The Point

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Tony Karrer and Tom Pick, founders of the popular B2B Marketing site B2B Marketing Zone just released a compelling report on B2B Blogging Trends in 2011. 2011 may be the year when B2B companies finally realize blogs are more than just a PR vehicle for propagating so-called thought leadership.

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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. Happy New Year! Marketing will be expected to show how it impacts new revenue generation.

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Customer acquisition. Here are our guest marketing and sales bloggers along with their ViewPoint posts in 2011: Ardath Albee , CEO, Marketing Interactions eMarketing Expert Ardath Albee on the Limitations of a Lead Gen Mindset. Jim Dickie , Managing Partner, CSO Insights Dealing with the New Customer Acquisition Challenge.

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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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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 11, 2011

The eight companies account for more than 90% of the total installations, so the exclusions are statistically insignificant.** I’ll say that again: fewer new B2B marketing automation systems were sold during the past year than the year ending six months earlier. Is the marketing automation bubble about to burst? Not necessarily.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

For most of corporate history, most companies haven’t really wanted to hear from their customers. Companies for decades ran focus groups and test markets, and of course monitored sales success. Companies now included generic email addresses (i.e., ” Customer experience is really important.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 19, 2023

7: When to Use Photos Versus Illustrations on Your Business Website If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s better to use photos (stock or custom) or illustrations (which should always be original), check out this helpful, example-packed guide from August 2021. Okay, maybe just a little further ado. Apparently so. #5:

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 6, 2011

“ Over the holidays I was honored to learn that I was being included in the Focus 2011 Trends Report: Social Media Marketing. It is a customer phenomenon. This will demonstrate itself as social moves into product development, operations, customer service and even sales. Hard’ ROI will remain elusive.

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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. Hunters will go after new business while farmers will cultivate the customer base. Trish Bertuzzi and Laurie Page start the new year off with some surprising predictions.

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Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The company offers what it calls an omnichannel marketing platform that builds a unified customer database, manages marketing campaigns, and generates personalized Web and email messages. The system can also look up information about a specific customer in real time if an ID is provided.

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 5, 2010

  The year 2011 will shape up to be a transformative one for sales and there will be significant rethinking on how sales functions are integrated into B2B organizations. Companies will see a need to shift from solely a focus on selling processes to incorporating the sales experience into a framework of the overall buying experience. 

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The “2016 LinkedIn Ads Benchmark Report” from Bizible found that most B2B software and business service companies (50 percent) consider their LinkedIn marketing strategies to be successful. How have B2B marketers changed the way they use LinkedIn to discover new opportunities/leads/customers over the past few years? (Or

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 26, 2014

Since the company has been admirably transparent all along about its finances, there were no big surprises: they lose considerable money, as expected, but their expenses seem about in line. The basic picture, then, is a disciplined company that has grown quickly while keeping costs in line. As I say, pretty much what we suspected.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Here are 11 concrete ways I think the environment in which B2B Marketers operate will evolve in 2011. Social Media Strategists will become Chief Customer Officers – ok so you know I am also @Avaya_Support on Twitter so perhaps this is a closet fantasy for me but it may just come true – perhaps not this coming year but in years to come.

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Conductor

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I myself happy-cried; after all, as CEO, the company was my baby in many ways, and the people of Conductor were (and continue to be) my community. We were all completely committed to our mission: to enable companies to acquire customers using SEO and content, and ultimately change marketing for the better. People cheered.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

I group vendors into three categories depending on their primary customers. Micro” vendors sell largely to businesses under $5 million in revenue; “core” vendors sell to B2B companies with $5 to $500 million in revenue, and “enterprise” vendors sell mostly to companies over $500 million revenue.

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Everything Technology Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2010

MarketingSherpa asked more than 900 B2B marketers how they expect their marketing budgets to change for 2011. It looks like we are bouncing back from the recession compared to last year when tech companies slashed marketing budgets by over 8%. This year, IDC says, tech companies will allocate 19.3% They will spend 19.0%

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2020

Blame a few fuzzy data in a 2011 study. When you personalize content for every segment of your target customer base, you’ll be sure to hit the mark every time. For marketers, this development means that they’ll need to invest more time and money in understanding potential customers and their needs. Personalize mobile messaging.

