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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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How 3 UK Brands Reached Their Audiences With Great Content

Contently

As these companies continue to experiment with social media, online video, custom magazines, and mobile, they’re finding innovative ways to strike that delicate balance between relaying a brand message and creating content that will resonate with customers. .”

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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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B2B Social Media Marketing: Focus on leads, not likes

markempa

But they’re not the most important metrics – they’re this mythical ‘engagement’ that used to be called ‘brand awareness’ in the magazine and television advertising industry.”. Unlike online advertising or PR, or even TV and radio, [there are] over 500 forms of engagement we’ve tracked through the social channel. Want to learn more?

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50 Content Marketing Influencers You Need To Follow

Atomic Reach

Mark Schaefer has over 30 years of experience working in global sales, PR, and marketing. In 2012, she launched Marketing Nutz, which has worked with clients such as HP, Sony Playstation Group, IBM, & more. He has been featured by The Huffington Post, Forbes, HubSpot, The Content Marketing Institute, and Entrepreneur Magazine.

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PowerViews with Rich Vancil: Marketing Ops, Sales Ops & Mashups

ViewPoint

Rich earned his MBA from Harvard Business School, and he’s twice been named to BtoB Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential people. 2012: Transformational Change, the New Buyer & Big Data. Advice to CMO for 2012: Focus on Sales Enablement Efficiencies.

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How 3 U.K. Companies Became High-Class Publishers

Contently

It also partners with content agencies and a network of freelancers, and even taps its marketing and PR teams for the occasional article. for its 2014 #MontyThePenguin ad, but the retailer has long been investing in brand content in the form of print magazines.

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