Marketing Insider Group

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. He goes on to explain how most marketers’ budgets are not aligned to what McKinsey calls the &# customer decision journey.&#

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. Customers decide when and how to engage with us in the buying journey. Marketing needs to be the engine to identify qualified leads for sales. Think sales, leads, pipeline.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Jeremiah Owyang from Altimeter is calling “ 2011: The Year of [Social] Integration &# where we leave formation and organizational ideas behind. What I think Jennifer and Mallary are suggesting is that only through real integration can we accomplish the value of customer engagement. That sounds ominous.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Jeremiah Owyang from Altimeter is calling “ 2011: The Year of [Social] Integration &# where we leave formation and organizational ideas behind. What I think Jennifer and Mallary are suggesting is that only through real integration can we accomplish the value of customer engagement. That sounds ominous.

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Marketing Insider Group

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. So…Demand Generation cannot stop at the sale. That is why customer lifetime value to me is a much more important metric.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Now I know that 2011 planning season is in full swing. It means listening to what will make our customers lives better. It means allowing as many employees in our companies to interact with our customers as real people. Umair even suggests that if we can achieve this, our customers might actually love us. .&#

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2010

That Is A Lot Of Time Spent Online Using Social Media Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Need to Drive Leads? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Summit Holy Cow!

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2010

B2B Marketers cannot ignore this channel and need to continue advocating for our brands and with our senior executives to get more involved, become more visible and to engage with customers in this channel. Summit B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011 Need to Drive Leads? Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

Social Media 100

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 11, 2010

Finally, I provide practical tips for developing your own strategy, gaining the buy-in required to execute the plan and working with your executive team on marketing their own personal brands to your customers. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" A special thanks to Jeremy Victor and Make Good Media for the opportunity.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Share: Read more from Strategy marketing plan Click here to cancel reply.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Internet Leadership: Mary shows a chart of leading Internet companies in 2004 and 2010. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Related Posts: The Role of B2B Marketing The Future of B2B Marketing: It’s Social Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

You will see a diminishing return on every call made outside of 48 hours, and after 7 days you will see a 60-70% drop in leads generated. One responder can lead us to several opportunities within the company if the discussion we have is centered around the needs and pains of the company and not only one product or service.

Work Management 100

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Marketing Insider Group

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. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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Marketing Insider Group

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. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 24, 2010

Summit Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Need to Drive Leads? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Challenging conventional wisdom in a respectful way can lead to the kind of insights that most people miss. So as you finalize your marketing plans for 2011 , ask yourself if you have a solid business case. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Higher risk – - higher reward. And that can bring huge rewards.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2010

Rob and I support and have adopted what we call the “Tele-Web” concept of driving the most efficient leads for sales through pull-based inbound programs. And so we turn to good old-fashioned cold calling to drive leads, identify new contacts or even clean our lists. Thanks for emphasizing the point! This is a constant.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 6, 2010

by Michael Brenner, July 6, 2010 Related Posts: Need to Drive Leads? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Learn more at: [link].

Social Media 100

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 19, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Customer Satisfaction Telemarketing Lead Qualification 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

More leads. More sales. Ultimately it comes down to determining where can we achieve the greatest return from people, process and marketing tools to meet customer needs. At the top of the funnel is lead follow-up: this may be the easiest item to consider. In the middle of the funnel is the acceleration of lead conversion.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

He suggests you use the common tools of the trade like Twitter, Facebook and Google Alerts as well as more advanced sources like Google trends and Customer Service data. It is important to utilize quality content in these listings such as videos, customer testimonials and other relevant content along with key business contact details.

Social Media 100

Social Media Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Media 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives. "Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

Social Media 100

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

I am a B2B marketer because I think our job can be made simpler if we simply focus on the customer. As a B2B Marketer, I feel strongly that we (simply) help companies do 2 things: Get Customers Keep Customers Sometimes we do this in a more creative way and sometimes we do this in a very scientific way. But that is all we do!

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

I am a B2B marketer because I think our job can be made simpler if we simply focus on the customer. As a B2B Marketer, I feel strongly that we (simply) help companies do 2 things: Get Customers Keep Customers Sometimes we do this in a more creative way and sometimes we do this in a very scientific way. But that is all we do!

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For the self-employed, blogging is a means to attract new business and new clients to their business, whereas “hobbyists&# are simply looking for “personal satisfaction.&# Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

Marketing Mix 100

Marketing Mix Marketing Report Blogspot Blogger 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 9, 2010

"Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Social Media 100

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

At the time, I was leading a large online demand generation program and had some thoughts about the state of the marketing and sales funnel. Marketers sell stuff and sales people market stuff. To our customers there is no funnel. I believe we should align our efforts to customer needs.

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Top of Funnel Demand Digital Marketing Funnels Marketing Funnels 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

"Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives. "Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

Social Media 100

Social Media Resources Media Web 2.0 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2010

Social media is simply about having an interaction with customers (at the most basic level) in all the places where our customers are hanging out. Customers are expecting it and some of them are making businesses pay a steep cost when the brand presence isn’t there. Quite simply: Executive buy-in. It’s all about content!

Social Media 100

Social Media Media B2B Budget Programs 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

In this post, I will provide an overview of the study and summarize the key actions you should take as a B2B Marketer responsible for driving leads for your business. How To Shorten The B2B Buyer Cycle With Landing Pages Need to Drive Leads? Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

Paid Search Agency 100

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Well we need to focus on wringing out every lead and every deal from our funnels. Opt-outs increased and our brand image suffered — all because we were spamming our customers. What we need is Insight-driven marketing that starts with the customer. Then the economy turned. Squeezed out. This is not about tactics.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel 100

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This misses the point, of course, since social media is about customer relationships and not really about the technology at all. They are: Customers: something that is missing from many social media plans is the focus on customers. And once you have a customer, you need to keep them. Community is how social media scales.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Customer Satisfaction Web 2.0 100

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Well, we know that customers will pay a premium for brands they trust or simply will be more willing to spend their hard-earned money with a strong brand. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Click here to cancel reply.

Web 2.0 100

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

When I see B2B Marketers who have forgotten that we serve customers and create marketing campaigns with little research into customer needs or pains or the words they use to express their pains, it makes me crazy. I know how to generate a lead. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" To share the love.

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