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MARKETING ACTION | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 The 9 Immutable Laws of Social Marketing It’s relatively new, it’s evolving rapidly, it generates a lot of noise. How do you use it to generate heat as well? In November 2009, Fresh Diet had a Facebook presence of…almost zilch. Social media’s still a puzzle for many of us. Jim holds that you can gain customers through social media. Build a social media fan base. -
ENGAGE | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 65 Tweets to Engerize Your Marketing Strategy from #WhatsNextDC Day One whatsnextdc @ katrinaklier : In 2009 only about 2% of US adults owned a tablet or an ereader, now more than 1/3 do. Always interesting as a millennial to hear how brands are marketing to my generation & how analytics play into great campaigns #whatsnextdc. ” #whatsnextdc. Frank Gullo (@frankgullo) May 6, 2013. Went to Rwanda. -
SAZBEAN | THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 Top 5 Tips for a Successful Kickstarter Campaign It is a crowdfunding website that was created in 2009 in the lower east side of Manhattan. It is so important to have traffic generation coming from other sources. This way you can build hype about the project and generate traffic throughout its life. 'This is a guest post by Phil Treagus, co-founder of Giraffe Social Media. -
MARKETRI | THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 Why Your Professional Services Marketer Needs Mentoring 'In 2009, after completing my senior year of college and receiving my business degree with majors in marketing and business management, I was absolutely thrilled to land my very first job as a marketing assistant at a research firm. started out like any eager young marketer, ready to learn and to help grow the firm I had joined. -
BIZNOLOGY | MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013 Enterprise Social Networking Platforms: Think Amazon, Not Facebook dOf course, you need to generate enough traffic and usage to support your other objectives, but traffic and usage are not what you are trying to accomplish. Jeff Bezos’ focus at the beginning was not to generate profits immediately. 'amazon.com (Photo credit: soumit). kid you not: even though Amazon predated the whole Web 2.0
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FEARLESS COMPETITOR | THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013 Here is my fervent hope. That what does not kill you, makes you stronger Self Education dealing with adversity Find New Customers Notre Dame football sales lead generation 'Can getting smoked in a National Championship game lead to greater results? My Alma Mater is the University of Notre Dame. So I was deeply embarrassed to be smoked by the University of Alabama. ” We were pounded by a much better team. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 How 5 Companies Are Using Inbound Marketing to Succeed in Competitive Markets The Rodon Group is a B2B third-generation family business that has manufactured small plastic parts and molds at a high volume since 1956. The campaign started in 2009, and by 2012, tourist traffic at Iceland''s Keflavik International Airport broke records, with 2.4 'Rocky Balboa. Susan "I Dreamed a Dream" Boyle. The 1980 U.S. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 Hiring a Person to Head B2B Demand Generation? Hire a Plan like SCORE too! 'When hiring a B2B demand generation manager, don’t just hire a person. see lots of listings on LinkedIn looking for BtoB demand generation managers. In fact, I know of two software firms who hired in-house demand generation staff, then they pulled the plug on those staff. Hire a process too! Why did he sign so quickly? -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013 Why Sales Leaders Should Wave the Flag for Sales Lead Generation 'Buffer BtoB demand generation (sales lead generation) is the process of earning the trust of prospective customers over time and being the trusted partner when they are ready to buy. In the model of a sales lead generation program, things work differently. In simple terms, those are sales-ready leads. What do you think? -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013 Realizing the Promise of Marketing Technology – ITSMA sales lead generation meeting in NYC 'Buffer I recently had the pleasure of attending the ITSMA lunch briefing in NYC, where they discussed the sales lead generation topic “Realizing the Promise of Marketing Technology.” Thanks to President Dave Munn for inviting Jeff Ogden of the sales lead generation company Find New Customer s to the event. Photo below.). -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 The Awesome Power of Story in BtoB Sales Lead Generation 'Buffer Sales Lead Generation is powered by great stories. You need to be very patient to get your sales lead generation to work optimally. So if you want results from your sales lead generation programs, tell a story. Every Sunday night, my family is glued to the TV to watch The Walking Dead. Let me share it. Patience works. -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 7 Steps to Transforming Into an Inbound Agency But after the work was done, clients soon came back to Ruffalo complaining that their websites were “broken,” which is to say they weren’t generating the amount of traffic they expected. After spending 2008 learning how to do inbound marketing, in 2009, McTigue began using blogging and social media to get Kuno found online. We know. