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Is Nielsen’s prime time over? Purchase renews questions about products and long-term value

Martech

This week’s news about the purchase of TV-ratings giant Nielsen is spotlighting ongoing problems with its products and raising questions about the company’s value. Nielsen’s primary product is TV ratings and there are serious concerns about the reliability of those numbers. What happened. for about $10 billion.

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2011 B2B Marketing Trends

Webbiquity

MarketingSherpa recently released its 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. Generating PR “buzz&# and having a product perceived as “cutting edge&# were called significant challenges by only about a third of marketers, unchanged from last year. Want to know more? Share this on Bebo. Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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2011 Social Media Marketing Trends

Webbiquity

Three-quarters of b2b buyers use social media at some point during their purchase decision process, and marketers are responding with increased spending on social media marketing. This will demonstrate itself as social moves into product development, operations, customer service and even sales,&# according to Michael Brenner.

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7 Key Stats That Point to the Future of Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Blame a few fuzzy data in a 2011 study. That same McKinsey study reported that in 2010, the percentage of online CPG purchases was already at six percent. As consumers do more research online, they’ll depend more on what others say about your products and services. As Anita Lettink shows, that old saw is a bit of a myth.

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Where is B2B marketing headed? 7 predictions for 2018

Biznology

Ever since Scott Brinker began tracking the martech space in 2011, when he identified 150 point solutions on the market, the category’s growth has been unstoppable. They are now responsible for researching and influencing 65% of purchase decisions, and in 13% they are the decision-makers themselves.

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Building Loyalty Evolves with Data, Smartphones, and Personalization

Zoominfo

As part of go to market, loyalty initiatives include a mix of actions, such as VIP programs, product upsells, and campaigns for user-based reviews. Sellers created new ways to track customer loyalty that became more influenced by the behaviors of online purchasers. Mobile Devices Make Loyalty Immediate (2011-present).

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The Comprehensive Guide to Consolidating Your Marketing Tech Stack

Zoominfo

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. “Organizations are facing the decision of which tools to purchase, and how much to spend on those tools.” Today, that chart contains nearly 10,000 logos.