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accelerate agency

OCTOBER 14, 2021

To help you find what you’re looking for, you can use the following links to jump quickly between sections: What is a Saas Company? SaaS will continue to increase in popularity over the coming years as more companies choose to streamline their operations. What is SaaS? What qualifies as SaaS?

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accelerate agency

OCTOBER 14, 2021

What is a Saas Company? Types of SaaS companies: B2B & B2C. Stages of a SaaS company. Top 20 SaaS companies of 2021. Top 6 SaaS companies to work for. Getting started with a SaaS company. What is a SaaS company? The SaaS business model. How SaaS differs from traditional software.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 10, 2022

Scoops can be filtered by company size, date, location, and business type to make sure you’re seeing the most important and applicable updates. This gives restaurateurs more control over their customer experience with a customizable white-label app. Want more actionable insights and noteworthy company news? Vacation, anyone?

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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. 3 Business Blogs with Proven ROI from Industrial Companies.

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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. But it gets even better…).

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Building customer loyalty has always been about gathering data. The other quadrants include offer expansion, company transformation, and market expansion. The other quadrants include offer expansion, company transformation, and market expansion. For many, it’s been a slow march to get customer loyalty to where it’s at now.

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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.  What do I mean? 

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markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Some of the leading companies today are really focusing on this idea of managing and bringing marketing sales together, in a more effective way, now that they’ve solved some of the tactical problems. ”. Learn more here: Teleprospecting that Drives Sales-Ready Leads and How One Company Slashed Their Cost Per Lead by More than Half.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 29, 2011

The chart below shows how funds were allocated for 2011 among companies surveyed. Social media jumped way up on the marketing radar, with 18% of companies citing it as a key objective as opposed to last year when it was lumped in with “other.&#

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 23, 2012

Today let's take a look at the same diagram for large businesses, which we define as companies with $500 million revenue or more. These companies have large marketing departments that may manage hundreds of campaigns for different products in different locations.

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B2B Digital Marketer

MAY 13, 2021

How do you navigate the change and adjust your strategies and tactics to be more real and authentic and gain back your customer’s trust? Custom, curated media can easily be made and they constantly bombard the minds of our customers through digital interruption. Technology has become so easily accessible.

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Webbiquity

MAY 3, 2011

Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project—and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. Jenara is an Asia-based filmmaker, organic farmer, and freelance journalist for Fast Company magazine and CNNGo, as well as a Harvard and Berkeley grad.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 1, 2022

Two Founders’ Farewell and Leaving the Company We Founded in Good Hands. But here we are fifteen years later with a company that has employed over 1200 people over four continents. Activate, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Next Fifteen Communications Group (LON:NFC), announced that it has acquired the company. Enough business.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 21, 2019

Marketing today has become so advanced that artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used by many companies to improve their campaigns. Scott Brinker’s marketing technology supergrapic has grown from just 150 tools in 2011 to almost 7,000 today. Instead, provide your customers with value through your content.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2020

Content marketing is the most critical aspect of modern marketing, and its focus is always on the customer. 2011: Snapchat arrives, becoming beloved by all generations because who doesn’t look better with a filter. This digital transformation means customers have different relationships with brands. The world is chaotic.

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Tony Zambito

MAY 13, 2011

Baseone, the London based B2B Marketing Agency, released its 2nd annual Buyersphere Report 2011 this   month.    Company Website : the report findings indicated that the closer a buyer came to the actual decision; the more influential were company websites, web searches, and industry press. 

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B2B Marketing Traction

MAY 19, 2015

Learn why and how a software company doubled organic traffic to their website and increased leads with less content marketing. There are lessons to be learned about why and how this company was successful. SuperOffice is the company in the case study. I wrote about this as a tactic way back in 2011 – read my post here.

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Hubspot

JUNE 26, 2019

Did you know it costs a business about 5-10X more to acquire a new customer than it does to sell to an existing one? Not only that, but on average, current customers spend 67% more than new customers. And if you’re like 65% of marketers, your company has implemented a loyalty program. But is your loyalty program working?

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ClearVoice

MARCH 1, 2021

Customer reviews. But if you own or assist in running a business, you’re probably already well aware of the fact that online customer reviews matter, whether you’re a local business or not. A comprehensive guide to customer reviews and testimonials. Do customer reviews affect SEO? Am I right?

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