Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2009

an information technology research and advisory company. corporate communications, employee communications, PR and investor communications. Every television commercial for IBM tells you to go to their web site. The web site shows their TV ads. New media and Web 2.0 Fouts presented yesterday in Boston.

Gartner 100

Gartner Social Media Social Marketing Planning 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

The Point

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

In a recent post , the folks over at Silicon Angle applied their usual insightful analysis to the results of an industry survey by marketing automation company Pardot , a survey that reports fully 42 percent of respondents (all B2B Marketers) have failed to generate any leads from their social media campaigns. Here they are, in a nutshell: 1.

Social Media 100

Social Media Demand Generation Agencies Media Leads 100

The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

Yup, it is more complicated when you get to the implementation phase of the program, and that’s where most companies fail. David Meerman Scott , in his book The New Rules of Marketing and PR points out that creating quality content is the new imperative: “The tools of the marketing and PR trade have changed.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Planning 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

d post an article I originally published 10 years ago in the October 1997 issue of Company Director magazine. Information overload is a fact of life for company directors, senior managers, and all professionals. For now, I thought Iâ??d Everything I wrote is still completely valid. John Naisbitt, author of Megatrends.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 100

WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 11, 2007

The umbrella term of "public relations" (PR) has always covered a number of specialties: media relations (primarily), investor relations, analyst relations, community relations, even employee relations. The social networking of Web 2.0 Used properly, the social media tools of Web 2.0

PR 20

PR Web 2.0 Blogger Public Relations 20

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Back in May of this year, I reported the results of a test of the impact on B2B website traffic growth using Web 2.0 social tagging. monthly growth rate for the year—still a respectable monthly traffic growth rate, but well below the trend line following the social tagging activity.

Tagging 20

Tagging Web 2.0 Traffic B2B Thought Leadership 20

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

MLT Creative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

October 7, TAG Social Business Event Atlanta, GA: TAG Social Business Presents: Serious Gaming - Social Business Can Be Fun and Games. October 10-13, Web 2.0 Expo New York, NY: This annual conference brings together people, ideas, connections, contacts, products, and companies to promote stronger Web 2.0

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Web 2.0 Marketing Management 40

MLT Creative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

October 7, TAG Social Business Event Atlanta, GA: TAG Social Business Presents: Serious Gaming - Social Business Can Be Fun and Games. October 10-13, Web 2.0 Expo New York, NY: This annual conference brings together people, ideas, connections, contacts, products, and companies to promote stronger Web 2.0

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Web 2.0 Marketing Management 40

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 18, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Top 10 Clichés to Avoid in B2B Marketing Content by Achinta Mitra on May 18, 2010 in B2B Marketing Collateral , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies You can find plenty of clichés used (overused?) in B2B marketing content.

B2B Marketing 60

B2B Marketing Web 2.0 Planning Demand Generation Agencies 60

WebMarketCentral

JULY 9, 2007

There are a number of online tools and methods to spread word of mouth online, but a key one is interactive PR. Blogs, online news releases, and other forms of Web content let organizations communicate directly with buyers.and here's something really neat: if you do a good job telling your story directly, the media will find out.

Word of Mouth 20

Word of Mouth PR Buzz Web 2.0 20

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform. Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. It’s about humanization.

Social Media 151

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 151

Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 28, 2010

Many businesses are holding back from social because they do not want to risk their budgets and reputation, but will feel forced by industry and consumer pressure to get involved if only from a customer service and PR standpoint. Because women are natural networkers and absolutely love the web 2.0

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media Web 2.0 100

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

There are two kinds of readers who won't like David Meerman Scott's The New Rules of Marketing & PR ; fortunately for the author, both groups are small. On the tactical side, Scott presents a coherent framework for integrating all the tools of Web 2.0 social media.

PR 20

PR Rules Web 2.0 Wiki 20

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. Dan Greenfield/PR+MKTG Camp Dec 16 2010 Good post. .&# Well as a B2B marketer, that sounds familiar doesn’t it?

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. Dan Greenfield/PR+MKTG Camp Dec 16 2010 Good post. .&# Well as a B2B marketer, that sounds familiar doesn’t it?

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency 100

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Is that due to the natural progression of success (all big companies are eventually vilified) or a fundamental shift in Apple's brand promise as ultra hip and very convenient? Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. You know what’s not a good idea? Pissing off Google.) Im Jay Baer.

Social Media 114

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 114

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

We want names, titles, email addresses, phone numbers, company revenues, number of employees, and while we’re at it give us your annual budget too. Will I get sales calls from each company that is presenting a class? Especially anything to do with the actual lead generation or companies making them. What do we do with it?

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Marketing Management 100

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

In the old days, email signatures pretty much just mirrored business card information: name, company, title, phone, fax (gotta love that 80's technology still hanging on!) A growing number of Web 2.0-savvy your title, company and location) and to give them different ways to contact you. and email address. signatures.

Social Media 20

Social Media Web 2.0 Ning Skype 20

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 24, 2009

MarketingSherpa's 2009 Social Media & PR Benchmark Guide (PDF) provides a wealth of useful statistics and guidance. Among the findings in MarketingSherpa's research: 76% of marketing and PR professionals "agree" or "strongly agree" that social media marketing is changing the way their organizations communicate. technologies."

