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2011: The Year of the Online SMB

Biznology

I am declaring 2011 the Year of the Online SMB. For the uninitiated, SMBs are small and medium businesses. I like the definition of an SMB being under 100 employees, but up to 500 employees can be deemed an SMB also. There are no hard and fast criteria for determining SMB status but we all know one when we see one.

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SMB a New Year Bright Spot for IT Sales and Marketing?

The ROI Guy

Hopes for the much anticipated economic recovery in 2011 were recently dashed as the European debt crisis proved worse than anticipated, and the US credit downgrade added additional uncertainty. These findings are leading some to predict that the ability to attract and retain talent will quickly become a major IT challenge.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual.

The ROI Guy

Thursday, January 20, 2011 New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advisor EMC wanted a quick way for small / medium business IT executives and buyers to quantify how virtualized data center solutions could help drive capital cost savings, operations and application management savings and improved resiliency. Latest Research.

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B2B Marketing Events Around The World - May 2011

MLT Creative

May 5 , Social-Loco San Francisco, CA: Leading executives and investors will discuss what the convergence of social and mobile web technologies mean for SMB, big brands and consumers. May 20-22 , SheCon’s 2011 New Media Expo Ft. Navy use social media. and mobile applications.

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The Science of Email Marketing « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

Also, MailChimp is now known to be used by large corporations (they focus on SMB market) therefore the data may not take into account larger organizations. This entry was posted on Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at 12:19 pm and is filed under Email Marketing , Lead generation , Marketing Training , Online Marketing.

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Marketing Automation Monday is Here!

The Effective Marketer

How do you setup your scoring system for inbound leads? How do you get a feedback loop established with sales so that you can get better at scoring your leads? which leads turned into closed deals, where did they come from, what programs generated more closed deals, etc.) What is the hand-off process with sales?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B.

The ROI Guy

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets. The Death of a Salesman? this year, an increase from 3.1%