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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

ViewPoint

Social distribution of content and messages isn’t considered all that effective in providing business value to companies, according to a recent analysis by Forrester Research. Following in 2nd through 7th place are paid search, email, branded communities and word-of mouth (tied), branded blogs, and online display advertising.

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38 Handy Stats to Prove the Value of Personas

Cintell

Using Personas increases email open rate 2-5 times (Forrester). Without personas, organizations waste $ on irrelevant content: On average, 60-70% of b-to-b content goes unused, representing hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars wasted (SiriusDecisions). DemandGen). Understanding B2B Buyers Benchmark Study, Cintell ).

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

Customer Experience Matrix

Social networks and blogs are the fastest growing application, now exceeding email with a participation rate of 66.8%. Nineteen percent actually publish their own blog while 29% comment on blogs. Blogs are also apparently part of “community”, although this isn't stated explicitly.) of the total. asl the dominant uses.

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18 of the Best Content Marketing Strategy Guides of 2013

Webbiquity

Noting that “The old adage — build it and they will come — doesn’t work for content marketing,” Laurie Sullivan reports on Forrester Research guidance on building a content distribution strategy to overcome the glut on content online. The Top 6 Reasons You’re Failing at Content Marketing by BuzzStream Blog.

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Sales Enablement Effectiveness?

The ROI Guy

According to Forrester, companies are spending worldwide, on average, 19% of their SG&A costs, some $135,262 per quota-carrying salesperson, in sales support-related activities. Sources: 1) SiriusDecisions B-to-B Buyer's Survey 2010 2) New Realities about B2B Buying, Jeff Ogden, SandHill.com Blog, Jun. April 2009.

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Death of the B2B Sales Rep? An Interview with the Sales Enablement Lab

The ROI Guy

Forrester reports that this shift to digital buying is real, and as a result, there will be a 22% decline in the number of B2B sales reps over the next 5 years. Andy Hoar, Principal Analyst at Forrester , reported these findings at their last Sales Enablement conference and Thierry, you and I were both there.

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Online Marketing News in 2009: The Year’s Hottest Events

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Technorati release their state of the blogosphere - shows that most bloggers are just hobbiest and number one use of Twitter is to promote blogs. A Robert Half Technology study announces 54% of companies blog social media sites. Social media use soars among b-to-b marketers. Yahoo stops using meta keywords for search.