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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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B2B Lead Roundtable Blog: Our 10 most popular blog posts of 2012

markempa

Here’s an at-a-glance analysis that could provide a glimpse of the most pressing issues lead generation professionals have faced in 2012: Understanding and leveraging social media. Understanding leads and their place in the sales and marketing funnels. Lead Generation: How 64% of marketers starve Sales of opportunity.

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The Top-5 B2B Marketing Trends for 2012

Everything Technology Marketing

As every year, I asked the 25,000 marketing professionals in the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn about their B2B marketing priorities for 2012. And here are the results: 1 - Integration of social media Social media remains the #1 topic in 2012. What marketing areas are becoming relatively less important in 2012?

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 338: Q & A with Spencer Wixom

Heinz Marketing

By Sheena McKinney , Sales Pipeline Radio Producer If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. I’m your host, Matt Heinz.

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

Webbiquity

This post, along with 79 Remarkable Social Media Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2012 and 87 More Vital Social Media Marketing Facts and Stats for 2012 previously published here, provide a solid foundation for that understanding. While 47% felt somewhat good at social measurement in 2011, just 38% said the same in 2012.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 256: Q & A with Jamie Shanks @jamietshanks

Heinz Marketing

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities.

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Survey Results: Improving Content Marketing is the #1 Priority for 2012 Lead Generation.

NuSpark Consulting

I recently conducted a poll on LinkedIn asking respondents what they believe should be the #1 priority in 2012 for generating leads in B2B firms. The poll was promoted throughout LinkedIn Groups; a mix of b2b marketing and sales groups that I am a member of. I received 172 votes and the results were quite interesting.