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10 Lessons From Mom To Make You A Better B2B Marketer

Digital B2B Marketing

Scoring leads, establishing marketing automation, building thought leadership, creating demand… it isn’t easy. Don’t Stretch The Truth Your product really does that? Today, case studies, award submissions and product information are ripe with claims that stretch the truth to the breaking point.

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Social Media Success Starts with Commitment, Not Pilot

Digital B2B Marketing

One of the biggest differences between social media and most other marketing channels is the idea of developing an audience. Cisco has seen huge success from social media (and other non-traditional channels) for product launches , but Cisco was investing in social media for years before seeing these results.

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Thought Leadership Marketing is an Oxymoron

Digital B2B Marketing

Gartner defines thought leadership marketing as “the giving — for free or at a nominal charge — of information or advice that a client will value so as to create awareness of the outcome that a company’s product or service can deliver, in order to position and differentiate that offering and stimulate demand for it.&#.

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Three Questions for Measuring Social, Not Media

Digital B2B Marketing

One of the challenges of measuring social media ROI is the return comes in many different forms. What is the return on people talking about your brand and product between each other? How do you measure building real and valuable relationships in social media? Are your answers the returns you are expecting from social media?

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The Lie of B2B Brand Advertising

Digital B2B Marketing

Companies like IBM and Coca-Cola have invested billions in building their brands. Consider this: is the difference between 50% and 53% awareness really going to make that big of a difference in your demand generation results? Would you have been better off with more direct mail, content promotion or telemarketing?

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The Mobile App Your Marketing Needs

Digital B2B Marketing

App Statistics From a Different Angle. Now let’s look at these stats a bit differently. One thing is immediately clear reading this list: every application here delivers a core service of a company or product. Then, maybe, you can ask about building your own mobile app again. apps per day in Q4 of 2012.