Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2010

Content addressed to a Business Decision Maker. We asked B2B Marketing Experts the following question - "How should content that is addressed to a Technical Decision Maker be different from content that is addressed to a Business Decision Maker? Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421. Blog Webbiquity Twitter TomPick.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 9, 2010

What I Don’t Like: Too busy, too many things happening in this email that makes it very distracting. Design #5 Email Sender: MarketingProfs Email Title: How Businesses are Marketing with Facebook and Twitter What I Like: Really great color combination makes it easy in the eye. This post is another installment of the [.]

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Reviewing the prior survey's results published in April 2009 , I expected that the economy -- and burgeoning interest in social media -- would accelerate the shift toward digital channels throughout 2009 to an unprecedented degree. More than half of respondents (55%) said they use Twitter for marketing purposes.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

However, accurately defining and measuring customer engagement in complex business or industrial sales is still elusive. Defining B2B Customer Engagement Forrester Research has proposed a definition of customer engagement that makes a lot of sense to me. The trick is to learn how to use all its power.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Real-time marketing was just getting started in 2009. Is Twitter sentiment for our brand trending up or down? Before Eloqua, Brian was Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at Forrester Research, where he helped turn the brand into a leader in the technology research sector. Which reps had the lowest win rates this year to date?

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Great tips for SEOs who know their craft but may struggle with business development. He also quotes a finding from Nate Elliot of Forrester that there are "an average of 4.7 Among the mistakes are ignoring (or improper use of) h1, h2 etc. title tags, and viewing SEO as a one-time process rather than an ongoing discipline.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

million followers on Twitter? In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. Fly more miles, get priority seating on an airline.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

The chart below from a research study done by Forrester illustrates this point very clearly. Here’s a chart from Enquiro’s white paper, “Building Business Online: Your Digital Persuasion Portfolio” that shows how specific content from your website plays a role at different stages. He is the Founder & President of Tiecas, Inc. –

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Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421. Blog Modern B2B Marketing Twitter Marketo InboundMarketer. Maria has a Marketing Degree and MBA from the School of Business at Rutgers University , is a Salesforce Certified Administrator, and a speaker at numerous marketing events. " Ardath Albee. Ardath Albee Recommends.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? Using the Forrester Social Technographics Ladder, understand how your target audience (as defined by gender, age, and geography) uses social media. Fink) Twitter Comment As always, great stuff.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 1, 2009

Below are a few questions for Gerhard on the topic: Mike : Given the economy, some people instinctively think "cut budgets", but I think it was Forrester at the last Sales 2.0 Gerhard : It wasn't Forrester who said that, it was IDC. Just last month I received an IM message on Facebook about a business opportunity.

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B2B Marketing Savvy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Other Twitter Topics: Tools for Business Teams Multiple Account Layering Strategy More Analytics Email The Scoopdog Team. Ah… Twitter and Facebook, we knew you when…. Douglas’ book is an edited and authorized collection of the funniest tweets of all time w/forward by Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter.

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Ambal's Amusings

JULY 22, 2010

Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421. An example of a tactical objective: Post to Twitter, a minimum of two tweets, three times per day with a collaboration focus. How do they build a business case? Blog Modern B2B Marketing Twitter Marketo InboundMarketer. " Read on to get their insights. Ardath Albee.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 3, 2009

Below are a few questions for Gerhard on the topic: Mike : Given the economy, some people instinctively think "cut budgets", but I think it was Forrester at the last Sales 2.0 Gerhard : It wasn't Forrester who said that, it was IDC. Just last month I received an IM message on Facebook about a business opportunity.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

The primary ways industrial companies participate in social media today are through community/discussion sites for customers as well as similar internal sites for employees whereas adoption of newer social media tools like Twitter is very low at only 9% (Source: Social Media Use in the Industrial Sector by GlobalSpec ).

