Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 14, 2010

It’s a fallacy to think we as marketers can understand the business impact of our programs in a mere 6 month period – after all we are in B2B marketing not B2C. There are dollars sitting in your pipeline just waiting to show your marketing impact – what I like to call the shadow pipeline. It’s a highly considered purchase.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Marketing automation provider Marketo has just published The Definitive Guide to Lead Nurturing , a white paper that provides real value, covering the lead nurturing process from the basic how and why through ROI measurement. The guide itself is well-researched, clearly written and highly practical.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

You often hear about the concept of mapping content to the sales funnel (especially in B2B Marketing) but it’s not so common in practice. This gets to the final decision makers desk and helps out the sales force immensely since they can never seem to have enough of these in their toolkit. B2B Marketing Content: Lure or Lasso?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

You often hear about the concept of mapping content to the sales funnel (especially in B2B Marketing) but it’s not so common in practice. This gets to the final decision makers desk and helps out the sales force immensely since they can never seem to have enough of these in their toolkit. B2B Marketing Content: Lure or Lasso?

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

One of the biggest challenges b2b marketers face is what to do with all of those “names&# that come into your system that aren’t really “leads&# yet; contacts collected from white paper downloads, webinar registrations, trade shows and other activities. “Marketing automation&# is a misleading term.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

MarketingSherpa recently released its 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. As MarketingSherpa notes, “Year after year, the greatest challenge that B2B organizations face is generating high-quality leads.&#. You can download the executive summary for free (or pay $400 for the full report ).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 4, 2010

The numbers coming in about the iPad is already staggering (The iPad already has sold over 500000 units since it went on sale April 3) without what some would consider being key features (no camera, no phone, no flash, no multi-tasking etc). Why is Google Scared and What it means for B2B Marketing! Answer – Yes I think it could!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 16, 2010

You must keep a constant eye on mentions of your brand, your products and your services in order to survive in this market landscape. I am happy to say that the potential customer did, and 13 days later, we closed a $250,000 sale. Related posts: Why is measuring Lead Gen in Social Media so hard? Tweet This! Share this on Reddit.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. Without a solid content strategy to support that movement through the marketing and sales cycle, all you’ve got is a nice email system.

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JANUARY 7, 2011

Social media marketing has progressed from radical new idea to widely adopted practice in a remarkably short period of time. Three-quarters of b2b buyers use social media at some point during their purchase decision process, and marketers are responding with increased spending on social media marketing. So what’s next?

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Effective lead nurturing is crucial to successful b2b marketing. Lead nurturing can help you improve your lead conversions over time. ” “ Lead nurturing will generate an increase in sale opportunities up to 20%. ” “ Lead nurturing can help you build a trusted relationship with your economic buyer.”

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Marketing automation / demand generation software provider Manticore today announced the release of Manticore Technology VII, which includes a fully customizable user interface, email and landing page folders, an email delivery wizard, and drag-and-drop list building functionality. The company’s original focus was on web analytics.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 6, 2010

When you think of lead nurturing platforms you typically think of firms like Eloqua, Marketo, Aprimo, LeadLife, Market2Lead, Silverpop, even Salesforce.com is getting into the lead nurturing space. Element #2 – Email – the most critical element of a lead nurturing platform is email. But Facebook? Tweet This!

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. This presents misunderstandings (at the least) and enlists your people beyond just the marketing and PR groups. Amen!). .&#

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

But these days for B2B Marketers I think we need to take it a step further and say that “Content is Media&#. If you have been following my thoughts on the 4 C’s of Marketing – it all starts with content. Building a solid content creation engine is critical to B2B marketers today. Can you stick to it?

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Writing on the Web

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Here are some content marketing tips to save you time and energy while getting more visibility on the Web. It can be a lead generator, delivered as a digital download or ebook. Be sure to deliver the report in exchange for email addresses so you can build up your marketing database list. Blog this on Blogger. Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 30, 2010

In a recent speech by Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research at the ITSMA Marketing Leadership forum it occurred to me that customer acquisition is no longer an “end state” for marketers its somewhere in the middle. B2B Marketers need to examine and invest in this area of the spectrum – the customer retention area. Let me explain ….

