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What the Gig Economy Was Like in 2010 (Part 1 of 5)

ClearVoice

In part one, we take a look back at the state of the gig economy in 2010. As companies start to realize the cost-effective strategies for 1099 employees, and see the value of varied voices and talents, this segment of the economy is only going to grow. 2010 set the tone for the #gigeconomy. 2010 was more competitive.

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The Marketing Book Podcast: “Content Marketing Strategy” by Robert Rose

The Forward Observer

Content marketing is one of the most important pieces of the marketing plan, but many businesses do not approach it strategically. Content Marketing Strategy explains what top brands are doing to streamline their content and how marketing strategists can scale their methods to create business success.

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Social Media Marketing Strategies for 2010

Webbiquity

Marketing Sherpa last week released its 2010 Social Media Marketing Benchmark report. Among the key findings from the report: Despite the lingering economic malaise, companies across virtually all industries plan to increase budgets for social media marketing in 2010. Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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The Entrepreneur Interview Series #9: Amanda LaGrange, Tech Dump/Tech Discounts

Webbiquity

While every business enterprise exists to fill a need, organizations differ in their secondary mission. Amanda LaGrange helped found Tech Dump as a board member in 2010, while working at General Mills in Corporate Finance. She’s created a high-growth business that benefits the environment while addressing poverty and injustice.

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2010 Will Bring New Features to Demand Generation Systems

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: the demand generation market will continue to grow in 2010, and it may attract some new, big competitors from outside the industry. business-to-business marketing automation. What will 2010 bring? Tags: 2010 predictions demand generation marketing automation b2b marketing. me-too products.

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Do You Have a Marketing Plan for 2010?

B2B Marketing Traction

If you haven’t yet done your marketing plan for 2010, don’t panic. A business owner once told me that when they hired someone to create a marketing plan, they received a binder containing over 200 pages, many of them including color graphs. The business owner said, “I didn’t know what to do with it!”

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The Cost-Per-Lead Fallacy in Measuring B2B Lead Generation Investments (Pt 1 of 3)

ViewPoint

As much as marketing and sales best practices—not to mention just plain common sense—dictate that cost-per-lead not play a prominent role in managing and measuring B2B lead generation investments, the metric continues to prevail. The problems and costs of a cost-per-lead approach.