqua and JESS3 that turned a hackneyed “top blogs list” into a rich, playful visual that not only listed top marketing blogs, but also showed the interrelationships between and among them. Just as we reimagined our Social Media Playbook into the Social Media ProBook , we’ve similarly revisited The Blog Tree. We’re calling today’s visual is The Blog Tree: New Growth edition because it celebrates a very important group of bloggers. The Inforgraphics Blog. MORE >>