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2013 3 Recommendations in Sales Lead Generation from Carlos Hildago of The Annuitas Group 'Buffer Sales lead generation - 3 Recommendations from Carlos Hildago. We offer a service called the Lead Generation Assessment , which is a lead management audit and cost only $4,995 plus expenses. Jeff Ogden, the Fearless Competitor is President of the sales lead generation company Find New Customers. Carlos Hildago. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013 Why You Might Want to Be More Negative in Your Marketing For a great example of using multiple villains in your marketing, just check out Career Builder's 2009 Super Bowl commercial, brought to my attention via Graeme Newell and 602 Communications. You will also generate some seriously ardent supporters. Ever wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Of course you have. We all have. Oh no! -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2013 Looking for best-practices BtoB demand generation? Start with fundamentals first! 'Buffer Best-practices BtoB demand generation is built upon a strong foundation. Lots of companies are working to create best-practices BtoB demand generation (aka digital marketing) programs. To learn more, I recommend you download the free Definitive Guide to BtoB Demand Generation : How to Find New Customer s.). Goal Setting. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013 Hiring a person to head BtoB Demand Generation? Don’t just hire a person; Hire a process! 'Buffer When hiring a BtoB demand generation manager, don’t just hire a person. see lots of listings on LinkedIn looking for BtoB demand generation managers. What’s the process that this new hire will use to craft a best practices btob demand generation program in your company? Hire a process too! C – Clear. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013 The Power of Servant Leadership – Good Advice for CEOs Jeff Ogden’s an award-winning BtoB marketing expert and President of the sales lead generation firm Find New Customers, which has been helping companies with demand generation since 2009. Self Education management-best-practices sales lead generation Servant Leadership Examples of Servant Leadership. Fuhrmann. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013 Delegate or Die: Why So Many Managers Fail to Delegate Jeff Ogden, the Fearless Competitor, is an award-winning BtoB marketing expert and the President of the digital marketing company Find New Customers , which has been offering demand generation services since 2009. 'Buffer Why Johnny Can’t Delegate and How That Can Lead to a Job Loss. And I was focused 100% on business outcomes. -
SALES INTELLIGENCE VIEW | TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013 Retarget Your Way to Greater Sales Now that you know what retargeting is, let us highlight ways it can increase your sales: Lead Generation : Retargeting is an excellent lead generation tool because it keeps bringing businesses back to your site. Retargeting is a cost effective way for B2B lead generation that can lead to significant sales increases. References. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013 Happy Birthday, sales lead generation company Find New Customers – belatedly 'Buffer On February 13, 2009, the sales lead generation company Find New Customers was born. Find New Customers, the demand generation company, is led by the award-winning marketer Jeff Ogden , who’s also the creator of the very popular and highly syndicated online TV show, Marketing Made Simple TV. What do you think? -
B2B MARKETING INSIDER | THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013 The Future of Marketing: Is The Science of Marketing Taking Over? joined SAP as Head of North America Marketing in 2009. Return of Marketing Investment (ROMI) is a critical way for us to demonstrate the impact and tangible results we generate. Last week we kicked of this Future of Marketing series with an interview with Mark Schaefer. Marcus, tell us a little bit about yourself. What influenced you? -
DIANNA HUFF - B2B MARCOM | MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 Using Genchi Genbutsu to Create Compelling Website Content The company, founded in the 1830s, prided itself on using the latest in technologies to help their clients manage their wealth and on the fact that their client relationships spanned not decades — but through generations of families. When I begin a new Website overhaul project, I take a tour of the business. Whew.). What do you think? -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 8 Ways to Instantly Improve the Quality of Your Marketing Content If you're grabbing a social media statistic, for instance, it doesn't do much good if it's from 2009. It's no wonder photos on Facebook generate 53% more Likes than the average post -- we're visual creatures after all! If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend you do. You can view it here. 1) Fact Check. Trust me, I know. -
CONVERSIONATION | MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 The Connected Consumer: Who Are We Talking About? Personal networks of trust and Generation C In 2009, Razorfish , always good for excellent reports , released ‘The Razorfish Consumer Experience Report’. They want great customer experiences, demand you to be relevant, find and share information in new ways and show the behavior of Generation Y: connected and online. -
