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B2B Marketing Mix: Will Online, Social Tactics Lead?

Online Marketing Institute

I hope this blog brings you a fresh perspective on the future of B2B marketing and best practices that you can put to work today to improve Marketings standing and influence inside your firm. This blog draws on the heritage of my Forrester research. This is the first year we asked about the role of the corporate Web site.

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B2B Marketing’s Measurement Problem

Digital B2B Marketing

In short, they get the benefit of much of the work your other marketing efforts did. Ultimately most B2B marketers focused on lead generation come to the conclusion that banners don’t drive leads , print advertising is ineffective or telemarketing still reigns supreme. The solution isn’t simple.

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Managing Marketing Content Across the Customer Life Cycle

Vision Edge Marketing

Forrester defines the customer life cycle as follows: “The customers’ relationship with a brand as they continue to discover new options, explore their needs, make purchases, and engage with the product experience and their peers.” Content marketing is part of the marketing mix, not a substitute for it. .

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B2B Social Media Strategy and Executive Buy-in

Marketing Insider Group

I link to some of the latest research from firms like emarketer, Forrester, Morgan Stanley and the Altimeter Group and cite popular social media experts like Charlene Li, Shannon Paul, Jay Baer and Jason Falls. I explain the 5 steps required to gaining executive buy-in.

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Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard!

Marketing Insider Group

Paid search is an important part of our marketing mix and one that has driven…(fill in something quantifiable like sales, leads or contacts followed by the number of total impressions because that usually sounds like an impressive number). Search is really hard to explain. So here’s my best shot.