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

ViewPoint

But things can get murky when marketers are asked to rate social media in terms of contributing to business goals. 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. And YouTube in 10th place?

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

Customer Experience Matrix

A Forrester chart, posted on CNET shows five years of data on time spent per week with major media. On the other hand, the Direct Marketing Association shows spending at $339 billion total in 2008 including $75.9 Where are marketers moving their budgets? spending at $179 billion for 2008, with a worldwide share of 37.5%

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The End of Marketing as We Know It: Overcoming Buyer Challenges with Interactive Smart Content

The ROI Guy

With ready access to an unprecedented wealth of on-line information, and skepticism toward vendors as a result of direct marketing overload, buyers have revolted and taken the buying cycle into their own hands. How fundamental is the shift from product / solution selling to value selling / marketing?

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Writing Your Own Book to Establish Authority

B2B Digital Marketer

But if I’m talking about in a B to B digital marketing process, and I’m the marketer that’s responsible for helping to bring sales qualified leads to the salespeople, how does this really work? Okay, great. Raza Imam ( 03:39 ): I love it. Let’s talk. There’s a lot of branding.