VIEWPOINT | TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013 5 Critical Things to Consider When Evaluating Lead Generation Companies Given that I run one of the many lead generation companies it will not surprise you to learn that I believe a 3rd party focused on response management, lead generation and qualification and lead nurturing is capable of doing a much better job of those services than you are likely to find inside most companies. years. Walk around. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2013 30 Careless Mistakes That Will Totally Muck Up Your Marketing CTAs are the gateways to lead generation, and relevant ones should hang out everywhere from on your homepage, to within your email, and on every individual web page and blog post you publish (with the exception of your landing pages). We've all had those moments. or a more classic example, the Homer Simpson "D'OH!". To all 5,000 people. -
WEBBIQUITY | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2013 Nine Expert Marketing Strategy Guides In the spring of 2009, the notion that digital would account for the majority of marketing budgets within just a few years seemed like a laughable proposition. January is a great time to take a step back from day-to-day tactics and ask the Big Questions; or in cliché form, to look at the forest rather than the trees. by CNN. Do you know? -
WEBBIQUITY | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2013 102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013) What’s the key to generating more inbound marketing leads? Social media may be good for 99 things, but lead generation ain’t one of them. 57% of companies say they generated sales through their blogs, and an identical share have closed business through LinkedIn. Companies with 101-200 web pages generate 2.5x -
B2B MARKETING INSIDER | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012 Marketing In Real-Time – The New Trading Room Floor Real-time marketing was just getting started in 2009. Brian Kardon is the CMO for Lattice Engines, responsible for the company’s market positioning, demand generation, thought leadership, and integrated marketing to ensure strong connections with customers and constituents. By Brian Kardon - CMO, Lattice Engines. Any edge. -
The results are in: An experiment in social influence The total I am reporting represents the new value I created for Amachi by establishing an effective social media presence and creating new connections that did not exist prior to the time I started blogging in 2009. estimated they generated more than 3 million Twitter impressions. Here is how many donors this activity generated: ONE. -
DELICIOUS B2BMARKETING | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012 Study: B-to-B Marketers Lagging With Social Media Lead Generation. 2009 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Winners. About 43 percent of respondents say that their company has no strategy in place for incorporating social media into demand generation. 32 percent use social media as an outbound marketing channel for demand generation. RSS Feeds. --> --> Bookmark FOLIOMag.com. folio. -
CONVERSIONATION | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2012 The Big Content Marketing Fail: How Much Content Do You Need? In 2009 I met Joe Pulizzi (wonder what you think about this post, Joe) and the year after that I was happy to help him carry out the message called content marketing, as an editor of the European version of Chief Content Officer , the publication of Joe’s Content Marketing Institute. However, everyone overlooked content. Hurray. -
LEDGER BENNETT | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2012 Top 10 Tips for Marketing Automation success We often call it Demand Generation - which is a mixture of technologies and techniques. buzz word yes, but a proven crucial element to successful Demand Generation. Demand Generation programmes can deliver excellent ‘drip’ leads on a daily basis but you need the upfront thought and planning to make it work. Have a plan. Decide. -
BLUE FOCUS MARKETING | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2012 2012 #Nifty50 Top Men in Technology on Twitter His unique approach to marketing, which he has developed over the course of 20 years, has led to numerous awards and recognitions, including BtoB Magazine’s “Top 25 B2B Marketer of the Year” for 2010 and 2009 and the DemandGen Award for Utilizing Marketing Automation to Fuel Corporate Growth in 2008. The future of profit is purpose. ”. -
TOMORROW PEOPLE | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 How NOT to Do Social Media - Three Disastrous Social Media C**k Ups In 2009, some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to harness the power of user-generated content and release it untamed on the Skittles homepage. Learn more about doing social media the RIGHT way and increasing your leads and sales – download our eGuide 'How to Generate Leads from Social Media If so, click send. jason! -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 12 Revealing Marketing Stats About Facebook for Business 2) How does that compare to business owners' opinion of Facebook marketing in 2009? Some marketers might be convinced they can generate leads from social media. The big blue book of faces generates customers. 6) So, who is kicking the most butt with Facebook customer generation? That's cool. Actually, we have 47 of them. -
CONTENT MARKETING TODAY | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 The Secret to Skyrocketing Sales by Turning Content into An Asset Her very first video has generated 1.6 million views on YouTube; subsequent videos have generated as many as 4 million views and all told topped 111 million views. Although IBM could have broken through, neither Lauren Luke nor Julie Powell would have had a prayer of going from a great idea to generating millions of customers. -
