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Is Minneapolis Becoming Event-apolis? The (Still) Booming Minnesota Event Ecosystem

Webbiquity

And there’s a busy calendar of business-related events year round, including one of the country’s largest Internet of Things (IoT) conferences, the longest-running Social Media Breakfast chapter, and the continually growing Twin Cities Startup Week , hosted by BETA. Here are some of the noteworthy providers.

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How SnapApp Is Prepping for Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit 2014

SnapApp

Calling all Marketing Rockstars. As a B2B marketer focussed on demand gen, nothing gets me more excited than trade shows! Before you groan, I ask you to look inside to your inner marketing geek, and think about all the planning and prep for one singular event. Events bring out the best of marketing.

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Show Me the Numbers: Hard Data on Internet Use and Media Spend

Customer Experience Matrix

Forrester and Marketing Profs report B-to-B Marketing in 2009 shows that business marketers most commonly use their company Web site, email, public relations and trade shows. A Forrester chart posted on Mashable shows interactive marketing spend by category, projected from 2009 to 2014.

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Marketing Automation is Not Marketing Strategy

ViewPoint

We are republishing this blog by Ruth Stevens (originally run January 29, 2014) because she hits the nail on the head about marketing automation. In the opening paragraph she states: “Marketers sometimes see automation as a silver bullet. Marketing automation doesn’t identify your best target audiences.

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How Social Media and Influencers Have Radically Changed B2B Marketing

Webbiquity

They were invited to write about trends and speak at industry trade shows. Throughout the 20th century, B2B marketing relied most heavily on print and live events (industry conferences, user group meetings, and trade shows). But print space was an expensive and finite resource. They had no platform.