Linkedin and Twitter integrate. 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. Robert Half Technology study announces 54% of companies blog social media sites. LinkedIn to Launch Pay for Whitepaper Downloads. Here is our 2009 year in review.  Take a moment to reflect on the year’s most interesting, exciting and sometimes surprising online marketing news. Top word of 2009: Twitter. MORE >>

If you know Marketo then you know we love big lists, especially our big list of B2B Sales and Marketing blogs.  Instead, I have created a list of all the networking events I can think of, not counting those that just happen, like walking in the halls, sitting next to someone cool at a session, and in the lobby of the hotel. Also, check out this cool map created by another Dreamforce attendee that shows the location of many of the events I have listed here. Unofficial Networking Events: Marketing Automation Monday , 6pm – 8pm, TBD. Tweet-up , 6pm – 9pm, Press Club. MORE >>

Here is one example- creating social customer profiles: Social contacts allow you to access social profiles like Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook, deeply integrated into salesforce.com. Force.com, Heroku and Database.com didn’t go unnoticed at the event. Social Enterprise is now a reality – Welcome to Dreamforce 2012 was posted at Modern B2B Marketing - Marketo Best Practices Blog. | [link]. B2B Marketing Salesforce.comby Maria Pergolino It’s a social revolution.  The enterprise is in the cloud. Welcome to Dreamforce 2011. Now starts the fun.  MORE >>

With more than 30,000 attendees expected, a jammed expo floor and some of the best keynote speakers you can fit in less than a week, Dreamforce is the cloud computing event of the year. But it can be a dizzying event if you’re not prepped. Evernote – Dreamforce can inspire a lot of great ideas: campaign concepts, blog posts, software to invest in, etc. Be sure to download one now and save time at the event. This advice applies to many aspects of this event. This event draws a lot of folks, and those direct flights to San Francisco get particularly full. MORE >>

Virtually every social media monitoring tool worthy of the label covers the big social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter), social bookmarking sites (Digg, Reddit) and content sharing sites (YouTube, Flickr). Many include at least the most popular blogs as well. You may discover any of these events through social media monitoring, but in each case not is the response different but the respondent is too. Salesforce.com ), marketing automation tools and web analytics packages. But how do you choose one? Range of coverage. Frequency of alerts. Workflow capabilities. MORE >>