LeadSloth

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

I’ve compiled a list of the events that matter: B2B Marketing Events for 2010. Although it’s organized by Silverpop, it’s primarily a thought leadership event: no product demos, customer cases, or other company promotions. Sales & Marketing 2.0 Even though the name makes you think otherwise, the Sales 2.0

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

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. The lessons? Share this on Mixx. Tweet This! Seed this on Newsvine.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 4, 2011

On May 7th, 2010 I started this journey to document my thoughts and perspective on B2B Marketing. And here are the top 10 posts from 2010 based on volume: 1. How To Align Marketing With Sales , Sept. 5 Sales Closing Techniques , Oct. I will strive to view our customers more holistically and more personally.

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Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Enjoy the following collated list of best blog posts from Connect the Docs in 2010. 2010 Content Marketing Trends and Predictions. How should B2B marketers balance the need for free content (helpful for prospects decision making) Vs. the need to have content that produces a steady flow of good leads (that can directed to sales team)?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2010

This inspired me to do a quick 10 Best Posts of 2010 as we slide into the New Year. Customer Service is the New Marketing – Zappos was founded in 1999 and sold to Amazon for $1.2 Zappos is powered by its customer service and was built on the premise of WOWing each and every customer. 4 C’s of B2B Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2020

When you personalize content for every segment of your target customer base, you’ll be sure to hit the mark every time. Last year alone, CPG online sales in the U.S. billion, which accounts for 11% of total CPG retail sales. Use in-store messaging to assist customers in finding what they need at a price they want to pay.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 26, 2019

Amanda LaGrange helped found Tech Dump as a board member in 2010, while working at General Mills in Corporate Finance. Year founded: 2010, with the specific Tech Dump brand founded in 2011. We wouldn’t be where we are today without early events with Girl Scout troops, like-minded business customers, and everyone in between.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 10, 2021

Coming out of the pandemic, even those companies have now realized that an increased focus on digital marketing is necessary to keep up with competitors and drive sales. Restaurants started offering delivery and takeaway services when previously they’ve relied on customers dining inside. The rise of streaming cemented its failure.

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Anything Goes Marketing

DECEMBER 21, 2009

2009 has been a long year but as I reflect back on my many conversations, I've created a top 5 list of items to avoid in 2010: 1. In 2010 you will not have a choice but to make social media part of your overall marketing strategy. This concept needs to be at the forefront of your planning in 2010. You may see a theme here.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 19, 2018

In a 2010 blog post, we state that in order to stay viable, B2B companies need to hire a social media manager. In 2010, a search for social media managers on Indeed.com returned 7,100 results. Through online interactions, customers and prospects form opinions about your organization – for better or for worse.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 27, 2023

So John pulled a stunt that caught his attention and set up an interview with him in 2010 and has been able to talk with him about each of his books since then. He is a frequent guest on the show but this interview is about his latest book that moves the lens from Marketing and PR over to Sales.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 1, 2022

Back in 2007, Linda and I had no idea we would have built a global pipeline generation company that the Fortune 1000 and some of the biggest tech firms in the industry would trust to generate their sale pipeline from high level Ideal Customer Profile leads (ICPs) to booked and confirmed Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs, or appointments).

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 28, 2011

According to recent research from eConsultancy, “Paid search consumes the largest portion of online lead generation budgets, accounting for 28% of spending (in 2010), up from 22% in 2009.&# In addition, more than half of companies that use paid search increased their budgets for it last year. “Image ads (a.k.a.

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Tomorrow People

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Remember 2010? 2010 saw the inception of the Content Marketing Institute , and a growing realisation that content was the way forward. But let’s face it — it’s not 2010 anymore. You need to understand your ideal customer for each piece of content. And that’s exactly the kind of content that your customers want too.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 24, 2011

Economic conditions may have been tough in 2010, but there was no shortage of online innovation. Your custom paper is updated daily and easy to share. Interesting, though the “Who’s searching for you&# feature appears to be more a spammy sales tool than a functional offer. Create animations? DialogFeed. ** 5 Stars.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

What the best practices for professional networking, generating sales leads, connecting with potential business partners, sharing content and getting answers to tough business questions? Mark Walsh reports on company pages, another new feature added by LinkedIn in late 2010. What new features should you get familiar with?

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 2, 2024

With AI infiltrating nearly every aspect of our lives in 2023, sales leaders saw huge industry transformations — automation, data analysis, and enhanced productivity for starters. Many AI adopters saw conversion rates and sales productivity improve by 10-30%. Here’s what sales leaders should keep an eye on.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2020

The future of marketing and business will be more diverse, inclusive, and connected to real customer needs. Generation Z consists of people who were born from 1995 to 2010. Integrated Online-Offline Customer Experience. They will be a place where brands can really engage with their customers and improve the customer experience.

