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 look forward to collaborating even more in 2010. Check out these top posts if you haven’t already: Six factors driving B2B social media marketing adoption. How to create B2B social media policies. Why B2B marketers hate social media. Here it is. Tweet This Post.

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What the slow death of B2B publishing means for marketers

Chris Koch

This cartoon making the rounds online captures the frustration journalists have with their online plight--and reveals the opportunity B2B marketers have to fill the content gap. But if you step back and think about where the real opportunity is for B2B marketers, it is idea marketing. Marketers always struggle with what to do next.

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Where is your mobile marketing center of gravity?

Chris Koch

I’m going to be moderating a panel on this question (among others) at next week’s MarketingProfs’ B2B Forum in Boston. I’m sure that there will be opportunities and reasons for B2B to advertise on these things eventually, but that’s the easy part. I think that’s how we have to view mobile apps for B2B marketing.

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Social media isn’t enough. We need a marketing transformation.

Chris Koch

After consolidating their power for years through internet search, B2B buyers are beginning to emerge from behind their firewalls and show up in places where marketers can find them. At ITSMA, we’re calling 2010 the year of marketing transformation. Buyers become approachable. We have to meet them halfway. If so, how would you do it?

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Six ways that marketing needs to lead the organization in social media

Chris Koch

Shameless plug here: My favorite B2B blogger Paul Dunay is going to talk about how Avaya uses social media for customer support at ITSMA’s Marketing Leadership Forum on May 25-26.) That’s why at ITSMA we’re calling 2010 The Year of Marketing Transformation (sound the bugles!—a What do you think? What have I left out here?

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Six factors driving B2B social media marketing adoption

Chris Koch

We’re all getting constant advice—hectoring, even—about how we need to make social media a key part of our B2B marketing strategies right now. While I believe that these two threads are accurate, I haven’t seen compelling data to back them up—at least as it relates to B2B. How strong do you think the arguments are? Customer factors.