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Writing on the Web

APRIL 4, 2011

I asked Laura Carlson to share with you here some important perspectives on content marketing. Is Your White Paper a Sales Pitch in Disguise? More often than not, today’s white papers are really just masked sales pitches, too long to keep the attention of today’s buyer. So, now what? technologies to reach the 2.0

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 21, 2010

Ok ok – based on the great response I got from my readers on my last blog post The 4 C’s of B2B Marketing I thought I would try to apply the same principle to Social Media Marketing. It combines a few things you might have read about into one new concept around social media – the 4 P’s of Social Media marketing.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Done properly, search engine marketing (a.k.a. Discover the answers to these questions and others here in seven noteworthy search engine marketing guides from the past year. SEM, paid search, PPC) is a powerful complement to SEO and an effective tactic on its own. Of course, done improperly, it can also be a tremendous waste of money.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 23, 2010

Though the ultimate objective of either a website or blog is ultimately to drive increased sales, the two platforms have fundamentally distinct characteristics. Few businesses can thrive without at least a basic website, and web-generated sales or leads are critical for many firms. Website: static content. Share this on Bebo.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 18, 2010

In the last post we covered how to create a Social Media Lead Flow. And once you have identified the conversations where you think a sales opportunity may be occurring you need to feed that into your listening platform so you can flag those opportunities when they come in. But what if you don’t have a listening platform?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 11, 2010

To help achieve that goal, organizations now adopt formal processes that structure how the listen for mentions of their brands in Social Media and B2B Marketers are no different. Related posts: Social Media Budget Ratio in B2B Marketing In my new advisory role for the members of MENG. Share this on Facebook. Share this on Linkedin.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 18, 2010

Well, SNAP Selling: Speed Up Sales and Win More Business with Today’s Frazzled Customers by Jill Konrath is that kind of book. People are reluctant to add anything more to their frenetic schedules, least of all spending time listening to a sales pitch. Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Facebook. Share this on FriendFeed.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 10, 2010

What’s the real optimal cost per lead for your SEM program? Keep your search marketing program growing? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in some of the best posts on search engine marketing of last year. Finding The Optimal Cost-Per-Lead by Search Engine Land. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 26, 2010

What are the leading marketing thought leaders saying about marketing strategies in 2010? How do you select the right market research to support your goals? Why is content marketing becoming critical? Can you fire your sales force? 12 Marketing Minds, One Free eBook by Search Engine Guide.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 27, 2011

They have significant control of mind share in that space, and their legacy in customer service and sales force automation software is strong. It is made up of sales, service and—wait for it—marketing! So, where does Salesforce.com stand as a marketing automation solution? However, CRM is a trifecta. Share this on Bebo.

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Writing on the Web

JUNE 29, 2010

Both the quantity and quality of my business are vastly improved in terms of marketing ease, deliverability and profits. Others may have put up a crappy 1-4 page website and then wondered why it doesn’t bring in leads. To do marketing? To build an email marketing list? brand recognition, market positioning.

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JUNE 25, 2010

They are also the first words that come to mind for many consultants (along with images of the overly aggressive, overly slick, walking sales cliché) when they are told they need to sell. While being salesy is ill-advised for almost any sales rep, it is particularly bad for consultants. There is Nothing Wrong with Selling.

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Writing on the Web

AUGUST 25, 2010

Content marketing, even with a strategy and a plan , has a lot of decision points along the way. And you already know how important it is to get in the shoes of readers when you’re composing a sales or landing page. Do you think this is important to do if you’re creating content that leads people to make decisions ?

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The bottom line is that while social media marketing definitely provides benefits (such as a higher conversion rate for organic search traffic ), it’s not generally effective as a direct promotion tool. Here are seven valuable ways to use social media for business beyond direct selling or lead generation.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 9, 2010

While there are unquestionably many ways that social media marketing results can be measured , the debate rages on as to whether it’s truly possible to quantify the ROI from these activities. Small companies may have so few social mentions to track that the process can be done manually, leading to theoretically perfect accuracy.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 9, 2010

Given that level of popularity and traffic, it’s no wonder that marketers have embraced Facebook in a big way. With a mammoth audience and the acceptance, even embrace, of brands there, why is Facebook success so elusive for b2b marketers? It’s now the second most-visited site on the web , behind only Google. Tweet This!

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Webbiquity

JULY 25, 2011

Promote your content (though not only your content, but other content your readers/followers/fans may be interested in) on popular social bookmarking sites like Digg , delicious , Reddit and StumbleUpon. See the reputation management question below. Then you can move on to whichever more advanced tactics are relevant to your business.

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Webbiquity

JULY 25, 2011

Promote your content (though not only your content, but other content your readers/followers/fans may be interested in) on popular social bookmarking sites like Digg , delicious , Reddit and StumbleUpon. See the reputation management question below. Then you can move on to whichever more advanced tactics are relevant to your business.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Old connections also often lead to new ones: I’ve introduced people who should know each other and been introduced to others who have become mentors, clients, or friends. Social media can not only lead you to the answer, but let you know which alternative answer is probably best based on the level of social influence of the writer.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I understand you don’t want Wikipedia to devolve into a collection of marketing brochures. That does not mean, however, that any sentence which could possible be construed in a positive light constitutes “marketing&# and deserves to be stricken from the pure environment of Wikipedia. No one does. I certainly don’t.

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