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B2B prospecting data just keeps getting better

Biznology

Some of the more intriguing fields now available to marketers include: Spending levels on legal services, insurance, advertising, accounting services, utilities, and office equipment (Infogroup). Out-of-business indicator, plus credit rating and parent/subsidiary linkages (Salesforce.com). Company SWOT analysis (OneSource).

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Where is B2B data-driven marketing headed?

Biznology

Data is the most important thing in marketing today,” says Kathleen Schaub, VP at IDC’s CMO Advisory Service. Jeffrey Rohr, VP of marketing insights at Salesforce.com, puts a slightly different spin on this matter, with his intriguing point that B2Cis increasingly taking a page from the B2B playbook. What are your predictions?

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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. Twitter updates Terms of Service leaving them open to advertising . Social media use soars among b-to-b marketers. Facebook changes terms of service which creates big frustration with user community. Twitter creates Twitter Lists.

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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. Your company’s content includes your products and services information, but that’s the last thing you add to the mix. The fuel for this engine is content.

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

MLT Creative

Anyone in marketing who’s not listening to sales or customer service for insights is working in the dark. ” Of course, the most literal example is when a company representative – either in sales, customer service, tech support – meets with a customer face to face. This is easy.

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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. That’s what Pitney Bowes did when a 2007 Postal Service rate increase prompted 430,000 calls from customers. Let’s say we implement a customer self-service portal as a way to reduce support costs.

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Top 60 B2B Marketing Posts and Hottest Topics November 2010

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Audience: Business Development Professionals, Marketing Managers, Channel Managers, Customer Service Professionals, Product Managers. There is now a Product and Services tab that lets you feature everything about your company and what you sell. Twitter for B2B Marketing - MI6 Marketing Agency , November 18, 2010 Author: Chris Herbert.