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2011 B2B Marketing Trends

Webbiquity

MarketingSherpa recently released its 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. A slightly higher percentage of marketers than last year (41% vs. 39%) called “marketing to a lengthening sales cycle&# a top challenge. You can download the executive summary for free (or pay $400 for the full report ). Share this on del.icio.us.

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2011 Social Media Marketing Trends

Webbiquity

A new report from Focus, 2011 Trends Report: Social Media Marketing presents observations and predictions from eight leading social media experts (and me) about social media trends and developments to watch for in the coming year. . So what’s next? “Social is much bigger than marketing and PR. It’s a customer phenomenon.

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11 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2011

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Here are 11 concrete ways I think the environment in which B2B Marketers operate will evolve in 2011. So that begs the question – what’s on the horizon specifically for B2B Marketers next year? Facebook Advertising – will continue to improve and unfortunately get more expensive. Email this to a friend? Share this on Facebook.

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How to Sell, Even if You Hate Selling

Webbiquity

Most of us aren’t good at it (if we were, we’d be highly compensated professional sales people instead of managers, marketers, PR practitioners, designers, writers, or whatever). My favorite is new rule #7, Embrace your sales role: Much of what makes a good consultant makes a good sales person.

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How NOT to Do Social Media - Three Disastrous Social Media C**k Ups

Tomorrow People

The recent sale of former social media darling Digg for $500,000 (it was valued at $175m four years ago) is a timely reminder that in the world of social media , nothing is forever. Learn more about doing social media the RIGHT way and increasing your leads and sales – download our eGuide 'How to Generate Leads from Social Media'.

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Why Content Marketing with Video Is Key

Writing on the Web

On Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 5 p.m. Join me, along with Colin Martin and Marc Bullard , in a free webinar next Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 5:00pm ET to learn the secret tactics successful marketers are using on free hosting sites such as YouTube that are bringing an avalanche of traffic to their websites. Blog this on Blogger.

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3 Online Marketing Tasks: Get Found, Get Known, Get Clients

Writing on the Web

Is your sales copy effective? Is your sales transaction process easy and smooth? Create more offers and packages of information to increase sales; create more JV partnerships. Improve your online systems (sales copy, shoppping cart, videos, SEO, social media, surveys)? Is it easy to download free offers? What about you?