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Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix

Marketing Insider Group

They reported in a separate study by Technorati that blogs are right up there with many traditional media in terms of importance and influence on their buying behavior. From 7,205 bloggers, the survey reports that 81% have been blogging for more than 2 years, two thirds of bloggers are male, and 65% are age 18-44 years old.

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Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing Mix

Marketing Insider Group

So how do you incorporate social media into the marketing mix? It starts with one very important paradox that I also outlined in The 4 Cs of Social Media : social media is both a revolution in the way consumers interact with brands and yet we can approach it like any marketing channel. Amplify good news.

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Forecasting B2B Marketing Activities to Meet Sales Goals

Heinz Marketing

If your organization is not tracking your funnel metrics, I recommend investing in a marketing automation platform, where you can develop your lead and opportunity stages and track your marketing efforts. Forecasting Sales Leads. In this example, the marketing goal is to drive 100 new sales this year.

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Finding The Time To Tweet or Blog?

Marketing Insider Group

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 9, 2010 9 Subscribe Finding The Time To Tweet or Blog?

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The Objectives for the B2B Marketing Insider blog

Marketing Insider Group

I realize my first blog posts are a bit self-indulgent but since I am only talking to myself and a few friends, I hope you will allow me these few introspections until I grow my followers and hopefully start to dispense pearls of wisdom that become widely shared across the web. I have never blogged but I know how to build a website.

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The Objectives for the B2B Marketing Insider blog | B2B Marketing.

Marketing Insider Group

I realize my first blog posts are a bit self-indulgent but since I am only talking to myself and a few friends, I hope you will allow me these few introspections until I grow my followers and hopefully start to dispense pearls of wisdom that become widely shared across the web. I have never blogged but I know how to build a website.

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Content Marketing and Sales Alignment: 5 Mutual Benefits

KoMarketing Associates

This is especially true when it comes to the relationship between content marketers and sales teams. Here are 5 mutual benefits that can be realized when content marketing and sales teams work together: 1. Lead Generation. As a result, lead generation tops the list of organizational goals for B2B content marketers.