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Microsoft Buys LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion: Get Ready for Software Vendors as Data Owners

Customer Experience Matrix

billion acquisition of LinkedIn. This is fascinating since Microsoft intersects with LinkedIn in several areas: Dynamics CRM software, Office productivity software, and Bing online advertising. LinkedIn is primarily a social network with revenue from subscriptions, recruiting services, and advertising.

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Top 10 Posts on B2B Lead Gen for 2010

The Point

Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular blog posts from our blog, “ The Point ” in 2010 (as measured by page views). Salesforce.com Webinar Invitation Gets It Right. Getting the Most from Salesforce.com: A Conversation with David Taber. Getting the Most from Salesforce.com: A Conversation with David Taber.

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10 BtoB Marketers Predictions for 2010

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Here are 10 concrete ways I think the environment in which BtoB Marketers operate will evolve in 2010. I predict you will see Facebook surpass Google by Valentines day 2010. Share this on Linkedin. So that begs the question – what’s on the horizon specifically for BtoB for marketers next year? Mark it down people.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Sales Leads Via RSS via Salesforce.com

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« Give Lead Generation Some Respect | Main | Podcast: How Trigger Events improve Lead Generation » Sales Leads Via RSS via Salesforce.com Otter Group CEO, Kathleen Gilroy , pointed me Charlie Woods, Moonwatcher Blog , and his intriguing post on the subject of distributing sales leads via RSS. " Here is his original concept.

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10 Marketing Over Coffee Podcasts You Should Check Out

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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 led social at Salesforce.com, co-founded Addvocate and according to John is now doing something stealth at the time of this writing around an electric car. Marcus Nelson.

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‘Social’ and RPM are Closely Linked In Driving Outsized Revenue Performance

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

In the second quarter of this year, LinkedIn members grew to 115.8 million, an increase of 61 percent from the same quarter of 2010. Probably not surprisingly, this year’s Dreamforce is built on the theme of the “social enterprise,” a term coined by salesforce.com to reflect this growing trend.

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Online Marketing News in 2009: The Year’s Hottest Events

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Linkedin and Twitter integrate. 40% of Marketers plan to increase their budgets in 2010. Salesforce.com announces Chatter, social computing for enterprise companies. LinkedIn to Launch Pay for Whitepaper Downloads. Internet Ad spending goes down in Q309. FTC Urged To Clamp Down On Data Collection Online.