PAUL GILLIN | THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012 How Twitter Amplifies a Customer Attack 2009 study by Sysomos reported that 85% of Twitter users post less than one update per day, 21% have never posted anything and only 5% of Twitter users produce 75% of the content [3]. 3] Alex Cheng and Mark Evans, “An In-Depth Look Inside the Twitter World,” Sysomos Resource Library, June, 2009, [link] (accessed July 21, 2012). -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2012 Good-Bye Genoo. Hello and nice to meet you, Act-On Software The sales lead generation firm Find New Customers is finally changing marketing automation vendors. We used Genoo since FindNewCustomers.com was founded in 2009. However, time had come for the sales lead generation firm Find New Customers to move on. We are, in effect, changing horses. But no more. Thank you all. So we moved. -
DELICIOUS B2BMARKETING | TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools Lead Generation. 2009 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Winners. Reader Service and Lead Generation. ); E-Mail Alert Sign-Up. --> Subscribe Now. --> Media Kit. --> About FOLIO. RSS Feeds. --> --> Bookmark FOLIOMag.com. folio. MediaPRO Community. Job Board. SEARCH FOLIO: Search. Careers. Careers Home. Search Jobs. Add Your Resume. Podcasts. -
THE ROI GUY | THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012 Personalize, Challenge & Engage Our recommendation, and one we embody in our latest generation of customized value selling marketing tools, is to combine the best logical business case elements with the emotional attention-getters, leveraging a three step engagement process to: Personalize , Challenge and Engage. You have two options 1. So why do most select the sure bet? -
VIEWPOINT | TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012 Bulls, Bears, Bernanke and BtoB Lead Generation Overall lead rates trended down in 2002 and from 2008 – Q3 2009—yep, just as the economy did. Understanding this can help you pinpoint your marketing investments and generate better than average results. When the GDP is up, the lead rate increases, and vice-versa. Lead rates trail the GDP by about a quarter. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012 What if LOWERING Quotas Improved Sales Results? Jim Dickie of CSO Insights ( The Sorry State of Sales Today ) revealed that 86% of businesses raised quotas in 2010 (Similar results in 2011 t0o.) , despite the lowest quota achievement ever measured (59% for 2009 and much lower in 2010). They want to generate more revenue. Lower quotas would generate more revenue. -
WEBBIQUITY | THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012 Is your website a top performer — or a black hole for sales and marketing? Conversely, it would be much more difficult to generate their interest if we had instead initiated a conversation on lead scoring. In 2009 and 2010, Lisa was recognized as one of the top five “Most Influential People” in sales lead management, and in 2011 was named one of the Top 20 Women to Watch in sales lead management. -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012 14 Unique Types of Content Every Marketer Should Try Funny cartoons that are relatable to people in your industry are sure to garner you more social shares than the average text update -- and they'll stick around on the web longer, likely generating some valuable inbound links and traffic as a result. 14 Types of Content You Should Experiment With. 1) Animated GIFs. 2) Comics/Cartoons. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 2012 “How can we create a lot of great marketing content, really fast?” Everyone needs more great marketing content to feed sales lead generation campaigns and to Feed the Beast of marketing automation. But I didn’t invent this idea: Way back on December 15, 2009, Ardath Albee penned a blog post entitled: The Rule of 5 for B2B Content Development. Happy Father’s Day. Mike Volpe. Marketing -
FUNNEL FOCUS | TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012 A Match Made in the Cloud! Manticore partner since 2009, Sales Engine International's managed marketing services engine has combined Manticore's technology platform with their own award-winning creative and campaign execution services to help clients FIND, CONNECT with and ENGAGE prospects. Have you heard our BIG NEWS ? -
FUNNEL FOCUS | TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012 A Match Made in the Cloud! Manticore partner since 2009, Sales Engine International's managed marketing services engine has combined Manticore's technology platform with their own award-winning creative and campaign execution services to help clients FIND, CONNECT with and ENGAGE prospects. Have you heard our BIG NEWS ? -
B2B MARKETING TRACTION | TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012 Why Your B2B Marketing Needs a Hub and Spoke System In 2009, Enquiro, now Mediative, conducted a survey and produced The BuyerSphere Projec t report. For more information on how to generate quality traffic, engage and convert customers, contact New Incite today. Now more than ever, your website is critical to marketing success. 88% of U.S. The average shopper consults 10.4 -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 LeadMD’s Justin Gray Reveals 3 Components to Maximizing Marketing ROI, Industry Trends of the Future and More Gray: I founded LeadMD in 2009 to help businesses generate and manage leads better through marketing automation processes and technology. LeadMD helps develop, streamline, and maximize lead generation programs for both SMB and enterprise customers. We need to get this campaign out” or “we have to generate MORE leads this month”! -
