Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

The head of marketing is tasked with modernizing the marketing strategy but with limited to no budget or resources to do so. This scenario is exactly what happened when I was asked to take on the job as SAP’s very first Vice President of Content Marketing. It’s a common scenario in the business world.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Last week I wrote the Top 10 Marketing Posts of 2012 from Business 2 Community, the social news site I co-founded with Brian Rice and Dan Criel. This week, I am happy to bring you my Top B2B Marketing Insider Posts of 2012. And I wish you all the best in your marketing endeavors in 2013! The Social Business Imperative.

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B2B Marketing Directions

JUNE 25, 2023

Marketers need intuition. To use their intuition effectively, marketers need to respect it and take it seriously, but not trust it unconditionally. Today's marketers have access to an immense amount of data about customers, potential buyers, and the performance of marketing programs. Data Rules! Or Does It?

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The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2011

Improving sales’ ability to show benefits / value to prospects is the number one tactic to drive B2B sales performance in 2011, according to a recent survey by CSO Insights. The CSO Insights Sales Management survey for 2011 examined responses from sales executives at 850 firms. The status quo is often good enough.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

By 2011 at the start of the cloud era this had increased 4x to 2 ZB. Many of the company’s consultants, and even its sales and marketing team are former CPAs and business analysts, people who have worked in the industry (including former clients) who are now looking to help drive more change in more companies. The Market.

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Biznology

MARCH 20, 2018

Today is one of those best-of Chris Abraham’s blog posts on blogger outreach, long tail blogger outreach, influencer marketing , and micro-influencer marketing. “In this free 30-minute Biznology® webinar, Chris talks about earned media marketing: how to get off your duff and get out there online.”

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

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. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

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Circle Studio

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Over the last decade, marketing has become increasingly dependent on technology—requiring new skills and processes and creating new challenges. As A/E/C marketers look to empower their efforts with technology solutions, the challenge of keeping up with all the available tools—and deciding which ones to use—can be overwhelming.

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Exo B2B

APRIL 11, 2019

We’re returning to a familiar theme just as Spring arrives: our top 30 marketing influencers for 2019. With great enthusiasm, we’ve scouted blogs on B2C and B2B marketing sites. One of them, Lee Odden , the undisputed marketing expert, did a great job of talking about the subject with a post that must absolutely be read.

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Marketing Insider Group

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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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 25, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Effective Marketer Principle 7: Run Productive Meetings Meetings are a necessity of today’s work environment. Who did we decide will take care of the action items?

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Hinge Marketing

JUNE 1, 2015

This profile focuses on Paul Dunay, a Visible Expert for B2B marketing. Visual Expert Paul Dunay, an award-winner marketing expert and author, credits his blog with setting him on the path to success. But I had an idea that they would become a staple of today’s marketing departments. This time, his proposal was accepted.

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Biznology

JANUARY 14, 2014

All of my good work since January 18, 2011, is on this Biznology blog and over on Socialmedia.biz and Huffington Post. Starting in 2003, I became a marketing guy; in late 2006, I became a president and COO. Here’s the thing: if you’re in communications, PR, or marketing, you may be less technical than I am.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 21, 2011

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). There’s much more, so check out The New Rules of Selling Consulting Services in 2011. It’s not comfortable.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy June 22, 2010 1 Subscribe 10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot! Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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ViewPoint

MARCH 6, 2012

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. She is a founding member of the Savvy B2B Marketing blog , and contributes regularly to the Content Marketing Institute blog. of pipeline to 13.2%

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

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. As a result, several analyst firms have dropped their spending outlooks, and are predicting tight IT budgets for the New Year.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 23, 2012

Source: 2011 GlobalSpec Economic Outlook Survey). Source: 2011 GlobalSpec Marketing Trends Survey). Here is a quote from MarketingSherpa’s findings from their 2011 survey of 1,500 B2B marketers: Organizations devote one-quarter of their online marketing budgets to their websites.

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Martech

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Justice Department claims Google, which owns a 90% market share in search, paid massive sums to companies like Apple to make it the default search engine on products like the iPhone. 12 John Schmidtlein, lead lawyer for Google, claims the company dominates the search market due to being a superior product.

