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Lead Generation Losing Out to Social Media? Not So Much.

The Point

A recent industry study on Lead Management Optimization, conducted by CSO Insights and conducted in partnership with SMEI and Marketo , sheds insight on the relative budget marketing organizations are investing in areas such as lead nurturing, social media, and lead generation. I have two major issues with the analysis: 1.

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11 Indispensable B2B MarTech Solutions Cybersecurity Marketers Actually Use

KoMarketing Associates

Since I published my first WordPress post in 2011, I can’t tell you how many blogs I’ve written or websites my various teams have designed. Marketing Automation Platforms Like Marketo and Pardot. WordPress is my foundational platform for storytelling.

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5 Steps to Social Media Leads with Content Marketing

Everything Technology Marketing

One of my recent posts (“ The Top-10 B2B Marketing Trends for 2011 ”) received a lot of great comments. The number one marketing trend for 2011, according to the 17,000 member B2B technology marketing group on LinkedIn, is the increasing integration of social media with traditional marketing tactics to drive qualified leads.

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2011 Lead Management Optimization Survey shows less focus on branding, more on customers

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

The study, conducted in partnership with Sales and Marketing Executives International (SMEI) and Marketo, helps shed light on the role marketing plays in lead generation for sales by showing how marketing organizations are investing their time and money into efforts like lead scoring and nurturing, then relating this data to sales results.

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Salesforce.com and Oracle Buy Social Marketing Systems: Not the End of Marketing As We Know It

Customer Experience Matrix

Salesforce.com yesterday announced agreement to buy social media publishing vendor Buddy Media for $689 million, thereby adding another big fluffy piece to its “marketing cloud”. Oracle followed suit this morning with an acquisition of social media monitoring and semantic analysis vendor Collective Intellect.

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Can B2Bs Use Social Media to Improve Marketing Effectiveness?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Maria Pergolino Have you ever stopped to think which segment of marketers hold the bag on marketing effectiveness when it comes to social media? Many might think that B2Cs clearly leverage social better than B2Bs. The Top 4 Social Channels Are Getting B2B Action. B2B Use of Social Media Will Grow In 2012.

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Facebook vs. YouTube: Which is Better for Live Video?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

And of course, I don’t have to tell you that Facebook is the most prominent social media platform of them all. Although YouTube started streaming live video in 2011, and Facebook didn’t add the feature until five years later, they seem to be evenly matched. Which platform is better suited for your business?

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