Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A good friend and former colleague of mine Dan Neely, CEO of Networked Insights reminded me recently that there will be more data created in this year than in the previous 5000 years combined! To create data that can truly put you on the path to Strategic Intelligence has to become one of your New Year’s resolutions for 2010.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. 87% of respondents had heard of Twitter, compared to 88% who had heard of Facebook. 42% learn about products and services via Twitter. 19% seek customer support.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps View more presentations from Jason Baer.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Social Media – according to a study early this year by Forrester Research, 91% of technology b2b decision makers use social media in some form (blogs, video, customer reviews, social networking sites, Twitter, etc.). What’s more, social media supports SEO and even branding activities. Acme Software Inc.).

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

But the problem with email and social media is that too many people are positioning it as an either/or scenario. Several blog posts have foolishly been written about social media “killing&# email. Social Outposts Without the Mystery I’m often asked by corporate clients where they should engage in social media.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

Defining B2B Customer Engagement Forrester Research has proposed a definition of customer engagement that makes a lot of sense to me. With the rising popularity of social media in B2B marketing, it is now more a method of tracking your friends or fans on Facebook, LinkedIn and/or Twitter.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

With free membership open to all women, JaneNation combines social networking with opinion collection. Responding to Forrester’s research about the need for agencies to become “connected&# – to be the bridge between brands and their consumers, St. “We recognized the need to step up our game,&# says Lisa.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 1, 2009

Below are a few questions for Gerhard on the topic: Mike : Given the economy, some people instinctively think "cut budgets", but I think it was Forrester at the last Sales 2.0 Gerhard : It wasn't Forrester who said that, it was IDC. At the last conference social media dominated one of the discussion panels. Mike : The 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

MAY 3, 2009

Below are a few questions for Gerhard on the topic: Mike : Given the economy, some people instinctively think "cut budgets", but I think it was Forrester at the last Sales 2.0 Gerhard : It wasn't Forrester who said that, it was IDC. At the last conference social media dominated one of the discussion panels. Mike : The 2.0

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 9, 2010

Design #1 Email Sender: Marketo Email Title: Social Best Practices for Marketing in the Cloud What I Like: Clean design; date and time of the webinar on top easy to find; orange “Free Webinar&# button calls attention to the important action (register now!) Click on the images for larger version. So which one is it?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 23, 2011

The State Of B2B Social Media Marketing. This bird’s eye view from Mashable gives a glimpse into B2B marketing and social media, complete with B2B and B2C comparisons. The numbers show that although more B2B companies are using social media, B2C companies are more active. B2B Sales and Social Media.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

The chart below from a research study done by Forrester illustrates this point very clearly. Leave a Comment Previous post: Successful Industrial Websites Require Part DiY and Part Professional Help Next post: Social Media with Email Marketing – is it the Super Combo? And they use different sources to get their information.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. Website surveys, email surveys, Facebook inquiries, focus groups, telephone calls to 25 customers each month. The Key to Social Media Success is Just 2 Letters Why Content Marketing Matters To Me And Should To You [link] Howie at Sky Pulse Media This is what Sky Pulse Media is built on.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

Here are the highlights: A Colossal Opportunity According to Forrester research, from 2009 – 2014, the average annual growth rate in digital marketing expenditures in the U.S. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Note that I didn’t include Web design.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. In fact, a search for “social media agencies&# on Google yields more than 41 MILLION matching Web pages.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Whether it’s a webinar or a multi-day conference, leveraging social media can help event organizers extend an event’s visibility, attendance and pre-event conversations. Facebook Events Facebook doesn’t have the most elegant option for managing events, but it can be effective.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. And that’s how I pick the right social media monitoring tool for the job.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2009

MySpace and Facebook sign real-time search deals with Google. Facebook Pushes People to Go Public. Time spent on Facebook by 18-24 year olds declines. Google Announces New Offerings in Real-Time, Mobile and Social Search. 40% of Marketers plan to increase their budgets in 2010. Facebook announces real-time search.

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Online Marketing Institute

AUGUST 14, 2011

Why are social analytics so important? Being a new tool set, there’s a lot of experimentation and it’s important to see what will actually make a change, It’s a very difficult medium to track, unlike transactional advertising, social engagement is hard to tie to point of sale or conversion.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

New Customers in Q1 2010 Alinean has been selected to develop and power value-based sales and marketing campaigns for Wipro , PGI , CSC , CiRBA , MokaFive , Shoretel , Informatica and OfficeMax. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New. ► January (10) Is The End of the Social Media Story Already Writt.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 5, 2011

When asked about the effectiveness of their social media campaigns , most marketers will point to their latest Facebook Insights report or the size of their company’s Twitter following. When asked whether Facebook or Twitter influenced their customers’ decisions to purchase however, the data gets a bit fuzzier.

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Hubspot

JUNE 29, 2012

Source: Track Social ) Be mindful of your publishing frequency on Facebook, and start testing with your own page to see what frequency is right for your community. 3) On average, companies respond to only 30% of social media fans' feedback. Stand out from your competition by caring and engaging with your social media community.

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Hubspot

JULY 19, 2011

According to Forrester, mobile advertising in the U.S. million by year-end 2010, increasing by nearly 50 percent from 2009. Trend 5 - Mobile Goes Social. ?According eMarketer estimates that by 2015, the population of mobile social network users will reach 79 million. By 2014, it has been projected that the U.S.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Evidence of this shift can be found in IDC’s 2010 Customer Experience Survey.

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Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 13, 2011

Laura Ramos , a principal analyst at Forrester Research who focuses on business-to-business marketing trends and technology, says that services like Demandbase could prove useful, but adds that it may be hard to measure its impact on sales and marketing. But Longo says that Demandbase does a better job of integrating relevant data.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. Content is King? Is this digital spending allocation aligning with buyer needs?

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Hubspot

APRIL 29, 2010

Most real estate agents have a social media presence, but are they really giving home buyers and sellers want they crave? That’s where social media comes in. Here is a handy list of social media dos and don’ts for real estate agents. The social media space does lure its share of online bullies. is women over 55.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Users of technology are facing significant operating costs to run enterprise applications with escalating demands for storage, network bandwidth and compute power, just as security risks, regulatory compliance and legal requirements are mandating new levels of oversight and transparency. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Reducing server, storage and networking costs 2. Each server has additional amortized costs of more than $1100 per year for storage and networking costs. by 2010 [2]. Updated Alinean Social Media ROI Calculator - New. This can yield significant cost savings and benefits including: 1. Improving IT productivity 4.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 17, 2011

, the sources below provide a vast wealth of data, statistics and research results, as well as a bit of interesting social media trivia. How are consumers and b2b decision makers using social media in their buying processes? Which social media platforms are most effective at influencing buyer behavior? And much more.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If 2009 was the year many marketers puzzled over, poked at and pondered incorporating social media into their marketing mix, 2010 was the year of diving in. Facebook added more than 200 million users last year, and Twitter more than doubled in size, adding 115 million. Social Media Tips, Tactics and Techniques.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2010

The Techcrunch acquisition dispels those myths 2 days ago « People on the Move in the Social Business Industry: Sept 21, 2010 Upcoming Research Teaser: What do Employers Want in a Corporate Social Media Strategist?

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Here’s what the social signals said was the best content and the hottest topics. The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Monitor your social media in less than 10 minutes a day - inblurbs , November 26, 2010 Social networking is very essential for today’s online business world.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. So, I took a personal inventory and created this overview of the 39 social media tools I use daily.

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