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It’s the End of the B2B Inbound Marketing Funnel as We Know It…

MLT Creative

If there was an underlying theme to the 2011 HubSpot User Group Summit (#HUGS2011), it was MoFu. As the name suggests, it refers to the area in your inbound marketing funnel (ahem, the middle) where all of your leads congregate before becoming your customers, your competitor’s customers, or otherwise becoming unqualified.

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B2B Blogging Gaining Acceptance by More Industrial and Engineering Companies

Industrial Marketing Today

For a while now, marketing consultants have been preaching the benefits of making B2B blogging the cornerstone of inbound marketing. It is difficult nowadays to find a marketing company or an independent expert not using a business blog to attract and engage with its target audience. Jeff Ogden. “B John Sonnhalter. “If

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B2B Ideas @ Work Blog Posts: The Top 10 for 2010

MLT Creative

MLT Creative's president, Billy Mitchell , shares tweeted predictions for 2011 from B2B tribal leaders in blogging, social media, content marketing, public relations, marketing automation, inbound marketing and lead generation. Is Twitter's Sun Setting or Rising for B-to-B Marketers?

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If You're In B2B Marketing, Get Your Head Around Social Media ROI

MLT Creative

If you only fit into one of those categories, and you’re reading this post, chances are you may have come across MarketingSherpa’s 2011 B2B Market ing Benchmark Report. This report covers just about everything under the sun in terms of what marketers are doing, how they’re doing it and how it’s working for them.

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What’s the next big idea in B2B?

MLT Creative

There were many articles from this time last year full of insightful predictions for 2010, and a few recent ones for 2011. Why not ask B2B marketing experts I trust to answer my question via tweet? Take a look at our latest B2B marketing webinars and eBooks: Get your B2B LinkedIn Toolkit. Then I had another idea.

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Understanding the New Roles in Marketing

Hubspot

In terms of both department size and budget, Marketing is on the rise. Just take a look at how the size of business' marketing departments has more than doubled -- in fact, almost tripled -- since August 2011. And as the role of marketing grows, it also continues to evolve. Inbound Marketing Strategist.

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B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011

Marketing Insider Group

So here is my list of B2B Marketing Insider predictions for 2011. Too many marketers and business executives still question the value of social media (mostly in private). Inbound marketing spend will grab more share of the marketing budget but will stay far from a majority in most B2B companies.