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2011 B2B Marketing Trends

Webbiquity

MarketingSherpa recently released its 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. Tactics like telemarketing, PR and PPC advertising fell predominantly into the “somewhat effective&# camp. You can download the executive summary for free (or pay $400 for the full report ). Share this on Technorati. Tweet This!

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11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail

Marketing Insider Group

The leads with the highest conversion rate and the lowest costs typically come from inbound activities like search and are then followed up and qualified by our telemarketing professionals. In this article I will summarize a whitepaper Robert wrote on the 11 reasons why outbound telemarketing fails. Click here to cancel reply.

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The Marketing Graveyard: 6 Victims of Inbound Marketing

Tomorrow People

In November 2011 we killed email marketing. We killed SEO a long time ago, but it’s been haunting us ever since. Fortunately for them, SEO will never die - no matter how much linkbait declares it so (guilty!). Fortunately for them, SEO will never die - no matter how much linkbait declares it so (guilty!).

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It's Budget Season - B2B Marketing Budget Trends for 2011

Everything Technology Marketing

MarketingSherpa asked more than 900 B2B marketers how they expect their marketing budgets to change for 2011. The results are in: The majority of B2B organizations are increasing marketing budgets for inbound marketing tactics, including social media, virtual events and webinars, SEO and PPC.

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Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? | B2B Marketing Insider

Marketing Insider Group

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 December 21, 2010 4 Subscribe Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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Lead Gen Tactics from 4 MarketingSherpa Case Studies

markempa

To create the program, the team began with the website and from there, added paid search and SEO to the digital marketing initiative. 150% increase in lead generation from 2010 to 2011. 1,500% ROI on SEO in 2011. 200% ROI on PPC in 2011. What were the results? This particular campaign resulted in a 300% ROI.

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

markempa

In June , Sergio Balegno, Director of Research, MarketingSherpa/MECLABS Primary Research Group, shared why inbound marketing – a strategy where the prospects find you as opposed to you finding them – is critical, and how integrating social media and SEO drives it. Perceived effectiveness of tactics is declining severely.