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MAY 18, 2010

To help out my fellow B2B marketers, here is a list of 7 common mistakes that B2B marketers make when jumping feet first into social media marketing. Using social media as a direct response vehicle - The reason for much of the success from B2C marketers is that the majority of their products are impulse purchases (i.e.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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JUNE 11, 2010

The post is called B2B Social Media Strategy – 5 Steps to Gain Executive Buy-in and will show you how to develop your company’s B2B social media strategy. A special thanks to Jeremy Victor and Make Good Media for the opportunity. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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JULY 13, 2010

And despite any reservations you may have, social media can help you get ahead. As user-generated content becomes a greater part of professional workflow, it is important for B2B marketers to understand not only where their customers are interacting, but also their motivations when they are consuming or participating in these communities.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Now like many marketers currently experiencing a similar situation, you probably immediately thought “why me?” and then quickly thereafter “ how do I get started? ” First off, it is important to note that social media is not synonymous with Twitter or Facebook. Below are some great resources to help you on your social media journey.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2010

These resources include everything from how to get started, tips for building a social media community and how to calculate key social media metrics – just to name a few. In addition, these social media lessons from Jeremiah Owyang will explore how to establish and calculate key social media metrics.

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JUNE 3, 2010

If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. So here are my 6 tips for creating content that drives the leads that sales wants… Define your audience on their terms not yours. Get creative.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

These resources include everything from how to get started, tips for building a social media community and how to calculate key social media metrics – just to name a few. In addition, these social media lessons from Jeremiah Owyang will explore how to establish and calculate key social media metrics.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

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AUGUST 5, 2010

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JUNE 22, 2010

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve already published my B2B Marketing predictions for 2011 and while I think I captured a good mix of new and traditional issues, I realized that one thing was missing: a common theme. And so this led me to the conclusion that the broader future of B2B Marketing is Social! This got me to thinking.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

At the same time, it is just another marketing channel. The reason I believe marketers are so confused about social media is because of this paradox. This misses the point, of course, since social media is about customer relationships and not really about the technology at all. Social Media And Your Personal Brand.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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JUNE 24, 2010

By summarizing Morgan Stanley’s latest research , I demonstrated the tremendous growth of the mobile internet channel and suggested that mobile is the next big thing. What does all this mean to the B2B marketer? I will suggest the top 6 opportunities for mobile marketing and the steps you should take now.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

As a marketing professional, I am not proud of our reputation as SPAM-ers. It seems as if the lower our outbound marketing response rates get, the greater the number of emails, phone calls, pop-up ads and other interruptions we throw at our weary populace. Now I know that 2011 planning season is in full swing.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

And what role do marketers play in cultivating the brand and maintaining some level of consistency in our brand image? The answer is that brands have a compelling need: …to communicate who you are as a brand and what you stand for through social media in a far more consistent, strategic and global way. It is so much bigger.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

It was Frank Sinatra singing “ White Christmas “ It’s a great time to be a marketer: Toys R’ Us sent their first toy catalogue this past weekend. Plus one shameless backlink to a story of my own on marketing planning. Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Internet Trends From The Web 2.0

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

You can review both How To Align Marketing With Sales and Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity for more detail on the emerging need for marketing to drive real sales and to quantify efforts. Late last week, I responded to a post by my new friend Adam Needles, VP Marketing of Left Brain Marketing.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Some creative marketers call these lists suspects. Inbound marketeering requires 2 simple things: First you need to be found and that requires the basic techniques of understanding how prospects search and the keywords they use. Second, you need to have compelling content that meets the prospects needs. Sounds easy right?

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JUNE 7, 2010

The session will be moderated by David Rosen, Chief of B2B Social Media at Makovsky + Company. We will be discussing what the PRSA is calling “ The Forbidden Dance: B2B and Social Media ”. How do you overcome internal fears, politics and budget battles in integrating social media into marketing? It’s all about content!

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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MAY 5, 2010

Okay, so my objectives for B2B Marketing Insider are: Have a stake in my personal brand’s online presence. Plus, unfortunately, there are a few more well published and highly controversial “Michael Brenners&# out there to occupy the top spot in searches. I am in Marketing so, yes, this is my ego objective.

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JUNE 18, 2010

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

It’s that time of year for creating your marketing plan. It’s that time of year for creating your marketing plan. If you are looking for a more formal approach, check out The Marketing Leadership Council which offers a marketing planning tool called MarkPlan and recently held a series of workshops on marketing planning.

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MAY 5, 2010

Okay, so my objectives for B2B Marketing Insider are: Have a stake in my personal brand’s online presence. Plus, unfortunately, there are a few more well published and highly controversial “Michael Brenners&# out there to occupy the top spot in searches. I am in Marketing so, yes, this is my ego objective.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

While marketers have embraced these chats as a way of connecting with fellow marketers and sharing ideas, companies/brands have been relatively non-existent in these conversations. This has resulted in marketers focusing on trying to enlist these individuals to become brand advocates.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

I wish I knew all the secrets so I could transform the world of B2B Marketing forever with a tell-all book. What I do know is that B2B Marketers have a ton of options today. In this post, I will offer a preview of the thoughts I will deliver during the Focus Interactive Summit on Progressive B2B Marketing. It used to be so easy.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

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JULY 15, 2010

As well, we received a large amount of anecdotal feedback about how great the content was. Which is more important: defining marketing process or implementing marketing automation? How to create valuable content on a small business budget? We do 100’s of webcasts a year, this turned out to be one of the best.”

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

And even though bloggers stated feeling that they aren’t treated with the same respect as traditional media representatives, it’s the buyers who had the final say. They reported in a separate study by Technorati that blogs are right up there with many traditional media in terms of importance and influence on their buying behavior.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

And fields overflowing with the weeds of bad ideas grown from the seeds of false assumptions… A couple of months ago I experimented with a blog rant on Whatever Happened To Marketing Strategy. It wasn’t inspired by anything other than the main challenges of my peers across the diverse world of corporate B2B Marketing.

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JUNE 29, 2010

The leads with the highest conversion rate and the lowest costs typically come from inbound activities like search and are then followed up and qualified by our telemarketing professionals. Cost Per Lead is 60% Lower with Inbound Marketing – see below [link] Michael Brenner Jul 1 2010 Hi Ryan, I couldn’t agree more.

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MAY 3, 2010

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AUGUST 19, 2010

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