Digital B2B Marketing

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The Golden Rule for Marketing

Digital B2B Marketing

Gary Thuerk, referred to as the father of spam, said “I never fill out any personal information on Web sites because it all goes into some kind of marketing database” in an interview with eSecurity Planet. So stop sending it, and stop assuming asking for an email isn’t a meaningful barrier.

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Is Focusing On Your Audience Getting In Your Way?

Digital B2B Marketing

If you are focused on what your B2B target audience has done in the past or is doing today, you will miss new opportunities like the Internet (2000), Twitter (2009) or Pinterest (2011) to connect with your audience. B2B buyers won’t read content on their smartphones.

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Selling your Lead Generation Content

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You are selling it for contact information. It is valuable information, convey that on your registration page. Include additional information for someone on the fence about buying it and clearly state that you protect and do not share contact information. It immediately looks like it is out-of-date information.

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QuinStreet Buys Ziff Davis Enterprise: Is B2B Just Lead Gen Now?

Digital B2B Marketing

They purchased IT Business Edge in September 2011 and Internet.com in 2009. Lead generation has been driving growth and innovation at other technology publications, with CMP TechWeb (Information Week), IDG (CIO, ComputerWorld) and TechTarget all investing in improving their lead generation offerings in recent years.

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B2B Marketing and the Cheap Tchotchke Mistake

Digital B2B Marketing

billion business in 2009 ( source ). I was astounded by the number of branded products with no information about the company. Your marketing will be seen as an indicator of the quality of your marketing service. Yes, that’s a lot of marketing in two sentences. SEO folks would accuse me of keyword stuffing).

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Give Us Freedom! Lessons for Corporate America

Digital B2B Marketing

In late 2009, Bob Evans, then with Information Week, wrote an open letter to Larry Ellison , taking Oracle to task for not allowing companies the freedom to control their own expense structures. Said another way, the Anything-as-a-Service model gives customers the freedom they need to pursue the best course for their business.

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