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

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Salesforce.com announces Chatter, social computing for enterprise companies. Technorati release their state of the blogosphere - shows that most bloggers are just hobbiest and number one use of Twitter is to promote blogs. Social media use soars among b-to-b marketers. FTC Urged To Clamp Down On Data Collection Online.

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Social media is only one part of your B2B inbound marketing engine. Is it time for a tune-up?

MLT Creative

Mount this inbound marketing engine under the hood of your website, and turbo-charge it with marketing automation and a CRM program such as Salesforce.com. It’s not about hard-selling or blasting out promotional “spam” as updates. The fuel for this engine is content. View Billy's Other Blog Posts.

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Content is King in B2B Marketing, but Customers are the Power Behind the Throne

MLT Creative

” There are several software programs that help support and organize customer engagement; Salesforce.com is a leading example. Known as the Idea Launch PadTM for B-to-B marketers, MLT Creative's services include strategic planning, positioning, brand development, advertising and sales promotions for business-to-business clients.

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How to Calculate Social Marketing ROI

Paul Gillin

The VP of marketing communications at SAP was recently asked by B-to-B magazine how she is measuring ROI on marketing efforts. Even then, a definitive correlation can’t be established until other factors are eliminated from consideration, such as a promotion or a new advertising campaign. Defining ROI.

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Top 37 B2B Marketing Posts and Hot Topics August 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

6 Rules for Content Marketing - Modern B2B Marketing , August 27, 2010 Marketers are working hard to create great content that can be used to create sales leads , drive website traffic, promote brand, and educate customers and prospects. The more non-promotional, the more valuable. B to B (18). don’t know your company.

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Summary of Sold-out "Science of Inbound Marketing" Session at Dreamforce 2011

Hubspot

Way back in September (seems so long ago), I had the opportunity to speak at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce conference (which is now the largest software conference in the world, with over 45,000 registrants). What's not as obvious is the value of what I call second order promotion. It does take some effort to promote it.