Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 17, 2009

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 ? Get Customers. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Customer interviews can help with understanding the true impact of issues. Read on to get their insights. Get Content.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 29, 2010

A great list, though some promote use of the insidious nofollow tag. Custom Wordpress blog design checklist and walkthrough by The Design Cubicle. Brian Hoff provides a helpful checklist for custom blog designs listing all of the various elements to design and consider when working with a standard Wordpress template. Tweet This!

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Social media marketing activity exploded in 2009, and so did coverage of these practices. So in case you missed any of these, here are almost 100 of the best blog posts and articles covering social media strategy and tactics, measurement, monitoring, research, pitfalls to avoid, policies, tools and more from 2009. Jeff Bullas.

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KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Launched in 2009, there are dozens of analytics reports that you can create and view on Baidu Analytics. If you build a website with HTML files, you can edit the HTML and paste the code before the “</head>” tags. Also, it gives SEO Suggestion reports covering the length of URL, meta data, alt tags, Baidu indexation report, etc.,

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Webbiquity

APRIL 14, 2010

Learn which attributes to double-check before launching a new site, mortal web design sins to avoid, and how to create a custom 404 error page. Thesis Tutorial – Customizing the 404 Page by SugarRae. Yes, you’ll see all of this and more here in the best website and landing page design tips and techniques of the last year.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 25, 2009

He recently turned the tables on me with seven questions of his own as part of his own interview series: Thought Leadership Interview #6: Miller Time: Marketo’s Jon Miller on Lead Generation and Management in 2009. What are the three trends you see emerging in 2009? Here are just a few excerpts: 1.

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 9, 2009

42 Ideas on How to Create Content to Connect with Customers. "Last week I learned about even more options when I came across a great new eBook from Joe Pulizzi and Jonathan Kranz: The Content Marketing Playbook: 42 Ways to Connect with Customers " Michele shares with the readers and reviews the ebook. Tags: Other.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JUNE 10, 2009

The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals from May 2009. How to Use Twitter for Business - WebMarketCentral , May 6, 2009. Buzz Marketing for Technology , May 28, 2009. Marketing Interactions , May 12, 2009. Buzz Marketing for Technology , May 18, 2009. Customer (16).

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JUNE 10, 2009

The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals from May 2009. How to Use Twitter for Business - WebMarketCentral , May 6, 2009. Buzz Marketing for Technology , May 28, 2009. Marketing Interactions , May 12, 2009. Buzz Marketing for Technology , May 18, 2009. Customer (16).

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Webbiquity

MAY 18, 2010

Learn more about creating custom reports in Google Analytics, improving site conversion rates, interesting tools that extend the capabilities of Analytics and more here in some of the best articles and blog posts on web analytics from the past year. Eyes on the Prize with Custom Reports by Google Analytics Blog. Some are easy (e.g.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Here is our 2009 year in review. December 2009 Online Marketing News. Top word of 2009: Twitter. November 2009 Online Marketing News. October 2009 Online Marketing News. September 2009 Online Marketing News. Neilson report announces US Ad Spending Declined 15% in first half of 2009.

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Contify

APRIL 17, 2020

Contify has been evolving since 2009 along with the evolution of the requirements of our customers. To make this analysis easy, we have added a new feature where enterprise users can download their entire custom taxonomy to an excel spreadsheet. Make the most of Contify — the latest features and enhancements. Read More ?.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 9, 2009

This technique was also used to generate the Hot Trends in B2B Marketing for 2009. Top 80 Posts - December 1, 2008 to November 30, 2009. How to Create a Social Media Marketing Strategy - WebMarketCentral , March 24, 2009. PR Meets Marketing , February 16, 2009. 42+ Social Media Marketing Tools - Junta 42 , June 2, 2009.

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ClickZ

JULY 2, 2019

During the holidays, Pinterest helped Etsy used its massive presence on the platform to help customers out there. The answers then provided users with custom recommendations. Sophisticated tagging: Home Depot. Development began in December 2009, with the platform eventually launching in beta three months later.

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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. The most simplistic approach to evaluating customer engagement is to measure conversion rates. In other words, think long and hard before jumping into the deep end of customer engagement.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

OCTOBER 6, 2009

September 2009. Deconstructing Twitter: Analytics for Reach and Impressions - B2B Marketing Savvy , September 10, 2009. Six Steps to a Successful Small Business Content Marketing Strategy - Content Marketing Today , September 4, 2009. 23 Reasons Why Content Marketing Fails - Marketing Interactions , September 22, 2009.

