Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 18, 2010

So I ran across some interesting stats last week when I picked up a tweet from Jeff Bullas on the 15 essential social media facts and figures for B2B Marketing. It’s amazing to see so much written on this topic which leads me to believe the party is over. That’s a good thing yes but I don’t feel like we are there yet.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 9, 2010

At the recent ITSMA Marketing Leadership forum I was stunned by a presentation given by Sean Geehan CEO of the Geehan Group author of the upcoming book the B2B Executive Playbook. Which is what the CEO and the market wants from you anyway!). Its time to start embracing those few people in ways B2B marketers haven’t before.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Join guest host Jeff Ogden and special guest Paul Dunay, CMO of Networked Insights and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies, as they discuss: Recent changes in B2B marketing. Facebook’s IPO and what it means for marketers. New social media tools for B2B marketers. Marketing needs to be more Adaptive!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Around this time last year I wrote about the 10 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2010 and while I would say 7 out of 10 have already materialized and the others are on their way. So that begs the question – what’s on the horizon specifically for B2B Marketers next year? It’s all based on Facebook’s algorithm called EdgeRank.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 11, 2010

To help achieve that goal, organizations now adopt formal processes that structure how the listen for mentions of their brands in Social Media and B2B Marketers are no different. Related posts: Social Media Budget Ratio in B2B Marketing In my new advisory role for the members of MENG. Share this on Reddit.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 7, 2012

After last weeks show, guest host Jeff Ogden and B2B marketing expert, Paul Dunay discuss: - Marketing at a small company versus a larger company. MadMarketingTV is sponsored by Act-On Software: Marketing Automation for the Fortune 5 Million. Buyer personas and the importance of knowing your buyers.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 18, 2010

In the last post we covered how to create a Social Media Lead Flow. For example, if your focus is on monitoring mentions or bird dogging leads as I described in the last post you should seek out vendors that specialize in this type of analysis. Social Media Budget Ratio in B2B Marketing In my new advisory role for the members of MENG.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 17, 2015

This week I had the pleasure of reading a new report from Smart Insights on the State of Digital Marketing 2015 and decided to dig in a bit further with an interview. 1) What do you think the biggest change to Digital Marketing for B2B firms will be in the next year?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

You can call it Inbound Marketing (like the folks at HubSpot do) or you could call it Content Marketing (like the folks at Junta42 do) but whatever you call it its the basis for all your online activity. Related posts: Spray and Pray Marketing 2.0 The lasso part is really about an “away game&# for your content.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 21, 2010

Ok ok – based on the great response I got from my readers on my last blog post The 4 C’s of B2B Marketing I thought I would try to apply the same principle to Social Media Marketing. 4 Launch them using all available S ocial Media - think Inbound Marketing by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah. . #2

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

You often hear about the concept of mapping content to the sales funnel (especially in B2B Marketing) but it’s not so common in practice. Related posts: Influencers vs Advocates in B2B Marketing According to Wikipedia – Influencer Marketing is a form of. Could Facebook become a Lead Nurturing platform?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

You often hear about the concept of mapping content to the sales funnel (especially in B2B Marketing) but it’s not so common in practice. Related posts: Influencers vs Advocates in B2B Marketing According to Wikipedia – Influencer Marketing is a form of. Could Facebook become a Lead Nurturing platform?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 6, 2010

When you think of lead nurturing platforms you typically think of firms like Eloqua, Marketo, Aprimo, LeadLife, Market2Lead, Silverpop, even Salesforce.com is getting into the lead nurturing space. Element #2 – Email – the most critical element of a lead nurturing platform is email. But Facebook? Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Far and away one of the best blog posts I wrote this year was on the new 4′c of B2B Marketing – it was read over 15,000 times and 3X more popular than the next most read blog post of the year. The four P’s were created mainly to describe the ideal “marketing mix.”. Is The White Paper Dead for B2B Marketing?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

In David Meerman Scott’s ebook Lose Control of your Marketing he talks a lot about the spread of ideas. Artists like Bec Hollcraft who know full well the goal is attracting enough attention and leveraging buzz marketing to get a record deal. It reminds me of the Grateful Dead who were hip to this idea long before Bec was even born.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2011

I’ve been working with many B2B companies to help them figure out when and how to use social media in their business. One area that few people have written about is how to use social media for solution marketing. 1) Is there a market for your solution? 1) Is there a market for your solution?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 26, 2011

Social Media Lead flow in B2B Marketing Word spreads quickly in Social Media – sometimes more quickly. Social Media Budget Ratio in B2B Marketing In my new advisory role for the members of MENG. Related posts: Social Media for the Boardroom At a recent BlogWell event I got a chance to.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

A recent Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) survey found that only 20% of CMO’s felt social media produced measurable ROI and 62% hoped it may someday. B2B marketers often host bi-annual advisory boards or annual user group meetings and these are just screaming for a way to keep them connected via a tool like on online community.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Hello affiliate marketing – I love it! For marketers the like button holds some significant promise for extending the lifespan of your content. Could Facebook become a Lead Nurturing platform? When you think of lead nurturing platforms you typically think. Will Facebook replace your B2B Marketing email system?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 30, 2010

