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2010 Will Bring New Features to Demand Generation Systems

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: the demand generation market will continue to grow in 2010, and it may attract some new, big competitors from outside the industry. But the real excitement will be features that expand the scope of demand generation products to support inbound marketing, better measurement, and more efficient content creation.

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How Everybody Wins with HubSpot's Funding « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking How Everybody Wins with HubSpot’s Funding As everyone in the marketing industry surely knows by now, HubSpot raised $32 million in additional funding. Everyone Wins But it also means something else.

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The B2B marketing ironies of our time

Biznology

Hubspot preaches inbound marketing as a mantra, right? Turns out Hubspot’s own growth as a software company has been driven via cold calling through an inside sales team. Even Hubspot realizes that you can’t get all the B2B business you deserve using inbound marketing alone. Or tell me to shut up and talk about something else.

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14 Marketing Over Coffee Podcasts You Need To Hear

Marketing Insider Group

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. John said that once they started Marketing Over Coffee, “I will consider this a success if I get to interview Seth Godin.”

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Best Business Blogging Tips and Guides of 2010 (So Far), Part 2

Webbiquity

Find the answers to those questions and others here in more of the best guides to business blogging of 2010 so far. Pete Hollier lists the top ten blog directories for listings that will generate both direct traffic and valuable backlinks. 4 Business Blogging Best Practices by HubSpot Blog.

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The Pond Just Got More Crowded: Google, Salesforce.com and Sequoia Invest in HubSpot

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: HubSpot announced a $32 million investment yesterday by Sequoia Partners, Google and Salesforce.com. Salesforce.com and Google announced their long-anticipated entry into the marketing automation industry, in the baby-step form of investments in HubSpot. But if Salesforce.com likes what it sees, who knows where that will lead?

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Best LinkedIn Guides, Tips and Tactics of 2010

Webbiquity

According to recent research , 32% of B2B marketers use LinkedIn to generate leads, versus just 16% who do so on Facebook. What the best practices for professional networking, generating sales leads, connecting with potential business partners, sharing content and getting answers to tough business questions?

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