NUSPARK | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012 SEO, Meta Descriptions, Content, and Generating Leads You’ll get an idea on how these meta descriptions should be structured for lead generation. Because of the 2009 date, this page is a blog, so I would skip this listing. . Assetpoint - I like the lead generation tactic with the free purchase report, as long as it’s still available. You’ll find this interesting. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012 Our Really Fun Project – Telling Prospective Employers “Thanks, but no thanks” When I founded the lead generation company F ind New Customers in 2009, the jury was out. talk to the lead generation company and global marketing firm Find New Customers. Find New Customers crossed the Rubicon recently. As it was illegal to cross the river, it was an act of insurrection.). It’s dead. No thank you. -
B2B LEAD GENERATION BLOG | SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012 How ECI Telecom Discovered the Surefire Sign that Sales and Marketing Are Aligned In late 2009, ECI implemented a new marketing automation program. Even though her team led industry standards in generating leads and conversions – it had an abundance of marketing-qualified leads. Do you have stories about your organization’s lead generation successes and lessons learned? Looked great on paper. Levy says. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012 How Ford Kicked Its Social Marketing Strategy Into Overdrive [VIDEO] I’m also a big believer in the power of story-telling in B2B demand generation. Social media is a key element of the strategy for a lead generation company like Find New Customers. In 2009, they recruited Scott Monty to be their head of social media. Marketing lead-generation sales-challenges social media -
NUSPARK | SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012 New Infographic: B2B Lead Generation & Content Marketing Trends The infographic summarizes key data from a variety of research reports covering B2B and technology lead generation, media strategy, and content marketing trends, from initial solution research to lead nurturing. Chief Marketer’s 2012 Business-to-Business Lead Generation Survey: Your Best Prospects. Presenting my first infographic. -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012 Facebook Launches 'Interest Lists' (Why Marketers Should Care) Taking a page out of the Twitter playbook, today Facebook revealed its launch of "Interest Lists," strikingly similar to Twitter Lists, which have been around since October of 2009. According to TechCrunch , Facebook will be rolling out Interest Lists to users over the next few weeks. What Are Interest Lists? How to Create an Interest List. -
BIZNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012 Holiday Spending Delivers Q4 Gifts to E-commerce Sellers Recording increases from 14 percent on Free Shipping Day to 26 percent on Black Friday, online sellers generated sales from $500 million on Thanksgiving to almost $3 billion during the entire week of Christmas. Mobile-generated sales contributed to these impressive numbers, doubling from $3 to $6 billion in 2011. 15, over $10.5 -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012 The Laws Marketers Need to Know to Avoid Legal Backlash Luckily, under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act , websites are protected against defaming user-generated content such as blog comments, which means you won't have to monitor and weed out that type of content (although you'll probably want to remove it anyway). Remove questionable user-generated content. CAN-SPAM Act. -
WEBBIQUITY | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012 Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 2 But after rapid growth in 2009 and 2010, the study found that “There has been little or no change in the number of companies using corporate blogs (0%), Facebook (2%) and Twitter (2%) in the last year.” The most rapid increase in adoption has been in the use of social networking, which has nearly doubled since 2009. hours. -
DIGITAL B2B MARKETING | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012 QuinStreet Buys Ziff Davis Enterprise: Is B2B Just Lead Gen Now? ” In other words, QuinStreet is a lead generation company. They purchased IT Business Edge in September 2011 and Internet.com in 2009. Today, publishers are integrating lead generation into everything they offer. Online advertising space is packaged as part of a lead generation program for a small premium cost. -
LEADER NETWORKS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012 Does Your Company Inspire Trust? How Online Communities Can Help! And through the proliferation of user-generated content via self-publishing channels such as blogs, YouTube, microsharing, content curation and reviews, there are ample sources of information. Business.com Business Social Media Benchmarking study , 2009] 34% said they planned to create a customer community in 2011-12. Not really. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 Jeff Ogden, the Fearless Competitor and President of Find New Customers, voted Top 50 for SLMA’s Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management 2011 Find New Customers “Demand Generation Made Simple”, announced today that Founder and President and CEO Jeff Ogden won an award for 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management. ” Find New Customers is a lead generation company with an audacious goal – to transform the world of B2B marketing forever. -
