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Takeaways from BtoB's NetMarketing Breakfast in Boston

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In a BtoB test, Facebook beat LinkedIn and Twitter when measuring response to targeted ads (IT hardware product). Here are just a few notes I jotted down during the event: By the end of 2012, at least 25% of the content on websites will be video. Mobile will eclipse standard browsers by 2013.

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Content Marketing is Doomed! (Or, why Las Vegas cookery isn’t all that good anyway)

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He is former East Coast Bureau Chief of Crain''s "BtoB" magazine, and former editor-in-chief of Nielsen''s "Sales & Marketing Management" magazine. Today''s guest post is by Christopher Hosford, editor-in-chief and head writer at HosfordGroup LLC, a New York City-based content marketing agency.

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Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Protect Your Online Reputation

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LinkedIn revamps contacts tool to boost relationship management. The LinkedIn Contacts tool that began for some select users could help marketers organize, maintain, and nurture business contacts. Via ClickZ. Lead Generation Poses Biggest Challenge for B2Bs. Via eMarketer. The Most Effective E-mails Are Personal.

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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

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LinkedIn was rated eighth out of 13 channels and YouTube was 10th, followed by Google+, and Twitter. B-to-b marketers have had issues with Facebook for a while, but what accounts for the poor evaluation of LinkedIn, a perennial b-to-b darling? 1 in providing the greatest business value to companies. And YouTube in 10th place?

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B2B Prospecting Data Just Keeps Getting Better

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Links to LinkedIn profiles of company managers (Stirista). Crain’s BtoB magazine named Ruth one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Marketing. List of company competitors (OneSource). Biographies of company contacts (OneSource). Employees who travel internationally (Harte-Hanks).

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Is Lead Generation Slipping Away From Marketing?

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” But in a recent post on the Sales Lead Management Group on LinkedIn, Kevin McArdle, the regional sales manager for Eloqua (Chicago), advocated that sales departments should take over lead gen and he makes the following points: Sales departments are responsible for revenue. Kate Maddox. Digital Edge. Maddox and Hosford. Tech enables.

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PowerViews with Paul Gillin: Social Media – Pick Your Spots & Focus

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He is a regular contributor to BtoB Magazine and was founding editor of TechTarget and editor-in-chief of Computerworld. Companies are on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and have a blog—very often with just one person devoted to maintaining all these outlets. It's got to be a solid budget item".