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2011 B2B Marketing Trends

Webbiquity

MarketingSherpa recently released its 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. While there’s no reason to expect sales cycles to shorten, an improving economy next year should help stabilize the length of the decision process. You can download the executive summary for free (or pay $400 for the full report ). Tweet This!

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PowerViews with Carlos Hidalgo: A Holistic Approach to Driving the Demand Process

ViewPoint

Carlos is a recognized thought leader in B2B marketing and known for his keen insights on the development and implementation of lead management processes, as well as marketing automation. Carlos has been named three years in a row—from 2009 to 2011—to the Sales Lead Management Association’s 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management.

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Lead Gen Tactics from 4 MarketingSherpa Case Studies

markempa

150% increase in lead generation from 2010 to 2011. 1,500% ROI on SEO in 2011. 200% ROI on PPC in 2011. This effort led to lead generation through website form registration, and even phone calls from prospects who initially found the company through the digital marketing. What were the results?

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From a Challenging Marketing Past to the Most Promising Marketing Future: Top Takeaways from the 2011 B2B Roundtable Webinars

markempa

It’s a continuous loop that makes the database and the lead-generation process better and better.”. Find out much more here: Finish 2011 Strong: Six Funnel Focal Points to Maximize Time, Resources and Revenues Part 1 and Part 2. We are in the process of planning our 2012 webinar year. 61% send leads directly to sales.

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Hate Cold Calls From Telemarketers? Here's a Way to Fight Back

Hubspot

Nobody likes getting cold calls from telemarketers, which is reason enough to drop that kind of tactic. One guy in England has found a way to fight back on cold callers and telemarketers by forcing them to pay money to call him, the BBC reports. But if that’s not enough -- here’s another reason. Image credit: starmanseries.

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Lead Generation Programs That Work

Marketing Insider Group

Which is more important: defining marketing process or implementing marketing automation? Chris Walso addressed this question perfectly by saying that automation before process does not work. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" How to implement lead generation programs on a small business budget?

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The Future of B2B Marketing: It's Social

Marketing Insider Group

I’ve already published my B2B Marketing predictions for 2011 and while I think I captured a good mix of new and traditional issues, I realized that one thing was missing: a common theme. He also implores us to block the traditional metaphor of the funnel which I also wrote about since it no longer aligns to the consumer buying process.