Last month, I wrote about 2 challenges to keyword collaboration. Among other things, I argued for the importance of developing a corporate keyword database for digital marketers. Without keyword collaboration, your digital assets will compete for the limited time and attention of your audience. Keyword collaboration isn’t just important for digital marketing. Brand marketers need the right keywords to do a better job naming products and writing messaging guides. Case Study: US Open Marketing. Photo credit: Wikipedia. MORE >>

While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business. Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009. Although fewer Americans use Twitter than Facebook, Twitter users “are far more likely to follow Brands/ Companies than social networkers in general. Twitter users frequently exchange information about products and services.” MORE >>

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. Earlier this month, I released the 20 B2B Marketing Blogs you need to read. hope you find this to be a valuable resource for your B2B Marketing efforts. Top B2B Marketing Influencers – Companies. Powerful. Complete. MORE >>

In just a few short years, Twitter has transformed from an odd little sort of public IM service where people posted what they just ate for lunch or what their cat was doing at the moment into one of the big four social networks and a significant channel for news, PR & marketing, politics and more. It has enabled revolutions in real life as well as in digital marketing. Twitter’s 200 million users collectively tap out a billion tweets per week. Nearly 3/4 of active Twitter users are bloggers. How can Twitter to used to support SEO efforts? MORE >>

Many B2B companies start their social media adoption with Twitter because it seems to be the easiest platform to jump right in without a plan. Let’s start twittering, the boss says. And the junior marketer complies. With that in mind, this post offers 10 helpful tips for B2B marketers who are running the company Twitter account. If you are an old hand at Twitter, there might be something here that is a good reminder. Just copy and paste into your favorite Twitter client and update. Use industry keywords in your Twitter bio. MORE >>