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2010

LinkedIn users will be shown events that match their specific business needs based on the information they’ve added to their LinkedIn profile (Job Title, Industry, etc.), Twitter Twitter can offer limitless value in promoting your event. Invite attendees to ask questions via Twitter or live chat.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 23, 2011

The graphic also illustrates a 2010 Forrester Research study that found B2B investments in interactive media will explode in the next few years, with dollars spent specifically in social media growing from $11 million in 2009 to a projected $54 in 2014. Social Media in Business. The Noob Guide To Online Marketing.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

IT Spending on the Rise, But Executives Remain Economic-Focused A recent IT spending survey from Forrester confirms that 2010 remained a tough year for IT. Although enterprise technology budgets were trending upward, the progression was slight, in 2010 compared with 2009. Monday, January 10, 2011 Let the Good Times Roll?

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Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 24, 2010

Accepting B2B social media as a fundamental way of doing business These B2B companies have accepted social media as a fundamental way of doing business—it’s an ongoing program and not just a campaign. These are part of a system of enablers that when combined lead to business. Looking forward to the new book. Posting tweet.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Users can query this widget to find out more about these visitors and decide if they want to purchase full business contact information. Starting to see providers team up with data aggregators (Jigsaw’s name comes up here) to provide new sources of business contacts. Reverse IP look up appears to be the new thing here.

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Ambal's Amusings

APRIL 29, 2010

Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421. Webinars and white papers are two content formats generally considered “meaty” enough for prospects to risk that filling out the form won’t cause unwarranted intrusion into their very busy lives. Blog Writing on the Web Twitter patsiblogsquad. " Ardath Albee.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Forrester: B2B Marketers Need To Keep Up With Business Technology Buyers On Social Media by Forrester Research It's pretty rare to include a press release in a best of list here—actually, this is probably the first time ever—but this one includes key statistics on how b2b buyers use social media on the job.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. Twitter is Ubiquitous Like Terrell Owens, Carrie Underwood, and Coke Zero, Twitter is almost universally on the radar of Americans.

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 18, 2009

Here are Mike Rowland’s six key takeaways for building B2B online communities: 1) Building B2B online communities takes more than copying B2C practices Clearly defined objectives and a focus on driving business results are the hallmarks of more successful B2B online community efforts. More leads? Lowering support costs?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011 New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advisor EMC wanted a quick way for small / medium business IT executives and buyers to quantify how virtualized data center solutions could help drive capital cost savings, operations and application management savings and improved resiliency.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Alinean , Pisello , ROI Calculator , social media hierarchy of needs , Social Media ROI 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

“Should we be on Twitter, or Facebook, or Linkedin, or YouTube, or some other places?&# They also have a nice integration with Klout – the leading service to gauge Twitter influence – automatically including Klout scores for each person. Flowtown gives you the answer in seconds.

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Ambal's Amusings

MARCH 18, 2010

Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421. Here are the tangible results they documented within 4 business days of its launch: 3 new clients signed up. Blog Demand Generation Twitter abneedles. Blog Funnelholic Twitter funnelholic. Read on to get their insights. Ardath Albee. 3 consulting inquiries. Adam Needles.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 VMware launches Realized ROI toolkit, powered by Alinean Provides quantifiable proof to customers of the realized ROI from prior VMware deployments. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading.

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Ambal's Amusings

MAY 27, 2010

Blog Marketing Interactions Twitter Ardath421. Blog Modern B2B Marketing Twitter Marketo InboundMarketer. Maria has a Marketing Degree and MBA from the School of Business at Rutgers University , is a Salesforce Certified Administrator, and a speaker at numerous marketing events. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Alinean , CIO Insight , Frugalnomics , IT Budgets , Pisello 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Alinean , Cloud ROI , Microsoft Windows Azure , Pisello , ROI Calculator 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Alinean , Pisello , Social Media ROI 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 VMware launches new version of ROI / TCO Calculator Virtualization is one of the key cost savings initiatives that IT executives are implementing in order to tighten their belts in these uncertain economic conditions. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 How TCO is a common sense sales and marketing Tool for Today’s Chaotic Economy My friend and board member Bill Kirwin, original father of TCO analysis with Gartner, put it best when he wrote this article for us on the power of using TCO as a sales and marketing advantage to win deals in these tough economic times.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

“Today’s business buyers are more conservative than ever, demanding that any investment they make drive tangible savings and provide quantified business advantages – a fundamental change called Frugalnomics ,“ says Tom Pisello , CEO and founder of Alinean. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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