Social Media 20

Social Media Paid Content Paid Search Agency Web 2.0 20

WebMarketCentral

MAY 18, 2009

What are some of the best free tools for monitoring social buzz about your brand or company? Discover these answers and others here in more of the best posts from the past year on social media marketing and PR. Social Tagging. Tags: Web 2.0 How can you create effective online video content on a budget?

Social Media 20

Social Media Web 2.0 iCrossing Optimization 20

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 15, 2009

According to their report, "two-thirds of marketers who work for organizations that have not used any form of social media marketing or PR consider themselves 'very knowledgeable” or “somewhat knowledgeable' about this emerging strategy. Social Tagging. Tags: Web 2.0

Social Media 20

Social Media Web 2.0 Media PR 20

WebMarketCentral

JULY 23, 2007

According to recent white paper from Robert Lesser, publisher of LeadGenTools.com , and Paul Dunay of the Buzz Marketing for Technology blog , "B2B marketers are not just embracing Web 2.0 They're rolling Web 2.0 More than half of marketers embracing Web 2.0 tools work in small to mid-sized companies.

Vendors 20

Vendors Web 2.0 Social Media RSS 20

Wondering Out Loud

JUNE 18, 2009

At the risk of making enemies of all who have weighed in on the subject, I beg all of you to please stop blogging, writing, talking & pontificating on the subject of WHY B2B companies need, should, have to use social media. Prove the value of exposing their brand to the new world of Web 2.0.

Web 2.0 40

Web 2.0 Social Media PR Tagging 40

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Social media, and discussions of its value for PR and marketing, have become ubiquitous. He also quotes a HubSpot study finding that three-quarters of bloggers in small to midsize companies say that " their company blogs were 'useful,' 'important,' or 'critical' to their business."

Social Media 20

Social Media Social Marketing Web 2.0 Paid Search Agency 20

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 25, 2008

Social Tagging Sites, Part 1: Alexa Rankings , April 29, 2007—the Alexa rankings for 42 popular Web 2.0 Social Tagging Sites, Part 7: The Best , June 26, 2007—the summary, after a 60-day test, of which Web 2.0 2. . ** technorati tags: best blog posts on social media marketing, Web 2.0,

Web 2.0 20

Web 2.0 Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Adwords 20

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 2, 2009

Interest in social media marketing is surging, with several recent studies showing that a majority of companies, of all sizes, are now using social media in some form for business purposes. But if most companies are already using social media in their marketing/PR mix, why is a consultant necessary?

Social Media 20

Social Media Consulting Social Marketing Media 20

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Online Marketers See High ROI from SEO by Marketing Pilgrim Blogger, SEO expert and PR pro Janet Meiners reports on an MarketingSherpa study detailing the growth in paid search and organic search engine optimization. Search marketing is also taking money away from other advertising and PR programs. UM Finds Web 2.0

Marketing Budget 20

Marketing Budget Web 2.0 Research Paid Search Agency 20

WebMarketCentral

JULY 13, 2009

What are the best examples of organizations using social media for marketing, promotion and interactive PR ? Looking for ideas on how your company could expand its use of social media? Many people add their company website and/or blog. How can you make more efficient use of social media?

LEADSExplorer 20

LEADSExplorer Social Media Optimization Web 2.0 20

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Three Ways People Who Aren't Running for President Can Make Social Media Pay by HubSpot's Inbound Marketing Blog Rick Burnes explains three ways that even organizations which don't have tens of millions of dollars to spend and thousands of volunteers can use social media for marketing and PR, and measure the return. Social Tagging.

LEADSExplorer 20

LEADSExplorer Social Media Optimization Web 2.0 20

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

Commitment : you will have to commit to spending time developing your social media strategy; it doesn’t work overnight and require backing from your company willing to let you spend time doing it. Set goals : this is important for any social media platform that your company is trying to use. and measure it religiously.

Inbound Marketing 100

Inbound Marketing Training Planning Work Management 100

WebMarketCentral

JULY 30, 2009

Understandably, as businesses begin to invest more marketing/PR dollars into social media, there is great concern over the ROI of these activities. No company, big or small, can afford to spend scarce funds inefficiently, particularly in the current economic environment. Does anyone have any experience with BrandX thingamabobs?").

Social Media 20

Social Media Paid Content ROI Media 20

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 1, 2007

Obviously, this tactic isn't available to start-up companies that haven't built a house list over time, and emailing to a rented list should always be done with great caution. After blog and trade press mentions, social media and social tagging sites such as Digg and del.icio.us are the most effective means of spreading viral content.

Viral Marketing 20

Viral Marketing Lead Generation Promotion Web 2.0 20

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 30, 2009

My company blocks all access to social media sites." We're only allowed to use Facebook and LinkedIn for one hour each day, from noon to 1:00, and we're not supposed to say anything about the company." "Our If employees are really determined to waste company time, they'll do so with or without Twitter and Facebook.

Social Media 20

Social Media Media Web 2.0 Tagging 20

WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 18, 2007

Creating and maintaining a profile on both sites, then creating connections to other people you know, can pay B2B PR dividends in at least three ways: - Profiles (particularly those on LinkedIn) show up well in searches for terms related to your position (so make sure your profile includes those key terms). . -

PR 20

PR Social Networks B2B Tagging 20

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 16, 2009

While there are some social media brand success stories , such as Blendtec and Starbucks on the B2C side, and Sun and IBM in B2B, most companies still struggle with optimizing their social media strategy and implementing tactics and measurement. A company's online presence is no longer limited to its website.

Social Media 20

Social Media Facebook Social Marketing Web 2.0 20