Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Conventional approaches won’t deliver – and inbound marketing is not enough. We asked Britton Manasco "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" Britton is the producer of the thought leadership marketing blog Illuminating the Future.

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Everything Technology Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

One of my recent posts (“ The Top-10 B2B Marketing Trends for 2011 ”) received a lot of great comments. The number one marketing trend for 2011, according to the 17,000 member B2B technology marketing group on LinkedIn, is the increasing integration of social media with traditional marketing tactics to drive qualified leads.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 30, 2010

With a majority of marketing efforts going digital, that means even more content is needed. Marketers need to create a process for content planning that helps them maximize the return from their investments in developing the content resources that fuel their online marketing programs. Designing content for 1X use is wasteful.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 26, 2010

What are the leading marketing thought leaders saying about marketing strategies in 2010? How do you select the right market research to support your goals? Why is content marketing becoming critical? Can you fire your sales force? 12 Marketing Minds, One Free eBook by Search Engine Guide.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 26, 2012

Ruth Stevens is Founder of eMarketing Strategy , a consulting practice that assists companies in building their customer acquisition and retention strategies. Ruth is also author of Maximizing Lead Generation: The Complete Guide for B2B Marketers. billion on search marketing for the same purpose.

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2007

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. David also writes the Web Ink Now blog and has been named to the MarketingSherpa Viral Marketing Hall of Fame for the past two years in a row.

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markempa

JULY 16, 2007

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. « Early Stage Leads are too important for Sales People Alone | Main | 9 1/2 Ways. Ive summarized Kevins three points: Don’t be too Web myopic.

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markempa

AUGUST 24, 2007

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. He explained that his company had invested "big dollars" to install a new marketing automation software system. It just doesnt happen.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

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. When I see the challenge that marketers face when it comes to getting their budgets approved, I wonder why it has to be so hard?

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markempa

NOVEMBER 1, 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. « Targeting Your B2B Lead Generation | Main | Podcast: Tradeshow and Event Marketing with Ruth Stevens » Target Marketing: What’s a Lead?

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markempa

MAY 13, 2007

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. If marketing is a profitable activity, it still doesnt mean that what it is communicating to the universe of buyers is building the business.

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markempa

AUGUST 29, 2007

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. We were in a big meeting discussing some marketing initiative or other, a. Why or why not?

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markempa

JANUARY 23, 2007

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. This podcast was conducted for the marketing alliance partners for Sage Software , makers of ACT!, Peachtree and SageCRM software. It’s great.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 16, 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. « Target Marketing: What’s a Lead? Show Agenda Why did you write Tradeshow and Event Marketing and what were you hoping to address?

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markempa

MARCH 6, 2007

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. But as you may already know, generating tons of "leads" doesn’t guarantee sales will follow. Thank you to ON24 Inc.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 1, 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. To be successful, sales and marketing efforts must be better aligned. To be successful, sales and marketing efforts must be better aligned.

Lead Generation 120

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markempa

AUGUST 30, 2007

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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

Lead Generation 120

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markempa

MAY 16, 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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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MLT Creative

MAY 1, 2012

At the April 2012 BMA Atlanta keynote event, mobile marketing expert and Go Mobile author, Jamie Turner, said YES we are there. billion mobile subscriptions worldwide (ITU/2010). smartphones in 2010, 110 million by 2015 (eMarketer/2011). 5 billion mobile apps downloaded in 2010 (Apple/2010). $15

Mobile Marketing 40

Mobile Marketing B2B Marketing Planning Advertising Agencies 40

markempa

MAY 9, 2007

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. In a complex sale, my experience is, most of the selling actually happens when the sales person isnt there. What’s lead nurturing?

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

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. B-to-B Marketing; How to Measure & Manage Leads and more. I hope you can make it.

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markempa

AUGUST 18, 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. My book, Lead Generation for the Complex Sale , along with friends Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenbergs Waiting for Your Cat to Bark?

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markempa

JUNE 14, 2007

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. I read a good article on " What’s Wrong With Social Media For B2B Marketing " by John Miller who also writes the Modern B2B Marketing blog.

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markempa

JULY 9, 2007

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. Sadly, sales leads often land on the scrap heap because marketers throw leads over the wall and then expect sales people to catch them.

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markempa

AUGUST 16, 2007

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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 And Ive got a lot of great feedback and questions.

Webcast 120

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 30, 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. In this podcast, Todd interviewed me and Jill Konrath on the critical interface between marketing and sales.

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markempa

APRIL 19, 2007

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. I interviewed Paul Dunay, Director of Global Field Marketing for BearingPoint. Paul also writes the insightful Buzz Marketing for Technology Blog.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 5, 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. This is the first of three podcasts 800-CEO-Read is doing on B2B sales and marketing. Listen to podcast now (MP3 43:47 min 30.1

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markempa

AUGUST 22, 2007

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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 " Let me see. " Let me see.

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markempa

OCTOBER 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. For many B2B marketing pros (especially those in technology), a time-tested tool is the white paper.

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markempa

MAY 8, 2007

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. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 « On Lead Nurturing: Looking for a "hot" date?

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markempa

MAY 8, 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. prospecting) for yourself you may want to read the WSJ article, " End of the Cold Call? " by Jeanette Borzo.

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markempa

MAY 18, 2007

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. But it seems that I can’t attend a marketing conference with out hearing marketers swap complaints about their sales teams. Understand.

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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. All Marketers Are Liars ??? All Marketers Are Liars !!! Et vous, quen pensez-vous? Seth Godin en live, rien que pour vous. Cest pas beau, çà

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markempa

DECEMBER 7, 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. The challenge that many organizations face is that their sales process is a black box. « Where do Your Email Newsletters go?

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markempa

JUNE 28, 2007

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. Guys writes, “The backbone of traditional marketing has long been the 4Ps: product, pricing, placement and promotion.

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markempa

DECEMBER 21, 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. Many financial executives still view marketing as an expense, a.k.a. cost center, rather than viewing it as an asset that creates revenue.

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