Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

For B2B companies, social media is more about interaction and knowledge sharing (think whitepapers, videos, thought leadership blogs, etc.). B2B companies that succeed are those that have a clear objective and implement a strategy based on market research and a commitment to seeing their efforts through to completion.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives.

Social Media 100

Social Media Resources Media Web 2.0 100

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

It not just driving revenues for the company, 44% of marketers said their own compensation was tied to sales. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning B2B Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

It not just driving revenues for the company, 44% of marketers said their own compensation was tied to sales. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning B2B Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It means listening to what will make our customers lives better. It means allowing as many employees in our companies to interact with our customers as real people. Umair even suggests that if we can achieve this, our customers might actually love us. .&# It means having real conversations with them.

Planning 100

Planning Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction Web 2.0 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives.

Social Media 100

Social Media Resources Media Web 2.0 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 9, 2010

[link] #mobile #augmentedreality » RT @B2CMKTGInsider : 3 Effective Ways to Use Twitter for Business (Without Annoying People) [link] » The 7 Burning B2B Social Media Questions [link] » Tags Augmented Reality B2B Marketing B2C Marketing Blog Blogwell Brand Management Content Marketing customer Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty Digital (..)

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Co-Registration Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

Ultimately it comes down to determining where can we achieve the greatest return from people, process and marketing tools to meet customer needs. In order to increase the speed of innovation, you need formal innovation programs driven from the top of the company (such as Dell’s IdeaStorm and EmployeeStorm ). So how do we get there?

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Planning Budget Programs 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Since most of us have found ourselves in a position or a company that is not exactly on the path we imagined when we were younger, it makes sense to ponder what exactly has delivered us to the place we stand. I am a B2B marketer because I think our job can be made simpler if we simply focus on the customer. But that is all we do!

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

According to Kit Eaton , from Fast Company magazine in his article “ State of the Blogosphere “: There’s plenty more data in there, but the headline summary would seem to be that blogging is rapidly becoming more professional, and it’s challenging the mainstream media in terms of influence over consumer spending habits.

Marketing Mix 100

Marketing Mix Marketing Report Blogspot Blogger 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

He goes on to explain how most marketers’ budgets are not aligned to what McKinsey calls the &# customer decision journey.&# Brian starts by saying that “companies are not adapting quickly enough.&# For marketers, the old way of doing business is unsustainable. In their research with 1,000 sales executives in the U.S.,

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Social Marketing 100

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Brands are valuable assets that companies create, nurture and maintain with great care, right? Well, we know that customers will pay a premium for brands they trust or simply will be more willing to spend their hard-earned money with a strong brand. But how do you measure brand value in the social age? It is so much bigger.

Social Media 100

Social Media Brand Identity Branding Media 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Real value comes from producing customers who stay and who have an amazing customer experience so they buy more. That is why customer lifetime value to me is a much more important metric. This also brings marketers into the dicussion around real value created for the organization.

Paid Search Agency 100

Paid Search Agency Planning Lead Qualification Lead Ranking 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I have recently met and spoken to people from companies far and wide who have shared this experience! He was the marketing leader of a former company. And the document had to include words in complete sentences and financial calculations and projections performed by a financial business partner in our company. Sales projections?

Business 100

Business Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 Customer Satisfaction 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

He suggests you use the common tools of the trade like Twitter, Facebook and Google Alerts as well as more advanced sources like Google trends and Customer Service data. Next, the article suggests you use social profiles to link back to your company site or campaign landing pages.

Social Media 100

Social Media Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Media 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Share: Read more from Strategy B2B Marketing , Content Marketing , Inbound Marketing , Marketing Innovation , Search Marketing , Social Media Click here to cancel reply.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning B2B Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

In phase 1, the 2 companies relied on a Question and Answer format to determine the impact of buying stage on the keyword combinations used by IT buyers. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Paid Search Agency 100

Paid Search Agency Web 2.0 Customer Satisfaction Keywords 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

To our customers there is no funnel. I believe we should align our efforts to customer needs. The earlier engagement and continuous activity level will create more efficient demand management by delivering against customer needs. Our customers will tell us when they are ready to speak to a salesperson.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Demand Digital Marketing Funnels Marketing Funnels 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

“As user-generated content becomes a greater part of professional workflow, it is important for B2B marketers to understand not only where their customers are interacting, but also their motivations when they are consuming or participating in these communities. Trend #4: Social media participants expect companies to join the conversation.

