Who are the top B2B Marketing influencers on twitter? To answer this question, I looked at a variety of factors including twitter followers, profiles that included “B2B marketing,” the focus of their tweets including the hashtag # B2BMarketing , as well as a variety of social scoring tools using the keyword. The list is not in any particular order and I’ve created a B2B Marketing Influencers Twitter list as well. B2B_Chat – # B2BChat – Weekly Twitter chat for B2B marketers – 8 p.m. Find New Customers www.findnewcustomers.com. MORE >>

Talking recently with Cheryl Burgess ( @ckburgess )—partner and CMO at Blue Focus Marketing, a B2B social branding consultancy firm in Bridgewater, New Jersey; 2011 & 2010 winner of the Twitter Shorty Awards in Marketing; and author of the Blue Focus Marketing Blog —we were both struck by how many of the same people we know through social media (and we both learned about some interesting new people to follow as well). One source of inspiration was Twitter’s Top 75 Badass Women by Diana Adams ( @adamsconsulting ) and Amy D. And she’s energetic and inspirational on Twitter. MORE >>

Artillery B2B Marketing Blog > The Forward Observer Companies who create marketing that their prospects and customers love can sell more, keep their customers longer and be less reliant on price competition. In a HubSpot eBook, the steps to developing lovable marketing are outlined: Develop a Stellar Marketing Offer - It should be educational and helpful, focus on the right stage of the sales funnel, and be in the right formats. At Inbound 2012, HubSpot introduced its newest version of its powerful marketing software, HubSpot 3. That's a relief. Until now. MORE >>

Twitter came of age in 2010, growing at a scorching pace —from 75 million users at the beginning of the year to more than 190 million by the end of December. Twitter is used (officially) in 65 of the Fortune 100 companies , 63% of small to midsized businesses, and nearly half of all B2B enterprises. Which companies are really succeeding on Twitter, and how are they doing it? What’s a Twitter chat, and how do I participate in one? Which are the most helpful third-party tools for Twitter? How to Get More Followers on Twitter. Twitter Tools. MORE >>

Face it -- a company Twitter profile is incomplete without a custom Twitter background. Either read the step-by-step instructions below, or follow along during the video tutorial to whip together an awesome custom Twitter background. Don’t shy away from creating a background for your individual, personal Twitter account either! Twitter is a great resource for networking and personal branding. Just be sure you own the rights to the image you choose, and consider how it will look when part of it is covered up by the Twitter feed. MORE >>