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Marketing Automation: Like Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight

Webbiquity

One of the biggest challenges b2b marketers face is what to do with all of those “names&# that come into your system that aren’t really “leads&# yet; contacts collected from white paper downloads, webinar registrations, trade shows and other activities. Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Tweet This!

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2010 B2B Marketing Budgets and Mix Trends Research

Online Marketing Institute

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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Best Email Marketing Tips, Tactics and Metrics of 2010

Webbiquity

However, most also say that their e-mail lists aren’t large enough to drive the volume of leads their sales organization needs,&# Mike Hotz details three strategies—such as organic list building through trade shows, social media, QR codes and offline venues—for building a large and relevant house email list. Share this on Bebo.

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Top 56 B2B Marketing Posts October 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. This stricture can refer to the fairly traditional practice among many publishers of covering their own conferences and trade shows. Is a Blog Just a Container?