Social Media 100

Social Media Peer-to-peer Social Marketing B2B Marketing 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position.

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position.

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

When I see B2B Marketers who have forgotten that we serve customers and create marketing campaigns with little research into customer needs or pains or the words they use to express their pains, it makes me crazy. I am an online and social media marketing strategist for a large B2B company in a highly competitive industry.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning B2B 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

When I see B2B Marketers who have forgotten that we serve customers and create marketing campaigns with little research into customer needs or pains or the words they use to express their pains, it makes me crazy. I am an online and social media marketing strategist for a large B2B company in a highly competitive industry.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning B2B 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

All this is starting to create massive and revolutionary changes in the way businesses in general and marketers in particular interact with customers. The web did not replace either. Customer lists provide a tremendous opportunity for selling additional solutions and services or upgrades. Other channels have not closed yet.

Tactics 100

Tactics Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Leads 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 24, 2010

While marketers have embraced these chats as a way of connecting with fellow marketers and sharing ideas, companies/brands have been relatively non-existent in these conversations. They also may include a formal agenda with a specific leader/speaker/moderator or they might involve a free flowing discussion between all participants.

Organization 100

Organization Planning Paid Search Agency Allocation 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Most CEOs of manufacturing, engineering and technical companies do not believe in the value of brand building and consider it the domain of consumer marketing (B2C). Yes, GE and Microsoft sell directly to end-users but they are primarily B2B companies. Branding is an expense item like the rest of marketing. Definitely not.”

Relevance 60

Relevance B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Branding 60

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Maybe the NY Times is providing an excellent parallel to companies that are not quite experiencing the “fight for survival&# that traditional media companies and newspapers are facing. What I think Jennifer and Mallary are suggesting is that only through real integration can we accomplish the value of customer engagement.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Maybe the NY Times is providing an excellent parallel to companies that are not quite experiencing the “fight for survival&# that traditional media companies and newspapers are facing. What I think Jennifer and Mallary are suggesting is that only through real integration can we accomplish the value of customer engagement.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2010

The session will be moderated by David Rosen, Chief of B2B Social Media at Makovsky + Company. According to David Rosen from Makovsky + Company: I called it the “Forbidden Dance&# because the primary obstacle (in my view) to B2Bs adopting social media is no longer the question of whether it works. It’s all about content!

Social Media 100

Social Media Media B2B Budget Programs 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Opt-outs increased and our brand image suffered — all because we were spamming our customers. What we need is Insight-driven marketing that starts with the customer. It’s about customers and getting them to chose us over the competition because we have better met their needs. Then the economy turned. Squeezed out.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

In contrast to traditional marketing methods that aim to increase sales or awareness through interruption techniques, content marketing subscribes to the notion that delivering high-quality, relevant and valuable information to prospects and customers drives profitable consumer action. Use your existing customers as the base.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Content Marketing 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I start with a list of fellow employees and company news I want to share. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Read and Connect: I check Facebook for updates. I check LinkedIn for connection requests.

Peer-to-peer 100

Peer-to-peer B2B Thought Leadership Paid Search Agency Social Media 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2010

You know that Social Media is Not a Strategy where the author comments: it’s not that companies tweet or post photos to flickr that is behind their success; it’s the fact that these efforts further their overall strategy of content creation, customer acquisition, and product positioning. But you are smart.

Marketing Strategy 100

Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Planning Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2010

You know that Social Media is Not a Strategy where the author comments: it’s not that companies tweet or post photos to flickr that is behind their success; it’s the fact that these efforts further their overall strategy of content creation, customer acquisition, and product positioning. But you are smart.

Marketing Strategy 100

Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Planning Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. Customers decide when and how to engage with us in the buying journey. If you need to create content – research the top trending keywords, article titles, and customer pain points.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Sales Management Lead Ranking ROI 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

The companies that are able to create a sustainable responder generation program will see higher conversions and sales. However, it is difficult for companies to gain inbound responders in large volumes, and too many companies do not have an optimal responder program in place to drive whatever responders they receive to an eventual sale.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

In some companies “nurture happens&# almost by accident. Contacts from companies that are qualified as leads but not yet passed to sales can end up landing in the target list for an email blast or an event invitation. In other companies lead nurture is a very formal and well-defined process. When they ask for better leads.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 100