Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

LinkedIn is firmly ensconced among the “big 3″ social networks for marketing and business purposes, and though its base of 80 million members is far smaller than the 600 million users of Facebook, its impact in B2B marketing is larger. Mark Walsh reports on company pages, another new feature added by LinkedIn in late 2010.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” She has focused on identifying the problem and providing a 5-step solution to shorten the buy cycle. What is the key to shortening the buy cycle?

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve already published my B2B Marketing predictions for 2011 and while I think I captured a good mix of new and traditional issues, I realized that one thing was missing: a common theme. And so this led me to the conclusion that the broader future of B2B Marketing is Social! This got me to thinking.

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Outgrow

JANUARY 22, 2020

Top 9 Affiliate Marketers You Need To Know About. Affiliate marketing is a gold mine that often remains unexplored. There are some extremely successful affiliate marketers out there. Affiliate marketing does not make you a fortune overnight. We’re here to tell you about affiliate marketers. Finch Sells.

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Writing on the Web

JUNE 17, 2010

Even when you’re giving something away, for FREE, you’ve got to write good “sales&# copy that spurs people into action. Now you’ve got to format your sales letter landing page , with a dynamite headline, cool graphics, arrows, ORDER NOW! Creating Great Sales Pages. Next Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 4 p.m.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

You can survey your customers, although that’s not always the best approach because the questions are not fresh in their minds – they’ve already made their buying decision. I would also make a point to solicit input from customer service and sales teams, as they have more day-to-day interaction with fence-sitters.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

The study shows that there are specific keyword combinations used dependent upon the buying stage of the person searching on Google. 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.

Paid Search Agency 100

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2009

As we move closer to 2010, New Year’s resolutions are top of mind. As a B2B marketer, there’s no better time than the present to resolve to maximize conversions of leads. The need for lead nurturing is significant: As many as 80% of B2B leads received are not ready to buy, according to consultancy Rain Today.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Leads 48

markempa

MARCH 6, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. His talk is 48 minutes long and includes questions and answers from Google employees and hey, its free. All Marketers Are Liars ???

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Lead Generation Google B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership 120

The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing Content That Sells When talking with lead nurturing and marketing automation vendors they all make it seem very easy. In the B2B marketing space this is notorious.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Planning 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Rise of the Content Marketer Content Needs a King I know I don’t have to argue the value of content to readers of this blog. What used to be clear roles (i.e.

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Writing on the Web

JUNE 21, 2010

Do you need to create professional looking sales or landing pages? So I wrote the sales copy, added a few graphics, and hit publish. The last thing you want to do on a sales/landing page is distract readers from your copy. You want them to take action – one action only: click and buy, or click and register.

Landing Pages 100

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Content Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Editor’s note: Explaining content marketing is a never-ending challenge. The concept of content marketing has been around for hundreds of years ( see an example from 1672 ), and the discipline has gained incredible popularity since 2010, according to Google Trends. Content marketing as your family would understand.

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Moz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Buying local affects everything from mental and physical health, to emergency services access, diversity, democracy, and climate change. American Express created Small Business Saturday in 2010 in response to the Great Recession. Write at least one Small Business Saturday Google Post to explain your special offers for the day.

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Paid Search Agency Small Business Marketing Advertising Agencies SMB 71

The Effective Marketer

JULY 29, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking What’s Your Marketing Approach? An interesting post by Steve Johnson talks about marketing not being a list, but rather an approach to solving customers problems and helping buyers to buy.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 18, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking What Type of Marketer Are You? They read about marketing, they talk about marketing outside work, they go to events and try to educate themselves. This bunch sees marketing only as a job.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Because of these two things, in order to win a B2B sale you first have to build trust, demonstrate how reliable your product is, and show how it is suitable for the particular business you’re speaking with. This all means the B2B sales cycle is often very lengthy. Related Posts: Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?!

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Because of these two things, in order to win a B2B sale you first have to build trust, demonstrate how reliable your product is, and show how it is suitable for the particular business you’re speaking with. This all means the B2B sales cycle is often very lengthy. Related Posts: Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?!

Landing Pages 100

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Navigate the Channel

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Google has already declared mobile to be mandatory for search —as of 2018, the tech giant’s mobile-first index will view sites through the eyes of the mobile user, and will rank them accordingly. Traditional B2B marketing strategies might need to rethink their target audience when it comes to who the influencers are.

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Stats Paid Search Agency Mobile Marketing Lead Scoring 50

Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 25, 2010

According to a study conducted by Gartner , the first quarter of 2010 witnessed a whopping 707 percent increase in Android sales. As a result, the sales of the Google Android OS-based smartphones have surpassed the sales of the Microsoft Windows Mobile-based handsets around the world. Hear me out ….

