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5 reasons B2B firms should invest in social media

Biznology

Over the last ten years, there has been a profound change in the way business people make buying decisions, and social media is at the heart of this. In most B2B industries today buyers will check providers out on social media as part of their decision-making process. Expanding brand awareness.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Telemarketing big with Xerox

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« Podcast: Marketing and Sales for Big Complex Selling (Pt 1) | Main | Podcast: Marketing and Sales for Big Complex Selling (pt 3) » Telemarketing big with Xerox Do you use the telephone as part of your multi-modal lead generation strategy? Telemarketing, as Xerox shows, is still a.

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Social Media and The Brand

Marketing Insider Group

But while social media offers an opportunity to extend the reach of a brand message, it also presents great risks through that extension. The answer is that brands have a compelling need: …to communicate who you are as a brand and what you stand for through social media in a far more consistent, strategic and global way.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Social Media Pundits Disconnect from B2B Marketing

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« The Physics of Trigger Events for Lead Generation | Main | Online Lead Generation and Management Strategies that Get Results » Social Media Pundits Disconnect from B2B Marketing As someone in B2B, do you feel left out of the social media buzz? Well, this may be true, but social.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Telemarketing is the top lead generation tactic

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The data came from over 500 campaigns from 21 industries and tracked 19 different tactics including: outbound telemarketing, direct mail, search marketing, and e-mail among others. Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0

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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. Tweet This!

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Word-of-mouth marketing gets BtoB people buzzing

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Main | Research confirms that B2B Companies Continue to Struggle with Lead Generation and Follow-up » Word-of-mouth marketing gets BtoB people buzzing I just heard that I was quoted in BtoB Magazine on word-of-mouth marketing (WOM). BtoBOnline Link: Word-of-mouth marketing gets people buzzing.