Digital B2B Marketing

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B2B Marketers Are Begging For Bad Data

Digital B2B Marketing

You have seen the registration forms that go on and on, asking for information about an individual’s role in the buying process, project budget, timeline and more. Individuals simply are not willing to share this much information , and sometimes they do not expect to share any information at all.

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Is Focusing On Your Audience Getting In Your Way?

Digital B2B Marketing

If you are focused on what your B2B target audience has done in the past or is doing today, you will miss new opportunities like the Internet (2000), Twitter (2009) or Pinterest (2011) to connect with your audience. B2B buyers won’t read content on their smartphones.

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Is Your Business Ready for Marketing?

Digital B2B Marketing

Consider, for example, the Cisco Cius tablet for business, which some publishers have listed as a top product failure of 2011. As buyers take on more of the burden of research and education, sales must be ready to followup with a conversation that is relevant to a more informed buyer. Educated Buyers.

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Selling your Lead Generation Content

Digital B2B Marketing

You are selling it for contact information. It is valuable information, convey that on your registration page. Include additional information for someone on the fence about buying it and clearly state that you protect and do not share contact information. It immediately looks like it is out-of-date information.

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QuinStreet Buys Ziff Davis Enterprise: Is B2B Just Lead Gen Now?

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They purchased IT Business Edge in September 2011 and Internet.com in 2009. Lead generation has been driving growth and innovation at other technology publications, with CMP TechWeb (Information Week), IDG (CIO, ComputerWorld) and TechTarget all investing in improving their lead generation offerings in recent years.

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Content Curation: The Oldest Media Activity

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Curating content reduces the burden of original content creation , allowing marketers to pull from the best information available for their audience, regardless of source. With so much content and so many great sources, simply sharing great information (as if it is simple) isn’t enough. That is one of your objectives, right?

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The Future of Media and The Role I Want to Play

Digital B2B Marketing

To put this into context, AT&T purchased 105 billion impressions in 2011, according to research from ComScore. Today, there is another opportunity to shift the economic model and redistribute the margins that have been earned through information arbitrage. It is about real data now.