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5 reasons B2B firms should invest in social media

Biznology

As buyers continue to avoid or ignore telemarketing and cold email attempts, they remain refreshingly open to genuine, personalized outreach on social media. Similarly, it pays to know what your competitors are up to and where else can you find such an extensive collection of the latest information on new hires, new clients and new products.

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2011 B2B Marketing Trends

Webbiquity

Generating PR “buzz&# and having a product perceived as “cutting edge&# were called significant challenges by only about a third of marketers, unchanged from last year. Tactics like telemarketing, PR and PPC advertising fell predominantly into the “somewhat effective&# camp. Post on Google Buzz.

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Perfect time to make a Sales Call in 2020

Valasys

Forget the questions like what’s the best time to cold call business owners & the best time for telemarketers to call – most B2B marketers are in a state of bamboozlement over the question of whether cold calling is still effective. In geographies like the USA, India & UK official week offs are on Saturday & Sunday.

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The 2013 Marketing Predictions Post: Content Marketing And Social Business

Marketing Insider Group

I predicted that we would see increased buzz talking about how to become a social business , how to execute content strategy and how to create a more mobile-optimized digital experience for our customers. I’m pretty happy to see that I wasn’t too far off. Where did I fall short? Taking The Brand Out Of The Story.

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Battle of the Gens: Demand Generation vs. Lead Generation

The Mx Group

Demand generation is the set of marketing activities focused on attracting an audience and drawing them toward your product or service. A comprehensive demand generation strategy supports the full customer lifecycle: Creating demand (or desire) for your product or service. Lead generation is the harvesting of that demand.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Lead Generation via Podcasts: An Interview With Paul Dunay

markempa

Paul also writes the insightful Buzz Marketing for Technology Blog. Outsource podcast production or do-it-yourself Hints and tips for marketers to start podcasting for lead generation Listen to podcast now (MP3 22 min 5.6 Paul also writes the insightful Buzz Marketing for Technology Blog.

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Social Media and The Brand

Marketing Insider Group

I think this quote in the article from Erich Joachimsthaler, Founder and CEO of Vivaldi Partners sums it up well: “Brand Social Currency is not about social media, not about buzz, not about tactics. They want a product that exemplifies a need. It is so much bigger. It gets to a brand’s long-term sustainability.