2006 : Interactive keynote speakers include founders from two of the Internet’s most disruptive websites: Craig Newmark of Craigslist and Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia. Social Media bulldog solutions craigslist Daniel Lanois Eloqua Facebook Flaming Lips foursquare Gowalla has the message become the messenger history of sxsw infographic interactive JESS3 jonny cash kim gordon LA Times lou reed marketing automation revenue performance south by southby steve earl SxSW SxSW Interactive The Hurt Locker Twitter Wikipedia willie nelsonby Joe Chernov | Tweet this. premiere. MORE >>

Photo credit: Wikipedia. If you try to keep up with the Internet and social media marketing industry throughout the week, you already know that there is too much information for people to ingest let alone digest (that is unless you don’t have a job or a family or hobbies or a life in general). try not to, but every day I get caught up in passing things along to my readers that are really a distraction and don’t do anything to help them understand Internet and social media marketing better or, even more importantly, apply it to their business. You know why? MORE >>

Photo credit: Wikipedia. Plus, the Internet has made possible the introduction of some excellent new opportunities for identifying prospects at various stages of the buying cycle.  Business lists can be divided into four general types: Compiled files assembled from directories, the Internet, or other public and private sources, by such suppliers as D&B, InfoGroup, Data.com, NetProspex and ZoomInfo. Internet Marketing B2B marketing lists prospectingMarketers can find just about every target company, title and job function they need from traditional list suppliers. MORE >>

In the case of technology roadmaps, the Wikipedia article summarizes well their benefits: Developing a roadmap has three major uses. Internet MarketingColumbus – Photo by Aaron Kim. In the corporate world of business and technology, we are often asked to produce roadmaps for products and processes. Despite what Dilbert may think about it , there’s no doubt that developing a roadmap is a very valuable exercise. After all, if you don’t know where you are going, you have no way to find when you got there. All that is very good, reasonable and wise. So get ready. MORE >>

Photo credit: Wikipedia. Internet MarketingIt’s always a good to examine what beliefs we are operating under–if we have false beliefs that are not examined, then we continue to act on them. B2B marketing is no different–what are the myths that we might believe that are possibly guiding our actions in the wrong direction? With a tip of the hat to Bob Bly, whose June article in Target Marketing magazine dispels 7 B2B marketing myths, I’d like to tackle some myth-busting of my own. . Myth No. 1:  Lead generation is the top job of B2B marketers. Myth No. Wrong.  MORE >>