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The B2B marketing ironies of our time

Biznology

Here’s another: Google and Facebook are leading the digital marketing revolution. Did you know that both Google and Facebook use dear old direct mail for cold prospecting in their ad sales businesses? Back in 2010, I was invited to become a contributor to Harvard Business Review ’s online publication. Here’s an interesting one.

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The New Customer Journey: How Live Video Is Transforming the Travel Industry

Contently

Stephen Oddo launched the tour company Walks in 2010. A Facebook employee told Bloomberg that streams on Facebook Live increased by 50 percent from January to March. They stood in front of tourist destinations and gave tour guide spiels. Anyone who passed by virtually could hear them, and some stopped to listen for a bit.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

This puts significant pressure on email to be more relevant, because most of what would be contained in an email newsletter or special offer now happens faster and more personally within Facebook, Twitter or other social outposts. But, isn’t “following&# and “fanning&# just a new version of “opting in&# ?

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Going Mobile with B2B Marketing

Buzz Marketing for Technology

As I mentioned in my Top 10 predictions for 2010 – I think the Mobile Marketing in 2010 will become more mainstream. For someone to receive a “commercial&# SMS message they must opt-in (true opt-in not – “hey look I got a bunch of mobile numbers lets send them all an SMS&# ). Tweet This!

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9 YouTube stats to inform your marketing strategy in 2019

Sprout Social

By 2010, YouTube was generating more than two billion views each day. There are more videos on YouTube than Facebook video and Netflix combined and YouTube videos earn more valuable attention, too. When YouTube first arrived in 2005, few likely had any idea how valuable it would become.

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Ecommerce Sales Grow in 2010 as Inbound Marketing Adoption Increases

Hubspot

economic concerns expectations were that eCommerce sales would remain flat or even decrease in 2010. Staggering Facebook numbers are a major factor in many businesses turning to the social network to connect with potential customers. audience of Facebook grew to 153.9 With continuing U.S. Instead, total U.S billion last year.

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Social Media is the Servant of Strategy, Not the Master

Convince & Convert

If a non-profit has a strategic objective to “further engage current donors”, with 600 million people on Facebook it is a sure bet that some of them have a profile. A Google search of the phrase “social media ROI” provides 694,000 results (at least at this writing). What matters to the CEO is her/his vision – no more and no less.