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Webbiquity

MAY 20, 2010

It is better to have a real conversation, being able to question and to listen to your potential customer using the previously gathered information.&#. Link to a specific part of a YouTube video by Matt Cutts. A short but helpful post on how to deep link to a specific point in any YouTube video by minute and second. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The majority of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) consider customer engagement as their top priority according to a recent study done by Forbes Insights and George P. Nearly 97% of the respondents viewed customer engagement as very (67%) or somewhat (30%) important. Just 59% of companies now measure customer engagement; 36% do not.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

At this Dreamforce 2009 session led by Fernando Obregon Almazan, salesforce.com; Lorena Vales, salesforce.com; and Jonathan Hersh, salesforce.com, marketers learned about how and why companies should participate in social networking to generate brand awareness and create a viral effect when clients or prospects recommend their products.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 10, 2010

Favorite snip: “ Frank Eliason, director of digital care at Comcast…drew hearty laughter when he described the cable giant as being known for its customer service. Among the tips: be human, authentic, even a bit immature. ‘I can’t wait until people stop laughing at that joke,’ added Eliason.&#. Twitter FAIL!

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Webbiquity

MARCH 23, 2010

TwitBacks (tool for creating custom Twitter backgrounds). Tags: Twitter b2b Galen DeYoung Hillel Fuld Jason Baer Jennifer Kane Joe Pulizzi John Jantsch Junta42 Mashable Matt McGee Michael Stelzner Robin Broitman Rohit Bhargava Tony Karrer Twitter metrics Twitter tools. The Ultimate List of Twitter Tools by The Social Media Guide.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Aberdeen Shows How to Do Email Marketing Right The new research report from Aberdeen Group “ Email Marketing: Customers Take it Personally ” has some very interesting insights. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 24, 2011

It is interesting that back in 2009, MarketingSherpa had published a chart showing the key challenges marketers faced and “generating high quality leads&# was the top one. In their “ CMO Perspectives on B2B Marketing Automation &# this challenge for high quality leads is shown as having increased from 69% in 2009 to 76% in 2010.

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

million for 2009 and "triple that" ($13.5 Data I've collected over the years shows that Marketo had about 120 clients at the start of 2009, 325 at the start of 2010, and should end 2010 with about 800. My records suggest that the headcount at the start of the 2009 was around 35, so the average headcount for that year was about 52.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 3, 2011

The Goal of Marketing Software The need for marketing software comes from the necessity to better understand customer behavior across multiple channels. The goal is to make use of cross channel marketing strategies to target the customer at the right moment and influence purchase decisions. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

No one knows your industry and customers better than you. As with all analysis and reports out there, you have to take all of the recommendations with a grain of salt. Test them, see if they work, then be the judge. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

Besides the rise of social media as marketing channel, the emergence of marketing technology, more specifically Marketing Automation systems, in which you can configure the automated distribution of content to customers and prospects has been changing the way marketers see and create conent. What used to be clear roles (i.e.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 5, 2010

Marketo added features to capture Twitter posts and Helpstream customer support interactions within a lead’s activity history. So much for 2009. Tags: 2009 trends demand generation marketing automation raab guide sales automation. What’s most interesting is that no standard approach has yet emerged. Sales access.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 21, 2010

As a B2B marketer, we want to reach our ideal prospects and communicate with customers to maintain top-of-mind awareness throughout their buying cycle. The color scheme, fonts, graphics and your tag line should all work together to separate you from your competition and be a true reflection of your business.

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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The other good thing about going to such a conference for me, is that I get dedicated time to really think through all the topics being discussed, without being interrupted for meetings, phone ringing and people walking in the office. Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 10, 2011

Jeff Ogden Find New Customers [link] Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! One Response to How Everybody Wins with HubSpot’s Funding The Fearless Competitor, Jeff Ogden says: March 23, 2011 at 10:10 am Great post.

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The Effective Marketer

JULY 29, 2009

An interesting post by Steve Johnson talks about marketing not being a list, but rather an approach to solving customers problems and helping buyers to buy. This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 at 8:29 pm and is filed under Communication , Marketing Management , Marketing Strategy. United States License.

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Contify

JUNE 11, 2020

This new release brings some of the most powerful features of Contify’s Newsfeed available on the desktop version of the application to mobile, making it easier than ever to consume intelligence on competitors, customers and industry segments on the go. Read More ?. Read More ?. Product updates. Read more ?.

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The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

You setup a campaign, define the nurturing stages, and even add some points to different interactions to score the lead and customize the nurturing experience. Then with all the triggers in place, sit back and watch the software do the job of sending the right message to the right prospect at the right time. United States License.

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

How are you changing your customers and your prospects behavior? This entry was posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under Communication , Marketing Strategy , Social Media. The videos on their website (embedded below) are some great examples of what they mean. Some food for thought. United States License.

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Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Tags: marketing system ROI marketing automation businses case software selection demand generation. The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% That makes it a bit harder to use Aberdeen data to justify a marketing automation investment.

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markempa

AUGUST 22, 2007

« Content ideas for lead nurturing and tactics to use | Main | Closed Loop Marketing Isnt Software » Off topic: Response to meme - 8 Random Things About Me Ardath Albee, over at Marketing Interactions , tagged me for a meme "8 random things about me." Ardath, thanks for the tag. Ardath, thanks for the tag.

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