Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 11, 2010

The post is called B2B Social Media Strategy – 5 Steps to Gain Executive Buy-in and will show you how to develop your company’s B2B social media strategy.

Social Media 100

Social Media Buy Media Marketing & Strategy 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. Program Acceleration: the rate at which we move from a marketing concept to a campaign that is driving results. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Planning Budget Programs 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize. The company will not incur any expense until the meeting takes place, and you can be assured that if the meeting is valueless, you will not pay for it.

Sales Management 100

Sales Management Telemarketing Work Management Campaigns 100

markempa

APRIL 22, 2012

That’s why, when one of our Research Partners, a B2B telecommunications company, wanted to convert more inbound leads into sales-ready ones, we cut our response time. We typically phoned people who submitted a Web form on the company’s site within about five hours.

Lead Qualification 120

Lead Qualification Sales Qualified Leads B2B Sales High Quality Lead 120

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Social media marketing needs to figure out how to create meaningful relationships with consumers. As the good folks at Altimeter Group have stated: To be successful using social technologies, companies must first prepare and align internal roles, processes, policies and stakeholders with their business objectives.

Marketing Mix 100

Marketing Mix Social Media Social Marketing Media 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SEO continues to provide one of the best sources of leads for both B2B and B2C companies. If the objective of the ad buy is leads, then the media property should be able to assist you in driving the right message to their audience to identify relevant contacts for your sales teams.

Tactics 100

Tactics Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Leads 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

Using social media as a direct response vehicle - The reason for much of the success from B2C marketers is that the majority of their products are impulse purchases (i.e. For B2B companies, social media is more about interaction and knowledge sharing (think whitepapers, videos, thought leadership blogs, etc.).

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Brian starts by saying that “companies are not adapting quickly enough.&# Brazil and China, Ogilvy found that social media is extremely influential over buyers’ purchase decisions, that sales people see this change but do not think their companies are adapting quickly enough.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Social Marketing 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2010

Harnessing the Power of Twitter: Tips from Guy Kawasaki The focus of this discussion is how companies can leverage Twitter to grow their businesses. How to Build a Community on Twitter This post includes an overview of the recommendations and steps for building a community on Twitter presented by Jeremy Victor.

Social Media 100

Social Media Resources Media Web 2.0 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

Next, the article suggests you use social profiles to link back to your company site or campaign landing pages. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty.

Social Media 100

Social Media Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Media 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 5, 2010

Disclosure: I am a former employee of the Nielsen Company). That Is A Lot Of Time Spent Online Using Social Media Share Yes, that was my reaction to this online consumption study by the good folks at Nielsen. To me this was the biggest news of the week. Bigger than Lindsay Lohan. Bigger than “ The Bachelorette ” finale.

Social Media 100

Social Media Web 2.0 Burn Rate Media 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Table of Contents: • What a world view is and why you need one • Why B2B marketing ‘chops’ are essential to your success • How thinking beyond digital is the future • Why exposing your beliefs can be a powerful differentiator • The six things B2B marketing people really need to get good at, now. Share your thoughts, post a comment.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning B2B Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2010

Harnessing the Power of Twitter: Tips from Guy Kawasaki The focus of this discussion is how companies can leverage Twitter to grow their businesses. How to Build a Community on Twitter This post includes an overview of the recommendations and steps for building a community on Twitter presented by Jeremy Victor.

Social Media 100

Social Media Resources Media Web 2.0 100

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

AUGUST 12, 2010

However, you must continue to nurture those leads that are not yet ready to buy. 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.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 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. So here I will describe why I am in Marketing. Related Posts: The Role of B2B Marketing The Secret To B2B Social Media?

Planning 100

Planning Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction Enterprise Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

By engaging with customers on their terms, when they start the buying process and throughout their relationship with your company, you create a thinner and taller demand funnel. Marketing spend is much more efficient. For most B2B buying experiences, they expect to speak to a salesperson at some point in their journey.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Demand Digital Marketing Funnels Marketing Funnels 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Mary also states that consumers want all products to be like a game experience and asks if your company is keeping up. Internet Leadership: Mary shows a chart of leading Internet companies in 2004 and 2010. 7 companies on the list in 2010 were not on the list 6 years ago. But she thinks it will continue.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Paid Content Trends Paid Search Agency 100

Unbound B2B

JANUARY 10, 2023

Quick Summary: Outsourcing Lead Generation means hiring an external company to help you generate business leads. The cost-per-lead acquisition is different for every business based on size and market competition. Outsourcing lead generation services can save you time and money.

Cost per Lead 52

Cost per Lead Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 52

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I have recently met and spoken to people from companies far and wide who have shared this experience! Challenging conventional wisdom in a respectful way can lead to the kind of insights that most people miss. In the marketing strategy post I referenced above, I mention an old boss. And that can bring huge rewards.

Business 100

Business Peer-to-peer Web 2.0 Customer Satisfaction 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

I am an online and social media marketing strategist for a large B2B company in a highly competitive industry. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Finally, this is a journey.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning B2B 100

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

I am an online and social media marketing strategist for a large B2B company in a highly competitive industry. Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Finally, this is a journey.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning B2B 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. So here I will describe why I am in Marketing. Related Posts: The Role of B2B Marketing The Secret To B2B Social Media?

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction 100

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Brands are valuable assets that companies create, nurture and maintain with great care, right? And what role do marketers play in cultivating the brand and maintaining some level of consistency in our brand image? 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 26, 2010

It means allowing as many employees in our companies to interact with our customers as real people. I want to be that kind of marketer. It means listening to what will make our customers lives better. It means having real conversations with them. It means opening up to real criticism and actually listening.

Planning 100

Planning Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction Web 2.0 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

To review, Blogwell is an event sponsored by the Social Media Business Council , a &# community for social business leaders at large companies.&# To me this means that in many companies, we are still being asked to justify the time, budget or people required to support social media efforts. “Disclosure is the law.&#

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction Telemarketing 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

JULY 13, 2010

While social media is all part of a consumer revolution of peer-to-peer conversations and consumer-generated content, the Toolbox.com report states there is room for marketers to contribute since “online communities are open for participation and welcome the information and insights that their companies can add to the conversation.”

Social Media 100

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

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

Some creative marketers call these lists suspects. Inbound marketeering requires 2 simple things: First you need to be found and that requires the basic techniques of understanding how prospects search and the keywords they use. The days of sending a list of contacts to sales is over. To sales, they are a waste of time.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Content 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. 5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads.

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. 5% conversion rate of mostly unqualified leads.

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management 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. This may be an untapped opportunity for brands to truly connect and build trust with their audiences.

Organization 100

Organization Planning Paid Search Agency Allocation 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 3, 2011

With the mass amount of resources devoted to lead generation, the act of following up on leads has to be improved to experience growth in conversion rates. The key to generating, nurturing and closing leads is communication. Online marketing (such as search engine optimization and Pay Per Click) works best for inbound marketing.

Sales Qualified Leads 48

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Buying Cycle 48

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. 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”. This is the pipeline that you speak of in the post.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Sales Management Lead Ranking ROI 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

.&# Well as a B2B marketer, that sounds familiar doesn’t it? 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. Integrate digital and print. So what exactly is this telling us?

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

.&# Well as a B2B marketer, that sounds familiar doesn’t it? 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. Integrate digital and print. So what exactly is this telling us?

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency 100