Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

On this blog you will find insights and advice about how to make conventional, online, and social media work well in B2B marketing. The sister report , also published April 24, looks at which tactics B2B marketers use and how well it all works for building brand and generating leads. This is our second joint endeavor on this topic.

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Marketing Mix Tactics Work Management Marketing Management 40

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

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. How do you separate hot leads from long-term leads from tire-kickers?

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Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 100

Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 8, 2011

But if Salesforce.com likes what it sees, who knows where that will lead? See my December 2009 post for a more detailed discussion of HubSpot's capabilities; basically, they are still pretty weak in outbound email, lead scoring, and nurturing, which are all core components of standard B2B marketing automation.

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Salesforce.com Enterprise Management Hubspot Marketing Automation Services 120

Anything Goes Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Sometimes it’s What’s Missing That Counts I was reading MarketingSherpa’s 2009 Email Marketing Benchmarking Guide looking for useful metrics and tips. These emails should be sent using a marketing automation system like Eloqua. We’ll come back to this story – let’s focus back on email marketing. Database Accuracy Metrics.

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Email Marketing Advertising Benchmark SMS Autoresponders 100

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

As part of a broader lead generation, on-demand platform, Demandbase offers a free, downloadable Web application built on Adobe AIR (one of 3 investors in an $8M round they also announced.) The lead management automation market, about which I blogged previously , continues to attract new players at a rapid rate.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

Webbiquity

JANUARY 12, 2011

Social media marketing, online PR and SEO are three tactics that are all powerful on their own, but have far more impact when used in a coordinated, synergistic manner. How can you amplify and extend new releases through social media? Try these 8 tactics to entice the media by Ragan.com. Optimize company news for SEO benefit?

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PR Tools Tips Blogger 100

Vidyard

JANUARY 14, 2015

“Businesses will need to invest in a Video Marketing Platform to fuel the success of their marketing and sales efforts, and Vidyard is leading the way in both product innovation and customer value.” Salesforce has invested in more than 100 enterprise cloud startups since 2009.

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Advertising Agencies Enterprise Management Video Marketing Eloqua 50

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

); E-Mail Alert Sign-Up. --> Subscribe Now. --> Media Kit. --> About FOLIO. B2B: Business Media. Consumer Media. Lead Generation. E-Media Summit -->. 2009 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Winners. Study: B-to-B Marketers Lagging With Social Media. RSS Feeds. --> --> Bookmark FOLIOMag.com. MediaPRO Community.

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B to B Paid Content Social Media CMS Development 40

Vidyard

JANUARY 14, 2015

Businesses will need to invest in a Video Marketing Platform to fuel the success of their marketing and sales efforts, and Vidyard is leading the way in both product innovation and customer value.” Salesforce has invested in more than 100 enterprise cloud startups since 2009.

Advertising Agencies 50

Advertising Agencies Enterprise Management Video Marketing Eloqua 50

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 24, 2009

MarketingSherpa's 2009 Social Media & PR Benchmark Guide (PDF) provides a wealth of useful statistics and guidance. If you parse that, it matches up pretty closely to the 4 C's model of social media marketing.) In It Came from Facebook! Here's some research on how to do that. technologies." technologies." (If

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Social Media Paid Content Paid Search Agency Web 2.0 20

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « We’re renaming the blog | Main | New networks in the news » April 16, 2008 Numeric Scoring: The Key To Lead Management Success [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Recently I saw a preview of Eloqua’s spring release and it got me thinking about the role lead scoring plays in determining campaign effectiveness.

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Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Enterprise Management Work Management 40

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Lead Management 40

LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. Integration of Social Media, Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation. Steve Woods , CTO, Eloqua. The vast majority of leads generated on a website never have a meaningful conversation with a sales rep. Creation of buyer-centric content.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Sales Management Automation 100

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

That points to the evolving nature of the market, and the key functions of lead nurturing, scoring, and automated triggers becoming part of email marketing and other marketing solutions. Note: I used publicly available data and wasn’t able to find Eloqua’s Series A, so I deducted based on valuation of their second round.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation 100

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

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. Is social media creating a generation of cowards? &# My take on it may surprise you … and provide uncomfortable reading if you are a parent or social media junkie.

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Enterprise Management Planning Work Management 40

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

MAY 3, 2010

Five Big Shifts in Social Media Marketing - Webbiquity , April 19, 2010 Social media reflects a larger trend toward buyer empowerment that has changed not only the practice but the underlying philosophies of marketing over the past several years. Great stuff this month in the world of B2B Marketing. I like numbers.

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Forecasting Social Media B2B Marketing Social Marketing 40