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markempa

JUNE 17, 2012

If a sales professional says, ‘I submitted a proposal,’ and your customer says, ‘I got a price quote,’ that’s a sign of misaligned perceptions and selling-buying cycles,” says Dickie. Related Resources: Customer-centric Marketing: Tap into your culture to differentiate from the competition.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 11, 2011

Surprisingly, CIOs alone have authorized only 5% of IT investments , confirming what many IT sales and marketing professionals already know, that the vast majority of IT purchase approvals involve more stakeholders, as well as significant executive scrutiny. To this end, we recommend the following best practices: 1.

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Marketing Insider Group

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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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Gartner's latest CIO study, "Reimagining IT: The 2011 CIO Agenda" highlights several important trends that will have significant impact on technology marketing and sales enablement into 2011 and beyond. According to Gartner, this requires CIOs re-imagine IT and lead it through a process of “creative destruction.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 26, 2012

Ruth is also author of Maximizing Lead Generation: The Complete Guide for B2B Marketers. But what are the most effective outbound marketing channels for kicking off a business relationship? Let me go out on a limb and propose the top five media for your lead generation toolkit. billion on search marketing for the same purpose.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Each stakeholder expects your sales professionals to deliver just the right information they need to help them make a decision, and each perceives the value of your proposed solutions uniquely. Can your sales professionals credibly quantify your buyer’s pain, justify proposed gains and prove you are not the same? You Decide.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Frugalnomics makes it harder to connect, engage and sell without the right content and tools Alinean, the leading creator of interactive content marketing and diagnostic sales tools for business to business (B2B) solutions, today announced its annual sales and marketing predictions for 2012 with serious implications.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, with buyers becoming even more cautious and economic focused. You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments. YoY increase from 2015. 2) Central IT is Irrelevant?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 9, 2012

This latest survey of over 600 senior executives worldwide, published by Doremus and the Financial Times in December 2011 , confirms that Frugalnomics, a business focus on reducing costs and the bottom-line, is increasing for the New Year.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2015

We think there is a more systemic issue in the predictions: a major "sea change" in technology spending and purchase decision-making – one that could put a significant chill in your organizations‘ sales and marketing strategy. Frugalnomics in Effect So what are the real reasons behind the continued slow growth?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The financial relief most expected in 2011 never came, as the European debt crisis and US credit rating downgrade renewed pessimism, and may even be driving us to another recession. Therefore, it’s important to proactively prove that the proposed solutions represent a lower total cost of ownership and good competitive value; 5.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2015

If you’re marketing or selling technology, this decline could have a significant impact, stiffer competition, and even more headwinds to meeting your ambitious revenue growth goals. You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments. YoY decline from 2014 levels.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Monday, January 10, 2011 Let the Good Times Roll? The 2011 Trends Looking forward, TechTargets recent 2011 IT Priorities Survey (2,300 respondents) points to a continued increase in IT spending to 2.8% Most organizations spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Moreover, a major "sea change" has occurred in technology spending and purchase decision-making - with significant implications for your organizations sales and marketing strategy. More importantly, you need to take Frugalnomics into account as you evolve your sales and marketing strategies and investments to meet the challenge.

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Mailmunch

MARCH 4, 2021

The most advanced assistants are able not only to execute commands but also to conduct a dialogue (the first such device was Apple’s Siri in 2011). The recognition accuracy of the main players in the voice assistant market (Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft) is close to 100%.

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Marketing Insider Group

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. So I thought it was best to identify a clear framework for marketers to use to create successful social media strategies. Channel: not every marketer belongs on Facebook.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Enough being done to prove returns and drive even more investments in 2011? IDC has just completed their annual Tech Marketing Benchmarks Survey, and the news is good for tech marketing teams. The latest survey (completed 9/10) reveals that large technology vendors have increased their marketing budgets by 3.7%

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The ROI Guy

JULY 5, 2011

The latest IT spending metrics have been released by Gartner, and the news is good for the second half of this year and 2011 overall. in 2011, this despite headwinds from the Japan disaster, Greece debt crisis, high oil / gas prices, and doubts over US spending / debt. growth) and now again in 2011. Enterprise Software 244 8.4

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