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Five Ways to “Get Real” With B-to-B Social Media

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Today, 89% of B-to-B marketers in the U.S. are using social media, says a study conducted by iTracks and the Business Marketing Association (BMA). In fact, B-to-B use of social media may have even eclipsed that of consumer marketers, according to another report from White Horse Productions. First, get busy on LinkedIn.

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Exciting new tools for B2B prospecting

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Early examples of this exciting new trend in prospecting were Jigsaw, a business-card swapping tool that allowed sales people to trade contacts, and ZoomInfo, which scrapes corporate websites for information about business people and merges the information into a vast pool of data for analysis and lead generation campaigns.

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Beware of dubious data providers: a 9-point checklist

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Tim Slevin provides a nice 3-point assessment approach in the SLMA blog , where he recommends checking out the vendor’s physical address, researching them on LinkedIn, and asking them for a data sample so specific that you can tell whether their product is any good. Do they have a company page on LinkedIn? Any other ideas out there?

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Named account marketing: new tools and techniques to reach a limited universe

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Expensive, to be sure, but well worth it for hard-to-get information like additional contacts, job titles, buying role, and direct phone numbers. Another approach, albeit less productive, is LinkedIn research. Specialized third party databases.

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B2B marketing lessons from Michael Brenner

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If you offer information that helps your customers and prospects succeed in their businesses, you’re on the right track. As traditional trade publications decline, companies have an opportunity to step in and deliver the information and connection that business buyers crave. “It’s about a problem or a question.”. Own your category.

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Where to Get an Education in B2B Content Marketing

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Most of us in B2B prepare content around business problems, focusing on technical information, how-to material, and industry trends. Visuals as a delivery mechanism for complex information. When your material lives on Twitter or LinkedIn, it is not under your full control. Focus on securing subscriptions.

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The 10 most fascinating people in B2B marketing in 2018

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He’s the insightful blogger of ChiefMarTech and program chair of the informative conferences. Olle Leckne, a Stockholm-based LinkedIn advisor, has created a clever lead generation process for appointment setting with highly refined audience targeting. Great work, Scott! . I have eliminated the word prospect from my vocabulary.”