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Influitive

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Referrals are an important part of a healthy B2B sales pipeline. According to LinkedIn, 84% of B2B decision makers start the buying process off with a referral. Referred prospects are also 30% more likely to convert than leads generated through other marketing channels, and have a 16% higher customer life-time value.

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Digilant

JANUARY 12, 2021

Experts no longer question the validity of programmatic marketing or if advertisers use it. Instead, people now look to the future to see how they can work to combat any drawbacks people face to grow programmatic marketing and to help advertisers reach their audiences even better. Demand Side Platforms (DSPs). Agency Trading Desks.

Advertising Agencies 52

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markempa

NOVEMBER 14, 2005

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Google (web) Analytics is now free for websites that have less than 5-million page views.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 17, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Effective Marketer Principle 5: Take Responsibility for Communicating To get things done you need to communicate, ensuring the team is aware of the plan, deadlines, and expected results.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

unemployment rate still near 10%, and uncertain prospects for a quick recovery , marketers need to keep two things in mind. First, that it’s important to continue investing in marketing through the downturn. Virtually every b2b buying decision involves some level of research on the web.

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Hubspot

APRIL 3, 2017

For your inspiration and amusement, we've put together a list of seven creative approaches used by real job seekers in the marketing and advertising industries. Check out the marketing stunts below. 7 Creative Stunts People Used to Land Their Marketing Dream Jobs. 4) Buying a Billboard. Image Credit: Brennan Gleason.

Advertising Agencies 75

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 27, 2012

Guest post by Joe Pulizzi, founder of the Content Marketing Institute and Junta42. Joe evangelizes content marketing around the world through keynotes, articles, tweets and his books, Managing Content Marketing and Get Content Get Customers. Is content marketing required for professional services companies?

Work Management 142

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Service 142

Webbiquity

MARCH 9, 2010

TechCrunch predicts that “by this summer (2010) well over half of all Internet users will likely visit Facebook each month.&# It’s now the second most-visited site on the web , behind only Google. Given that level of popularity and traffic, it’s no wonder that marketers have embraced Facebook in a big way.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Around this time last year I wrote about the 10 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2010 and while I would say 7 out of 10 have already materialized and the others are on their way. So that begs the question – what’s on the horizon specifically for B2B Marketers next year? It’s all based on Facebook’s algorithm called EdgeRank.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Mobile Advertising B2B 100

Convince & Convert

MARCH 27, 2012

Guest post by Joe Pulizzi, founder of the Content Marketing Institute and Junta42. Joe evangelizes content marketing around the world through keynotes, articles, tweets and his books, Managing Content Marketing and Get Content Get Customers. Is content marketing required for professional services companies?

Work Management 130

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Service 130

The Effective Marketer

JULY 21, 2009

We’re told that if you have a good plan , if you follow a proven framework for rolling out your social media activities and integrate them with your sales efforts , then the ROI will be clear . That is, if you can translate all those additional site visits, downloads, and re-tweets into sales. Get people to buy our products!

Social Media 100

Social Media Planning Work Management Social Marketing 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Most CEOs of manufacturing, engineering and technical companies do not believe in the value of brand building and consider it the domain of consumer marketing (B2C). Branding is an expense item like the rest of marketing. He suggests that B2B marketers take a cue from their B2C counterparts when it comes to increasing brand awareness.

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 31, 2012

Leapfrogging isn’t just child’s play; the same concept can be applied to the B2B marketing space. With so many marketers finding social media stumbling blocks standing in their way, how can they effectively find ways to “leapfrog” over them? So what’s a marketer to do? What kind of social media channels—i.e.,

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Work Management Marketing Management 120

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Is Content Curation an Easy Way for Content Marketers to Do More With Less? Google News, aggregating content via RSS feeds and social bookmarking sites have been around for a while. Heck, even MS Word kept flagging curation as a misspelled word.

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The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Free Stuff That Sells. Free Marketing Stuff Can Sell As marketers our job is to generate brand awareness, educate our prospective customers on the benefits of our products and get them to purchase.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Budget Programs Marketing Management 100

markempa

MARCH 6, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Well meaning marketers can ruin their lead generation results by rushing an unqualified list of tradeshow attendees to their sales team.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Conference B2B Sales Sales Qualified Leads 120

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

However, accurately defining and measuring customer engagement in complex business or industrial sales is still elusive. However, it is not so simple to measure customer engagement in situations with long sales cycles that’s commonplace with manufacturers, sellers of technical products and B2B consultative solution providers.

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B2B Marketing Analytics Tools Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60