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Study: B2B Marketers Remain Focused on Customer Acquisition

KoMarketing Associates

The “B-to-B Loyalty Report” from Merkle shows that most B2B marketers (75 percent) are focused on acquiring new customers. Over time, resources that deliver long-term value become more important, especially if they are built on customer-centric services and guided by B-to-B seller expertise,” wrote the authors of the report.

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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. In last place: Facebook, whose problem (according to Forrester VP and principal analyst Nate Elliott) is poor targeting and static-image ad units.

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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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Roundup From This Year’s SiriusDecisions Summit

DemandBase

There were also new features: role-based sessions jointly run by SiriusDecisions and Forrester analysts and an entire pre-conference day devoted to leadership and development. The conference itself is always a whirlwind of sessions, meetings, schmoozing, and surprisingly long and often inefficient walks between appointments.

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B2B spending on interactive marketing will double by 2014

The ROI Guy

According to a report released Thursday by Forrester Research, B2B interactive spending is expected to double by 2014, reaching an anticipated $4.8B,from from 2009's $2.3B

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Why You Need to Ditch Marketing Campaigns in 2016

B2B Marketing Directions

For example, Forrester Consulting recently wrote: ". The diagram below shows the major elements of a marketing communications plan, which is similar in several ways to the B-to-B Marketing Campaign Framework developed by SiriusDecisions.

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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. 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. Where are marketers moving their budgets?

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