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2011 B2B Marketing Trends

Webbiquity

The categories with the largest percentage of marketers reporting plans to reduce spending next year were high-cost offline tactics: direct mail, trade shows and print advertising. Tactics like telemarketing, PR and PPC advertising fell predominantly into the “somewhat effective&# camp. .&# Share this on Bebo.

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Four Ways to Measure Social Media Marketing Results

Webbiquity

The prospect or buyer likely had several other exposure points to your brand prior to that click (visiting your booth at a trade show, hearing someone from your company speak, seeing an ad, reading about your firm on a blog or an industry trade press article or analyst report, etc.). Influence: a.k.a. Share this on Bebo.

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2010 B2B Marketing Budgets and Mix Trends Research

Online Marketing Institute

When rating these tactics on effectiveness, on average, fewer than one in five of marketers who use social media says it is highly effective for branding and lead generation. Email, search marketing, and inside sales were the only tactics to show steady upward trends for both branding and demand generation since 2007.

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Viral Marketing for B2B Lead Generation, Part 2: Viral Promotion

WebMarketCentral

Top Viral Promotion Tactics Sending an email to a house list is the most commonly-used form of viral promotion. It's not the the most effective tactic, but nearly everyone does this because it costs virtually nothing. After blog and trade press mentions, social media and social tagging sites such as Digg and del.icio.us

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Best Email Marketing Tips, Tactics and Metrics of 2010

Webbiquity

Email Marketing Tips and Tactics. She then details five considerations to keep in mind in order to maximize the impact of both channels, along with tactics like repurposing newsletter content in short snippets as social media messages. Integrate your email and social media marketing efforts to improve results through both channels?

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Social Media ROI vs. RONI

WebMarketCentral

Consider, for example, a tactic viewed by many marketers as extremely measurable: Google AdWords. John Wanamaker 's observation that " “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half” is still (largely) true. Much has been written about the weaknesses of last click attribution.

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The Ultimate Glossary: 120 Social Media Marketing Terms Explained

Hubspot

Digg - Digg is a social news website that allows members to submit and vote for articles. Inbound marketing leverages tactics such as SEO, blogging, social media, lead generation, email marketing, lead nurturing, and analytics. Reddit - Reddit is similar to Digg.