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Martech

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A customer has untypical circumstances. and his boss answered, “Because some customers will.” When ‘edge case’ is an excuse A standard use case for a customer data platform (CDP) is to convert unknown users to known ones. One way to do that is to append a customer ID as a query parameter to the links in your email.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2010

2010 has been another tough year for the industrial sector but I’m encouraged by all the good news that I’ve heard throughout the year about a modest rebound in U.S. In keeping with that spirit, here are my five most popular industrial marketing blog posts from 2010. 79% of marketing leads never convert into sales opportunities.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 6, 2021

In addition to our Sunday App of the Week feature, we also summarize some of our favorite B2B sales & marketing posts from around the Web each week. Personalization today certainly has a different look than the ‘personalized’ emails from brands back in 2010. 11 Webinar Etiquette Tips for Presenters & Attendees.

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SmartBug Media

JUNE 13, 2023

A Shopify-Instagram integration gives your brand access to your customers (and potential customers) while they browse content, not necessarily while they shop. The aim is seamless product presentation paired with a frictionless customer journey. Sometimes, the right time to reach your audience is when they’re not shopping.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 2, 2024

With AI infiltrating nearly every aspect of our lives in 2023, sales leaders saw huge industry transformations — automation, data analysis, and enhanced productivity for starters. Many AI adopters saw conversion rates and sales productivity improve by 10-30%. Here’s what sales leaders should keep an eye on.

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Brandwatch Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

What about companies that, though hugely successful and large, don’t get talked about much online, and perhaps have a lower number of customers? They can then contact these people/companies and attempt to nurture them into sales. By responding immediately and resolving the issue, your customers become even more loyal.

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Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 31, 2011

This experience included a variety of sales, marketing, business development, and management positions. Combining successful technical, sales and writing careers, Sarah provides a rare perspective to every project. What was your "Aha" moment in 2010? Edwards Enterprise Software (now a division of Oracle Corporation).

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Scoop.it

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Generating leads in SaaS now is different from what it was in 2010. With the rise in competition, SaaS companies must find ways to stand out and win more customers. By implementing ABM, you can reach a much more targeted list of potential customers and deliver personalized messaging that resonates with them.

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ClickDimensions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In our 5 Questions blog series, we profile our customers, partners and team members to help the ClickDimensions community become better acquainted. Prior to setting up Cloud9 Insight in 2010, I was the General Manager at Sage for their CRM Division. Carlene Jackson. CEO, Cloud9 Insight. What do you like best about your job?

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Brandwatch Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

What about companies that, though hugely successful and large, don’t get talked about much online, and perhaps have a lower number of customers? They can then contact these people/companies and attempt to nurture them into sales. By responding immediately and resolving the issue, your customers become even more loyal.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Well, SNAP Selling: Speed Up Sales and Win More Business with Today’s Frazzled Customers by Jill Konrath is that kind of book… Social Media Marketing – An Hour a Day by Dave Evans. Without a solid content strategy to support movement through the marketing and sales cycle, marketing automation software is just a nice email system.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2010

Both Forrester Research and Gartner independently released IT spending forecasts for the remainder of 2010, and both have adjusted their targets higher for the year. Gartner has accelerated its forecasts for 2010 spending increases from 3% to more than 5.3%, with worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $3.4 trillion in 2009).

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The focus of the 2010 User Summit was the transformation of how marketing and sales organizations work – and work together – to generate revenue. In today’s “buyer’s in control” market, traditional marketing and sales approaches have become grossly inefficient and outdated. revenue touchpoints) across the revenue cycle.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Best B2B Marketing Ideas of 2010 A guest post by Jeff Ogden , president of Find New Customers Although companies like Marketo, Eloqua and Kinaxis have produced terrific written content in blogs, e-books, etc., 19 , 2010, the marketing take-away I shared was “Think Different.&# They all are very entertaining, too.

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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. The right processes must be put in place to nurture and develop relationships with this group so they don’t fall in the crack between marketing and sales. As a B2B marketer, there’s no better time than the present to resolve to maximize conversions of leads.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

The CSO Insights 2010 Lead Generation Optimization Study identifies some of the best practices that companies are focusing on to optimize their lead generation performance. And a key part of delivering sales and marketing ROI is the ability to track the dispositions of all sales leads via a CRM system. Measure Campaign ROI.

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markempa

MARCH 21, 2006

« Lead generation and the number | Main | Reaching Decision Makers » Customer Referrals and Your Sales and Marketing Department For the complex sale you need enthusiastic referrals to help you build your reputation, differentiate yourself, demonstrate your value proposition, shorten your sales cycle, and drive revenue.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The highlights: Sales Cloud- discussed Market Leadership, customer success and product innovation. 36% improvements reported by customers using the service cloud. Groups- you can create a public or private group for anything (like competitors, customer references, engineering collaborations). Dell’s new Boomi acquision.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Since 2010, the marketing world has changed. In the early 2010s, social networks were only starting to gain traction. Instagram was launched in 2010. Digital marketing channels are overflowing with noise — average customer acquisition costs have increased by 53% over the last five years. Snapchat didn't exist until 2011.

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