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How Performance Marketing Accelerates B-to-B Prospecting

Biznology

Photo credit: Wikipedia. Every time you turn around, a new “performance marketing” opportunity turns up for B-to-B marketers. There are scads of ways performance marketing is being applied across the B-to-B go-to-market spectrum. Where is performance marketing in B-to-B headed? What a treasure trove!

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B2B prospecting data just keeps getting better

Biznology

(Photo credit: Wikipedia). The most reliable and scalable approach to finding new B2B customers is outbound communications–whether one is using mail, phone, or email, or using rented or purchased lists. We conclude from this study that B2B prospecting data is richer and more varied than most marketers would have thought.

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Lights, camera, action: Video helps you stay in touch with customers

Biznology

Image via Wikipedia. One problem that plagues B-to-B sales and marketing is coming up with relevant, timely messages for nurturing customer relationships. The relentless challenge of creating new content is one of the most common impediments to long-term communications success for B-to-B marketers.

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How to Create a B2B Content Audit

Biznology

Photo credit: Wikipedia. In the B2B marketing world, content is used primarily to 1. Advice about content audits is widely available—much of it about website content analysis, but I am proposing an audit specifically designed to serve B2B marketing needs. Here’s a 3-step process for conducting a B2B content audit.

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Marketing automation is not marketing strategy

Biznology

(Photo credit: Wikipedia). Too often, these days, I am hearing B2B marketers mouth claims like “We got this new [fill in the brand] automation tool, so now we can reduce headcount.” By now it’s clear that the database is the single most important success factor in B2B marketing communications. This worries me.

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How to Calculate Social Marketing ROI

Paul Gillin

Much of the money that B2B marketers have poured into direct mail campaigns, trade show exhibitions and trade print advertising for the last 50 years has questionable returns. The VP of marketing communications at SAP was recently asked by B-to-B magazine how she is measuring ROI on marketing efforts. Defining ROI.

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Top 56 B2B Marketing Posts for September 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Best of B2B Marketing for September 2010. Great stuff in the B2B Marketing world in September. Savvy B2B Marketing , September 1, 2010 The other week I had a post on the Content Marketing Institute about how to develop an editorial calendar for content marketing. B2B Voices , September 1, 2010 Image via CrunchBase.