Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 11, 2010

The post is called B2B Social Media Strategy – 5 Steps to Gain Executive Buy-in and will show you how to develop your company’s B2B social media strategy. Related Posts: Top Takeaways From Blogwell Philly 2010 Holy Cow! Share: Read more from Social Media B2B Marketing , Social Media Click here to cancel reply.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I wish I knew all the secrets so I could transform the world of B2B Marketing forever with a tell-all book. What I do know is that B2B Marketers have a ton of options today. In this post, I will offer a preview of the thoughts I will deliver during the Focus Interactive Summit on Progressive B2B Marketing. It used to be so easy.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

To help out my fellow B2B marketers, here is a list of 7 common mistakes that B2B marketers make when jumping feet first into social media marketing. For B2B companies, social media is more about interaction and knowledge sharing (think whitepapers, videos, thought leadership blogs, etc.).

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

Okay, so my objectives for B2B Marketing Insider are: Have a stake in my personal brand’s online presence. When I see B2B Marketers who have forgotten that we serve customers and create marketing campaigns with little research into customer needs or pains or the words they use to express their pains, it makes me crazy.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2010

The session will be moderated by David Rosen, Chief of B2B Social Media at Makovsky + Company. We will be discussing what the PRSA is calling “ The Forbidden Dance: B2B and Social Media ”. This is an area of opportunity for B2B companies and needs to be managed very carefully. It’s all about content!

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy May 4, 2010 7 Subscribe Why am I in Marketing? So here I will describe why I am in Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

In this post I will review a whitepaper produced last month by Toolbox.com in conjunction with PJA Advertising + Marketing called “ Top 5 Trends in B2B Social Media Usage: What Every Marketer Should Know “ (registration required) on social media usage. The study included 5-waves with over 3,000 professionals on Toolbox.com.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

In “ Revising Our Demand Generation Definition as B2B Marketers &# Adam does an excellent job of thoroughly putting a call to action out to all marketers that demand generation needs to be end-to-end. He also asks us to be accountable to results. So…Demand Generation cannot stop at the sale.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. This all means the B2B sales cycle is often very lengthy.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. This all means the B2B sales cycle is often very lengthy.

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 1, 2012

I’ve gotten used to thinking of the B2B marketing automation industry as entering a consolidation phase, during which a handful of dominant vendors emerge and small vendors drop away. For B2B marketing automation, we’re not there yet. I do have employee counts, at least for the top eight companies.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

Okay, so my objectives for B2B Marketing Insider are: Have a stake in my personal brand’s online presence. When I see B2B Marketers who have forgotten that we serve customers and create marketing campaigns with little research into customer needs or pains or the words they use to express their pains, it makes me crazy.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 5, 2010 Subscribe Holy Cow! Disclosure: I am a former employee of the Nielsen Company).

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 19, 2010

  My recent post entitled Seven Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011 is one of those instances for me personally.    We all know buyer behavior has changed so much that the B2B business world has to find ways to adapt or be left in the dust.  Image via Wikipedia.   And thank you Mr. . 

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 31, 2012

I’ve just released the latest edition of my B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST), which contains detailed analysis of all 22 B2B marketing automation systems. I put this at $325 million for 2011, a 50% increase from 2010. Vendors in the VEST are asked for estimates of their client counts by company size.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

The days of sending a list of contacts to sales is over. Some creative marketers call these lists suspects. In the next post , I will list the actions you can take today to deliver targeted leads to sales. And this is where many B2B marketers stumble. To sales, they are a waste of time. Sounds easy right?

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 10, 2011

Happy 2011! Steve has nearly 20 years of experience in brand building, demand generation and corporate marketing. As the founder of 28Marketing, he’s worked with a number of B2B technology and cloud computing companies. In your view what will 2011 bring for B2B Marketers?

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 12, 2011

As I mentioned yesterday, our new B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST) asks vendors to estimate the number of clients in each of four size categories. The small- and mid-size companies are the heart of the industry , with 55% of the revenue from 33% of the clients. But not all of these are B2B marketers.

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PureB2B

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

5000 list, an elite ranking of the country’s fastest-growing private companies. The list names Pure Incubation at 985, recognizing the company’s 446% growth over the past three years. “It list represents the top private companies in the U.S. “We Topsfield, MA –. Magazine’s annual Inc. About Pure Incubation.

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PureB2B

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

5000 list, an elite ranking of the country’s fastest-growing private companies. The list names Pure Incubation at 985, recognizing the company’s 446% growth over the past three years. “It list represents the top private companies in the U.S. “We Topsfield, MA –. Magazine’s annual Inc. About Pure Incubation.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

It wasn’t inspired by anything other than the main challenges of my peers across the diverse world of corporate B2B Marketing. I have recently met and spoken to people from companies far and wide who have shared this experience! He was the marketing leader of a former company. I didn’t base it off a recent study.

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JUNE 18, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Now I know that 2011 planning season is in full swing. It means allowing as many employees in our companies to interact with our customers as real people. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" I want to be that kind of marketer.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

At the time, I was leading a large online demand generation program and had some thoughts about the state of the marketing and sales funnel. For most B2B buying experiences, they expect to speak to a salesperson at some point in their journey. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

While this study was focused on IT Buyers, the implications for the B2B Marketer should be relevant across the prospect universe no matter which industries you serve. In this post, I will provide an overview of the study and summarize the key actions you should take as a B2B Marketer responsible for driving leads for your business.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2010

Here are the few tips which can help you to get yourself heard and noticed amongst your target audience using social media. Harnessing the Power of Twitter: Tips from Guy Kawasaki The focus of this discussion is how companies can leverage Twitter to grow their businesses. Click here to cancel reply. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2010

Here are the few tips which can help you to get yourself heard and noticed amongst your target audience using social media. Harnessing the Power of Twitter: Tips from Guy Kawasaki The focus of this discussion is how companies can leverage Twitter to grow their businesses. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

My advice is to B2B Marketers is to follow this natural ebb and flow. In some companies “nurture happens&# almost by accident. Contacts from companies that are qualified as leads but not yet passed to sales can end up landing in the target list for an email blast or an event invitation.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 9, 2010

Second, similar to any other marketing campaign, you must start by defining your target audience and then setting specific objectives that can be measured. Upon completion the next step is determining where your target audience is actively engaged, who the key influencers are and how does your target audience consume and share information.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

And so with the author’s permission I am summarizing it here for our B2B audience. In the past I spoke about The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing and described the importance of understanding and analyzing keywords. While the benefits of this approach are clear, B2B marketers must also be aware of the risks.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Brands are valuable assets that companies create, nurture and maintain with great care, right? Share: Read more from Social Media B2B Marketing , Brand Management , Social Media 4 Comments Post a comment Sharetivity Sep 10 2010 Social Media is definitely a hot topic and sooo many companies are following the trend.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Demographically bloggers also have higher incomes and education levels than the general population. Share: Read more from Social Media Blog , Blogwell , Marketing Mix , Social Media 4 Comments Post a comment Andrew Corliss Nov 9 2010 I believe blogging but all acts of social media are now necessary for businesses.

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