Why are America’s fastest-growing companies killing their blogs? Blogging had been steadily climbing as a corporate communications tool — 19% of the INC 500 blogged in 2007, 39% in 2008, 45% in 2009, 50% in 2010 and just 37% last year. 88% see these tools as important for generating web traffic and 81% find them important for lead generation. But there is an element of mystery here. -
WEBBIQUITY | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012 39 More (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 Also worth checking out is Scot’s follow-up to this post, The Four Principles of Social ROI Measurement , in which he contends that “the accumulation of ‘likes’ or ‘followers’ and the generation of engagement are not ends in themselves. While certain aspects of social media have stabilized (e.g., B2B Social Media Guides. -
WRITING ON THE WEB | THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012 A Checklist for 2012 Content Marketing Plans Which posts generated the most comments? Related posts: A Checklist for 2009 Content Marketing Plans. 2012 Content Marketing – how did we get here so fast? I’ve been reviewing my 2011 blog posts, email broadcasts, videos , and taking stock. Photo courtesy Rawich/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net ). What about you? Happy writing! -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012 What Stephen Hawking Can Teach You About Social Media Marketing Strategy He’s a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the United Kingdom and he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. He has played himself in many television shows including Star Trek: The Next Generation. by Maria Pergolino Rock stars become famous but physicists typically work in obscurity. Speak and travel. Be published. -
MARKETING LEADERSHIP COUNCIL | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012 The B2B Marketer of the Future Some of them take the easy route, proclaiming 2012 as the year of mobile marketing or the year of content marketing (uh, 2009 called, it wants its title back). demand/lead generation, value proposition development, etc.) campaigns will be designed to collect customer information, not just build awareness or generate leads). -
MARKETING CRAFTMANSHIP | THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012 Glassdoor.com: Social Media Tool or PR Nightmare? The most notorious of these early sites included RateMyEmployer.com (currently on life support), F**kedCompany.com (died in 2007) and JobVent.com, which was acquired by Glassdoor.com in 2009. Learning to Live With Employee Opinion. For many of the 65,000 companies it currently covers, Glassdoor.com can be a PR nightmare waiting to happen. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2011 What’s the Real Key to Success? It’s Failure This got me to thinking of the risks I personally took in founding the B2B demand generation company Find New Customers in 2009, our many months of failure, and the great successes we enjoy today – delighted clients, Mad Marketing TV and more. The World’s Greatest Successes are the World’s Biggest Failures. -
NUSPARK | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2011 It Might Be Time to Make Age One of Your Segmentation Criteria Any demand generation expert worth her salt (and consulting fee) will advise you to segment your sales leads. The 2009 report (forgot to put it in the “to read” pile) points out that when it comes to gathering business information, executives fall into two categories: young and old. Do they span the generations? What to do? -
WEBBIQUITY | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011 Best Social Media and Digitial Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 1 ” And 93% planned to use some form of user-generated content in their marketing efforts this year, including customer stories, product suggestions or ideas, and customer reviews. companies are currently using blogs for marketing purposes, up from 29% in 2009 and just 16% in 2007. Or that 73% of U.S. And 73% of U.S. Oh yeah. -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2011 26 Mind-Blowing Black Friday Statistics [Data] Some 34 percent of shoppers said they plan to shop on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, up from 31 percent last year and 26 percent in 2009. Well, besides working on our lead generation plan and marketing budget for 2012, not a whole lot. Black Friday. 26 Black Friday Statistics for Marketers. spending has reached $9.7 -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011 Thought Leadership Interview #8 – Brian Kardon, CMO of Eloqua CSO Insights recently found that quota achievement was at its lowest rate ever, lead generation budgets were flat or cut, and quotas were being raised. Most of our clients were forecasting like it was still 2009. How can a robust online presence help generate leads? Demand Generation Thought Leadership Interview -
SAVVY B2B MARKETING | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011 Savvy Toolkit - 100 Awesome Marketing Stats, Charts and Graphs It will be like being his Ghost of Lead Generation Past, Present and Future! Up from 9% in 2009. Do you still have that one big Scrooge at your office who thinks Social Media, Blogging, Facebook is a passing fad? You aren't alone. The folks at Hubspot have done it again! Worldwide there are 34,000 Google Searches per second! -
