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B2B Industrial Marketing Trends: Recap of the GlobalSpec 2012 Report

KoMarketing Associates

As Q3 draws to a close, B2B marketers are already thinking ahead to 2013, strategizing about what’s worked thus far in 2012—and what hasn’t. In 2012, 67 percent of survey respondents cited customer acquisition/lead gen, with 20 percent indicating they are more focused on brand awareness than they had been previously.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity

Today’s most effective marketers are optimizing content across channels, coordinating search and social marketing activities with traditional PR, and measuring their web presence and performance with sophistication. Just 4% of marketers said their companies were “very effective” at measuring social marketing in 2012.

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The More Industrial Marketing Changes, the More it Stays the Same

Industrial Marketing Today

67 percent of manufacturers, industrial and engineering companies stated that customer acquisition or lead generation is their primary industrial marketing goal in 2012, the same top two marketing goals for the past six years. That’s one of the findings from a survey done by GlobalSpec during the first quarter of 2012.

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32 Influential B2B Social Media Profiles (People) to Follow on Twitter

KoMarketing Associates

Research from Optify’s 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report supports these statements. While the report reveals that, in 2012, social media as a whole brought in a smaller fraction (5%) of traffic and leads to B2B websites, it shows great potential. SM/PR/Marketing/SEO/Brand ninja. Video Gamer. Car freak.

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Effective Social Selling = Mindset over Tactics

NuSpark Consulting

Others swear by it as the holy grail of lead generation. Social media most often falls to marketing departments because it’s their job to take care of advertising and PR—to be the “media” face of the company. They’re supposed to be generating leads that fill the sales pipeline, right? Who’s right?

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7 Of Our Favorite B2B Link Building Tactics in 2013 and Beyond

KoMarketing Associates

MarketingSherpa’s 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report indicated that trade shows are one of the most effective lead generation tactics utilized by B2B marketers but are also the most difficult to execute, on account of the time, effort, and expenses involved. Event/Trade Show Review.

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7 Of Our Favorite B2B Link Building Tactics in 2013 and Beyond

KoMarketing Associates

MarketingSherpa’s 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report indicated that trade shows are one of the most effective lead generation tactics utilized by B2B marketers but are also the most difficult to execute, on account of the time, effort, and expenses involved. Event/Trade Show Review.