Chris Koch

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Top B2B marketing posts for 2009 (hint: social media)

Chris Koch

Who says B2B marketers are lagging in social media? I’m happy to say that traffic to my blog has quadrupled (I’ve gone from a D-list blogger to a C-list, I think) in 2009 thanks to you. Check out these top posts if you haven’t already: Six factors driving B2B social media marketing adoption. Have a happy and safe New Year!

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How Manchester United Revolutionized Sports Marketing

Chris Koch

The franchise leadership also invested in marketing not just Man U but football itself as the true global sport. Sales of family season ticket plans increased from fewer than 500 in 2009 to more than 7,500 in 2012. Premier League sports marketing' It didn’t just try to cultivate a fan base in England, it went global.

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Want proof that the C-suite is into social media? Here it is.

Chris Koch

We just wrapped up our ITSMA Annual Marketing Conference this week and the strongest current driving the river of conversation was social media. Most of ITSMA’s clients are B2B marketers from big technology companies that sell big, complex products, services, and solutions. This has big implications for marketers.

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Why your marketing to CIOs may be irrelevant—and what to do about it

Chris Koch

And that has big implications for marketers. To market to these people effectively, you’re going to have to get to know them as being part of multiple, unique segments. That means understanding not just the top 10 IT drivers for 2009 as predicted by Gartner or Forrester. CIOs are not all the same.

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Why your marketing to CIOs may be irrelevant—and what to do about it

Chris Koch

And that has big implications for marketers. To market to these people effectively, you’re going to have to get to know them as being part of multiple, unique segments. That means understanding not just the top 10 IT drivers for 2009 as predicted by Gartner or Forrester. CIOs are not all the same. Tweet This Post.

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Where is your mobile marketing center of gravity?

Chris Koch

For marketers considering creating mobile device apps, the bar has been set very high. So how are we as marketers supposed to compete with apps like these? Mobile is going to become an important part of our marketing, whether we like it or not. I think that’s how we have to view mobile apps for B2B marketing.

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How Jimmy Fallon Redefined the Celebrity Biography

Chris Koch

English: Jimmy Fallon CES 2009 in Las Vegas, NV (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Right now, the practice is to simply excerpt bits from their shows in “best of” compilations and market them. They are a new way for entertainment companies to market their celebrities and to track them over time without waiting for the book or the movie.

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