In a recent speech by Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research at the ITSMA Marketing Leadership forum it occurred to me that customer acquisition is no longer an “end state” for marketers its somewhere in the middle. B2B Marketers need to examine and invest in this area of the spectrum – the customer retention area.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 14, 2010

It’s a fallacy to think we as marketers can understand the business impact of our programs in a mere 6 month period – after all we are in B2B marketing not B2C. There are dollars sitting in your pipeline just waiting to show your marketing impact – what I like to call the shadow pipeline. Send this page to Print Friendly.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 14, 2010

Whether you are a CMO’s of a B2C or B2B Marketing team the key in this next decade is sharing and the key to sharing is Content! Some people call it Content Marketing (Junta42) some people call it Inbound Marketing (HubSpot) but the meaning is basically the same. And I couldn’t help but agree.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 10, 2015

This webinar was sponsored by Synthesio and featured Brian Melinat (@ brianmelinat ) Director of Marketing Analytics within Dell, Kristine Vick (@ kristinevick ) Principal in the Digital and Content team at SAS, and Ben Lapidus (@ benlapidus ) Senior Sales Engineer at Synthesio. Listen for Lead Gen opportunities.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Normally email and profit don't go in the same sentence at least in the minds of most B2B marketers – but actually they should. Webster is a frequent keynote speaker on behavioral targeting, profitable and effective email marketing, and cross-channel marketing programs. Don't miss he views on this topic.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 8, 2010

The issue here is much the same as email (the more email you send the more you get back) so if you start responding on the social web – it will likely lead to more opportunities to respond. Related posts: Using Content to Build Trust in B2B Marketing In the recent Edelman Trust Barometer report they detail out.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 21, 2010

Related posts: CMO Challenges in Driving Data into Insights A good friend and former colleague of mine Dan Neely, Social Media Listening for B2B Marketing One of the biggest challenges for organizations today is managing. Social Media Lead flow in B2B Marketing Word spreads quickly in Social Media – sometimes more quickly.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 18, 2009

This isn’t a new problem – how to measure lead generation from online activity is as old as the web itself. There are other examples of B2B tech companies that put a special 800 number in their white papers to signal the call is coming in from a download on the website. Tags: social media Lead Generation.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Said differently, I think they are looking for Marketing Technologists! This got me thinking about an idea I’ve had for the past year about the need for a new role in the marketing organization: Marketing Technologist. In researching the concept further, I came across the Chief Marketing Technologist blog by Scott Brinker.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A recent Forrester report called The Intelligent Approach to Customer Intelligence does a good job outlining the challenges of creating data that can truly be used for driving strategic marketing decisions (what they call Strategic Intelligence). But for most B2B marketers like myself – we tend to optimize by the channel of data that we have.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

As a PR and Marketing specialist it is becoming mandatory for businesses today to identify the communities that are actively defining and shaping the future of your business in places like blogs, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, as well as traditional media. Tags: PR Buzz Marketing. Full Disclosure: BearingPoint is a Beta Client of BuzzGain.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 4, 2010

Why is Google Scared and What it means for B2B Marketing! Tags: Advertising Branding Customer Experience Lead Generation Media Online Advertising Pay Per Click. Generating a Buyer Persona with Facebook Advertising I am a big fan of David Meerman Scott’s work. At a recent dinner with a buddy of mine from.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 4, 2011

I met Luke at the ITSMA Marketing Leaders event back in May of this year and I committed to Luke to train my entire leadership team in the art and science of Innovation Games. Need to prioritize a list of marketing initiatives? – Related posts: B2B Marketing needs a stronger Why Last year I wrote about how the balance of content.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A recent Forrester report called The Intelligent Approach to Customer Intelligence does a good job outlining the challenges of creating data that can truly be used for driving strategic marketing decisions (what they call Strategic Intelligence). But for most B2B marketers like myself – we tend to optimize by the channel of data that we have.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 10, 2013

Posted in Behavioral Targeting Commerce Conversion Conversion Optimization Customer Experience eCommerce Interactive Marketing Personalization Testing. Many marketers get this wrong. Which may lead you to believe that the key is to boost your traffic as much as possible. Or doubling your conversion rate? Personalizing wins.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Like any social network that you may join you have those that join and just lurk, those that maybe make a comment or contribute but then you have those who stand up, take some initiative and lead! TV certainly isn't working for the creation of new consumer or B2B brands. That's what Seth Godin's new book Tribes is all about.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

3 More ROIs in Social Media – Conversations Leads and Advocates If you follow me you know I talk a lot. Social Media Listening for B2B Marketing One of the biggest challenges for organizations today is managing. Related posts: Social Customer Support: AT&T is doing it Right!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 5, 2013

Posted in Behavioral Targeting Business Intelligence Conversion Conversion Optimization Customer Experience Interactive Marketing Internet Search SEO Strategy User Generated Content. These behaviors have redefined the way marketers now plan for online shoppers—causing a tremendous shift away from the way they used to plan their campaigns.

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