SOCIAL MEDIA B2B | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011 Wow! 500 Posts about B2B Social Media In February 2009 we published our first post here on SocialMediaB2B.com. Published in 2009. Ways B2B Companies Should Be Using Facebook For Lead Generation. Some milestones cannot be ignored and this is one of them. This is now post number 500. So much has changed in that time. The site became too important sit idle. -
The Coming Revolution in Energy Sales Peter Fox-Penner writes in the Harvard Business Review (July-August 2009): Utilities have always assumed that their output would continue to grow… But electricity and gas customers—aided by the utilities themselves—are reducing consumption. “Oil companies need holes, not drills” - Old Sales & Marketing Saying. Visit the original here. -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011 3 Characteristics of Successful Modern-Day Press Releases Press release views on PR Newswire’s web site are 30% higher than the averages recorded in 2009. When determining how to communicate with your audiences and what vehicles to employ, take into account the outcomes you need to generate, the actions you want to encourage, and where your intended audiences live. ” Is this true? -
B2B LEAD GENERATION BLOG | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011 Webinar Replay: 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report Reveals How Marketers Can Transform Mounting Pressure, Challenges into Revenue While almost all respondents said they’re expert at lead generation: • 68 percent have not identified their sales and marketing funnels, no less optimized them. In essence, they’re not making the most of the leads they’ve become expert in generating. 20 – Jen compares B2B Benchmark Report responses between 2009, 2010 and 2011. -
LOOPFUSE | MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011 Marketing Automation Blueprint - The Ultimate "How To" Guide joined a UK technology start-up as Marketing Manager in 2009 and was immediately tasked with increasing the number of high quality leads to our sales team by 500%. This is a guest post from Tom Callway, Marketing Manager at IT monitoring platform company Opsview. You can connect with Tom on Linkedin or follow him on Twitter @opsview. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2011 Thank you, Aplicor! For a brief moment in 2009, I headed marketing for a small Florida CRM software firm. For the first time ever, no matter what people type looking for the B2B lead generation blog – net or.com – they arrive at this blog. Jeff Ogden ( @fearlesscomp ) is the President of the B2B lead generation consultancy Find New Customers. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2011 Should You Really Quit Your Day Job in a Down Economy? founded Find New Customers , the booming B2B Lead Generation company in 2009.). of the American workforce voluntarily left their jobs in 2009. Jeff Ogden ( @fearlesscomp ) is the President of the B2B lead generation consultancy Find New Customers. Is now the right time to quit your job and start a company? The U.S. -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011 Brand and Demand Convergence Required Specifically the convergence of branding and demand generation. 2009 and 2010 became the years of analytics, where marketers began to realize the necessity of possessing activity intelligence. Now in 2011, everything has come together into one conglomerate of automated demand generation, nurturing processes, and active engagement. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 The State of Lead Generation Today (with Jim Dickie of CSO Insights) B2B Lead Generation | The State of Lead Generation Today. Jim Dickie, Managing Partner of CSO Insights sat down with the Fearless Competitor to share insights and takeaways from their recent Lead Generation Optimization study in which they surveyed 525 companies. Good lead generation and management software out there today. -
WEBBIQUITY | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 Best New B2B Marketing Blogs – The Blog Tree (Infographic) The Blog Tree: New Growth cheers about 60 active, insightful blogs launched (or significantly re-engineered) after January 1, 2009. Business Blogging Marketing Automation and Demand Generation Social Media Marketing B2B Bloggers best new b2b marketing blogs Eloqua JESS3 Joe Chernov Mack Collier Pam Moore Savvy B2B Marketing the blog tree -
IT'S ALL ABOUT REVENUE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 The Blog Tree: New Growth. Fruit for Your RSS Feed [Infographic] The Blog Tree: New Growth cheers about 60 active, insightful blogs launched (or significantly re-engineered) after January 1, 2009. New Generation Marketer. by Joe Chernov | Tweet this A couple weeks ago, I attended Content Marketing World , where I presented on the business value of infographics. The social Web is a noisy place. -
ONPATH | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 Is Face-to-Face Marketing "Old School?" According to a 2009 Forbes Insights survey of 760 business executives, face-to-face meetings were preferred in cases that have a fluid decision-making process, requiring the give-and-take typically needed for complex decisions and sales. Both face-to-face and virtual marketing have specific benefits. -
WEBBIQUITY | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far) 26 Ways to Use Social Media for Lead Generation by Social Media Examiner. ** 5 STARS. Debbie Hemley compiles another brilliant A to Z post, this one focused on using social media for lead generation. Social media marketing has gone well beyond the hype stage and is now mainstream business practice. What should I monitor for? But 44.24 -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 How Do You Do It? – My super secret (shh!) 6 Tips for blogging success B2B Lead Generation | 6 Tips for Blogging Success. Find a really good post you wrote in 2009 and copy it. We also suggest you use your keywords (Like lead generation company ) and use them in your blog posts. Jeff Ogden ( @fearlesscomp ) is President of the B2B lead generation consultancy, Find New Customers. 1,085 Posts. -
