Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Business-to-Business (B2B) marketers are finding that publishing valuable and relevant content on their blogs and websites is a sure shot way to gather more leads. What do you see as key trends in B2B Blogging for 2011? If you’ve not started a blog yet, is 2011 the year to do so? The B2B Marketing Zone.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Blogging is often viewed as the core component of a B2B social media marketing strategy, and other than discussion forums, it’s the most mature component of social media. Facebook, Twitter and even newer tools like Quora may be sexier and get more attention, but blogs are the workhorses essential to making social media marketing work.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Whatever the reason for humanity’s obsession, here’s my simple objective: to share with you the B2B Marketing posts that generated the most traffic, conversation and sharing in 2011. Will Content Strategy Save Marketing? And if Content Marketing is the answer. The Traditional Marketing Playbook Is Dead!

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Today's guest blogger, Ann Handley, is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs and the co-author of the brand-new book, Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business. Wiley, 2011). Follwer her on Twitter @marketingprofs. Why is that?

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 20, 2011

This year, we’re honored to have published posts from twenty-seven guest marketing and sales bloggers here on ViewPoint, and I wanted to say to all of you how much I appreciate your contributions. Marketing automation. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics. B2B marketing and sales strategies and tactics.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As I discussed earlier this year in my BLOG “ Executive Insights: World-Class Demand Generation and Corporate Social Responsibility Converge at Televerde ”, I was very fortunate to work with some tremendous partners during my nearly 19 year tenure with SAP Global Marketing.

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Everything Technology Marketing

JANUARY 1, 2011

It is January and time again for the obligatory 2011 predictions. Many marketing experts have strong opinions on what they think will happen in 2011. I asked you to rank the marketing areas you think will become more important in 2011. Marketing will be expected to show how it impacts new revenue generation.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 25, 2024

Successful businesses are built on innovation. As a small business owner, embracing innovation and ensuring that your company is geared towards supporting creativity and pushing the boundaries is vital to help you stay relevant and ensure you continue to offer value to customers. Guest post. All of which is good.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 21, 2010 4 Subscribe Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2020

What does marketing even mean right now? That’s what many businesses are asking. So, what’s the answer to marketing in the age of disruption? Marketing isn’t a function. Disruption isn’t new, just more intense, and that sets the course for rethinking marketing. Quick Takeaways.

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The Customer

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In 2011 a French start-up developed technology designed to collect geolocation data on smartphones and transfer the data onto a mobile marketing platform to support retailers’ “drive to store” strategy and help them assess the impact of marketing investments for in-shop visits. The moral of the story?

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Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 26, 2016

Teradata announced on Friday that it had signed a deal to sell its marketing applications business for $90 million to private investment firm Marlin Equity Partners. The company had announced plans to sell the business last November. The price is much lower than usual for cloud-based marketing systems.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

According to Compete.com, traffic to the site did fall off sharply in February and March of 2011 after an initial surge, but has rebounded to new highs since then (though half a million unique visitors per month isn’t particularly impressive for a social media site). ” A Marketer’s Guide to Quora by HubSpot Blog.

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ClickZ

JULY 3, 2019

Business ecosystems are nothing new. Moore pioneered the idea of a business ecosystem in the Harvard Business Review. Looking around today, you’ll see that business ecosystems exist all around us and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. What does today’s ABM business ecosystem look like? Back in 1993, James F.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 21, 2019

If your team is like most B2B marketing groups, you’ve likely faced one or even all of the challenges below. While offline channels (print, radio, direct mail) are still used, marketing dollars are increasingly moving online. Image credit: Scott Brinker, Chief Marketing Techologist. Keeping up with new technology.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 11, 2011

Comment on The Bridge Group's ten predictions for inside sales in 2011. Hunters will go after new business while farmers will cultivate the customer base. No longer will companies buy data from one vendor but rather they will create a network of data providers to deliver to them the specific information in their target markets.

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Martech

MARCH 23, 2023

This is part one of a four-part series on AI’s infusion into marketing automation platforms. AI-enabled enhancements to the core uses of marketing automation platforms — data management, campaign/lead management and workflows/integrations — are being introduced by Salesforce , HubSpot and other market leaders.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 19, 2022

Choosing the right stack of MarTech solutions can be a difficult task for B2B marketers, especially for those working in cybersecurity, who may have a more complicated sales cycle, changing regulations, and other obstacles. Lauren Patrick, VP of Marketing at Curricula. Conversational marketing platforms, such as Qualified.

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KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

That being said, we can assume that reading more for business and educational reasons can correlate with earning a higher income and having a more successful business. Below are some great business, marketing, and strategy books that can be extremely useful for those in the B2B industry. Good to Great by Jim Collins.

