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The Powerful Sales Element of Social Proof in Thought Leadership Done Well

Sword and the Script | B2B

When a company illustrates in thought leadership that it understands an industry – its strengths, weaknesses, problems and opportunities – buyers stand to reason their products are probably pretty good too. Thought leadership is more important than ever in B2B. The C-Suite spend more time with thought leadership today.

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The Case Against Thought Leadership (Mostly, Anyway)

Content Standard

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard someone express the goal of becoming a “thought leader” in their industry—well, I wouldn’t be rich, but I could definitely treat the whole office to coffee and donuts. B2B marketers’ collective love affair with thought leadership knows no bounds.

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Download the 2013 B2B Content Marketing Report

Everything Technology Marketing

Content marketing is going mainstream in 2013. Download the B2B Content Marketing Report (2013) * required First Name: Last Name: Email: * Company: Top-5 Content Marketing Trends in 2013 Content marketing is going mainstream and is becoming more sophisticated to help marketers generate more leads and enable thought leadership.

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The 2013 Social Business Marketing Manifesto

Marketing Insider Group

Planning season is well underway and I think it is never to early to look at the B2B Marketing 2012 year in review and start to make some predictions for Marketing and Social Businesses in 2013. And finally, I will make some marketing predictions for 2013. 2013 Marketing Prediction.

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The Top-5 Content Marketing Trends in 2013

Everything Technology Marketing

Check out our latest B2B Content Marketing Report 2013 and find out what is going on in the world of content marketing. Here are five of the most interesting content marketing trends we identified: Content marketing is going mainstream and is becoming more sophisticated to help marketers generate more leads and enable thought leadership.

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The Top #Nifty50 Men Writers on Twitter for 2013

Webbiquity

These thought leaders understand that the greatest product of a good idea is more good ideas, and it’s great to see that their generosity and thought leadership in online communities is being recognized. So without further ado, here are the 2013 #Nifty50 Men! Vala Afshar @ ValaAfshar. David Armano @armano.

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The Top #Nifty50 Men Writers on Twitter for 2013

Webbiquity

These thought leaders understand that the greatest product of a good idea is more good ideas, and it’s great to see that their generosity and thought leadership in online communities is being recognized. So without further ado, here are the 2013 #Nifty50 Men! Vala Afshar @ ValaAfshar. David Armano @armano.

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