PWB MARKETING BLOG | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 Three Stats Prove B2B Social Media Set To Explode [Charts] B2B organizations are getting leads and generating demand using social media. Forrester Research predicts that B2B firms will spend $54 million on social media marketing in 2014, up from just $11 million in 2009. Social media has reached prime time. Did you know more searches are done on YouTube than Yahoo? -
DELICIOUS B2BMARKETING | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011 How to REALLY Increase B2B Blog Traffic PWB Marketing Blog Demand Generation | Branding | New Media Skip to content PWB HOME ABOUT OUR TEAM BUILD A BRAND GENERATE DEMAND BLOG HOME ← How To Create B2B Content Your Prospects REALLY Want How to REALLY Increase B2B Blog Traffic Posted on 08/31/2011 by Chad Wiebesick Good content isn’t enough for a blog. Cheers! -
PWB MARKETING BLOG | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011 How to REALLY Increase B2B Blog Traffic We write a lot about ways B2B organizations can use social media to generate demand and acquire leads. Here are a few B2B blogging communities to consider: B2B Marketing Zone launched in 2009. Good content isn’t enough for a blog. You also need traffic. If the saying, “Content is king” is true, then traffic is queen. -
WEBBIQUITY | MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2011 Review: Six Small Business CMS and Web Marketing Systems Though the product had issues in its original incarnation, Adobe has fixed many of these issues since acquiring it in late 2009 and continues to invest in product development. The ePROneur package uniquely combines hosting, software, services and strategy to help companies with limited resources effectively generate leads and revenue online. -
MARKETING INTERACTIONS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2011 From Click to Content - What's the Response? The number of clicks doesn't have as much to do with success as the response generated. thought this white paper would be great, but 2009? The marketers who generate great responses to their clicks have likely: Segmented their lists to provide the most valuable information to the people who need it. Pardon the back button. -
DELICIOUS B2BMARKETING | SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2011 Open Research: A Framework for Social Analytics Important caveat: Social isn’t just for ‘generating leads’ but can be used for many, many things, such as improving customer experience, reducing support costs, and improving products. Also you’re right of course – social is for more than ‘generating leads.’ Wowza! Wowza! Wowza! Wowza! Wowza! -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2011 Gary Katz on 52 Reasons to Embrace Marketing Operations 2.0 On July 26, 2009, I celebrated a half-century on the planet. generator of generative learning. by Jon Miller Today I’m pleased to welcome Gary Katz, founder and chairman of marketing operations consultancy firm Marketing Operations Partners , as a guest blogger. Enjoy! It was a lot tougher than I thought it would be. -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 Is Email Marketing Dead? In 2009, the Wall Street Journal ran an article called " Why Email No Longer Rules ," which led to extensive discussions about whether email had seen its last, best day. step-by-step guide to email marketing for lead generation. Download the free ebook to energize your lead generation efforts and build more buzz around your business. -
PWB MARKETING BLOG | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2011 PWBlog Now Featured on B2B Marketing Zone The site launched in 2009 and has quickly become a one-stop-shop for B2B marketers looking for tips, trends, and advice aggregated from respected B2B bloggers from around the web. Interested in demand generation ? B2B Marketing Business Blogging Blogging Demand Generation Google AnalyticsThis is no easy feat. of mediocre blogs. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011 Are B2B Companies Finally “Getting” Content Marketing? B2B demand generation | Content Marketing. Seems to me that despite articles like Inside the Mind of the B2B Buyer, great books like Content Rules and Get Content, Get Customers , and the insights of experts such as Ann Handley, CC Chapman and Joe Pulizzi, content marketing remained a tiny sliver though 2009, 2010 and early 2011. -
EB2BLEADS | SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011 Top SEOs And Data Correlations Here’s some interesting data from a number of SEOMoz surveys that looked at ranking factors from 70 of the top SEO strategists worldwide and correlated that with data from hundreds of search results.conducted during 2009. B2B Marketing specialist in online Lead Generation and Lead Nurturing The Effects Of Keyword Usage On SEO. -
THE EFFECTIVE MARKETER | THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2011 Reinventing Marketing at GE “Our framework centered on giving marketing a revenue-generating role in its own right.. Immelt, Vijay Govindarajan, and Chris Trimble, Harvard Business Review, October 2009. GE's Ecomagination Ad Campaign - Result of the Marketing Transformation Process. Marketing as a Function. Principles. People. Process. The Innovator. | |