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B2B Marketing Directions

JANUARY 14, 2023

Marketing success in 2023 and beyond will depend on marketers' ability to leverage the capabilities of technology and data science and to effectively apply the principles of behavioral science that describe how people make decisions. The yin-yang concept can also be applied to several issues in marketing.

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Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2011

As we wind down 2011, this is a good time to review all the industrial marketing posts that I have published here and been viewed by you, my readers, during the year. Not all the posts were written in 2011, one was way back from 2008. That’s the power of inbound marketing with content. Thank you for being a loyal reader.

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markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Tweet I can’t stress this enough: when it comes to marketing, if we’re not constantly learning, we’re going to find ourselves left behind faster than ever. This past year has been especially illuminating thanks to the brilliance of smart marketers who are expanding and perfecting the lead-generation concepts I wrote about years ago.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Last week's post took a horse race approach to data from our newly available B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST): who’s ahead, who’s behind, and who is coming on strong. But that’s more important to industry insiders than the marketers who actually use these systems. Real marketers care about what the systems can do.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. The original displayed the logos of 140 prominent marketing tech brands. What is a Marketing Technology Stack? Get a Demo 2.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I am declaring 2011 the Year of the Online SMB. For the uninitiated, SMBs are small and medium businesses. They are the Holy Grail for business service providers because there are so darn many of them. They account for around 95% of the businesses in the US. (I'm stalling here because I really hate doing this.)

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SalesIntel

AUGUST 7, 2023

Although it was introduced back in 2011, this feature was initially experimental. This is something brands and marketers should really care about in 2023, as the number of such queries keeps growing, and it is about to revolutionize the way consumers discover products and services on the web.

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ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

What would you do if you had to start all over in your business today? We are fortunate to live in a world where so much knowledge is available through marketing blogs, newsletters, and other resources. The truth is the internet is full of poor-quality content, weak marketing, and a lot of noise. MarketingProfs.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 2, 2011

What do you mean that the holiday season of 2011 is over? Heck, we’re still in the same calendar week as Cyber Monday 2011! Whatever you have done for the online shopping season for 2011 is already in place and running. Whoa there, big fella!!! It just got started? Have you lost your bits and bytes? ” mentality.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At our next B2B Lead Roundtable webinar, I will once again be joined by an outstanding in-the-trenches marketer, Pamela Markey, MECLABS Director of Marketing & Brand Strategy. Every day, Pamela is driving opportunity to MECLABS and is all too familiar with the challenges marketers are facing, especially at year’s end.

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 19, 2010

  My recent post entitled Seven Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011 is one of those instances for me personally.    Thanks to Lou Dubois from the Customer Collective for his editorial and moderation guidance and for the gracious subtle hints by Stephanie Tilton of Tenton Marketing.  Image via Wikipedia.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 29, 2017

End-of-the-year predictions are a dangerous business. B2B sales and marketing are evolving quickly as buying behavior changes and new technologies take hold, so there’s a lot to talk about. But I will limit my predictions to just seven and hope they provide food for thought to my fellow followers of the B2B marketing scene.

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Tomorrow People

JANUARY 4, 2012

Why would your business need inbound marketing in 2012? After all, you’ve managed without it in 2011. The latest marketing trends mean that no business can afford to overlook inbound marketing. Inbound marketing technology allows companies to integrate all their activities in one.

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Webbiquity

MAY 3, 2011

The answer may come from the email marketing field. Many of these were other B2B marketers, but others were social media experts, journalists, PR professionals, or just plain fascinating personalities. This list will be posted on Cheryl Burgess’ Blue Focus Marketing Blog. What is it? Jennifer Aaker. Allison Mooney. allimooney.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Tweet If you attended our most recent B2B Lead Roundtable Webinar, Six Funnel Focal Points to Finish 2011 Strong – Part I , you found out that even though the end of the year is less than 125 days away, there’s plenty of time to drive more opportunity through your sales funnel and to the bottom line. Want to jump ahead to key points fast?

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Digital B2B Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2012

Businesses turn to marketing to drive revenue, but are you really ready? Before investing in marketing you must ensure other key areas of your business are ready first. If your offering isn’t ready for the market, your marketing will not solve your problems. Finally, start your marketing.

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Online Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We are always trying to stay on top of the B2B trends in the marketing industry. What business marketing revolution is coming in 2011? So, we developed a list of our top B2B marketing predictions for 2011. Emerging Marketing’s 2011 B2B Marketing Predictions + Companies will continue to spend again.

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Only B2B

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

According to CMI, around 42% of the B2B marketers think content. marketing is an effective way to attract more leads and 69% think content is the best way to direct mailing and PR. Before diving deep into content marketing and content strategy , let’s know about inbound and outbound marketing. . Image Source: WordStream.

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