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Lead Generation Checklist - Part 1: Conversations, Not Campaigns

Everything Technology Marketing

Lead generation tactis are changing rapidly. Think of lead generation as a series of conversations with your audience, not campaigns. As Brian Carroll in his excellent B2B Lead Generation Blog points out, this way you will become a trusted advisor rather than just another sales person.

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Why Your Technology Firm Needs a Content Marketing Strategy

Everything Technology Marketing

Your content must be engaging right off-the-bat to pull the reader in, entice them to become a lead, and finally nurture them until they are ready to buy. Your content must be engaging right off-the-bat to pull the reader in, entice them to become a lead, and finally nurture them until they are ready to buy.

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Welcome to Everything Technology Marketing

Everything Technology Marketing

Welcome to the new blog "Everything Technology Marketing". As the title suggests, this blog will be about topics that are relevant and interesting to marketing professionals in high-tech industries - from software and IT to clean energy technologies. Sure there are already tons of blogs on marketing but few with a B2B technology focus.

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The Top-5 B2B Marketing Trends for 2012

Everything Technology Marketing

Social media has clearly evolved from the experimental stage to become an established marketing tactic and lead generator in 2011. 3 - Focus on lead quality In the past, it was difficult to gauge lead quality and lead gen's impact on sales pipeline, so in the absence of real quality indicators, more leads were considered better.

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5 Steps to Social Media Leads with Content Marketing

Everything Technology Marketing

The number one marketing trend for 2011, according to the 17,000 member B2B technology marketing group on LinkedIn, is the increasing integration of social media with traditional marketing tactics to drive qualified leads. John Cook’s comment to the blog post got straight to the point: "How do you accomplish this”?

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The Top-10 B2B Marketing Trends for 2011

Everything Technology Marketing

1 - Integration of social media into lead generation programs 2011 will be the year social media evolves from the experimental stage to become an established marketing tactic. Your competitors are catching up on the latest lead generation and nurturing tactics. Thank you for following and contributing to this blog.

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A Simple B2B Marketing Framework

Everything Technology Marketing

We often discuss in this blog how B2B marketing is becoming more complex, and how to manage this complexity. 4) Customer Marketing – Many marketing teams focus their attention and resources on new lead generation, often neglecting the ongoing nurturing of existing customers. But that's content for another blog post.