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How Manchester United Revolutionized Sports Marketing

Chris Koch

hours a week playing fantasy sports in 2013, according to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association. Sales of family season ticket plans increased from fewer than 500 in 2009 to more than 7,500 in 2012. More than 36 million people from the U.S. and Canada spent an average of 8.7 Manchester United Manchester United F.C.

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Why salespeople should sell ideas: an FAQ

Chris Koch

That was in 2009. With the decline of B2B trade publishing, B2B providers have to pick up the slack. Buyers are spending much more time online than they used to. A (fairly old) study by Forbes and Google found that 80% of C-level executives perform at least three web searches per day. What does online search have to do with selling?

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Six factors driving B2B social media marketing adoption

Chris Koch

Our latest annual survey of 355 buyers of complex IT solutions, How Customers Choose Solution Providers, 2009: The Importance of Personalization, Epiphanies, and Social Media, shows that the door to the C-suite is opening up. The trade press is dying. Trade magazines are imploding as marketers continue to pull out of print advertising.