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AUGUST 8, 2012

Here is another sneak preview of the new B2B Content Marketing Report that will be released later this month. We asked over 30,000 members of the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn about their most popular content marketing tactics.

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MAY 30, 2012

B2B buyer behavior has been changing dramatically over the last few years as buyers increasingly refuse to be interrupted by traditional outbound marketing tactics. But as they embark on content marketing strategies, B2B marketers are asking themselves questions like: What types of content should I create?

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

Here is a recent survey report on B2B technology marketing collateral trends from Eccolo Media that you may find interesting: “ Eccolo Media 2009 B2B Technology Collateral Survey Report ”. 1 form of collateral influencing technology purchasers.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

With 2011 coming to a close, what do you think will be the major trends and priority shifts for B2B marketers in 2012? Take the 2-minute survey to share your thoughts: [link] You will receive a copy of the survey report as a thank you!

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JULY 2, 2012

Last month, we asked over 30,000 members of the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn about content marketing. Here is the first in our series of sneak previews of the survey results (the complete report will be available shortly). The first survey question was "What are your top-3 goals for content marketing?"

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JULY 17, 2013

The key to marketing success online is educating prospects. If a technology firm is going to have a successful online marketing campaign, it needs to revolve around the educational content being produced. It is through content that many other online marketing channels flow best. Content is king. Why, you ask?

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

MarketingSherpa asked more than 900 B2B marketers how they expect their marketing budgets to change for 2011. The results are in: The majority of B2B organizations are increasing marketing budgets for inbound marketing tactics, including social media, virtual events and webinars, SEO and PPC. this year over 2009.

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JUNE 19, 2010

Last week, we talked about the changing B2B marketing mix (" Is Traditional B2B Marketing Dead? We are currently conducting a social media survey among B2B marketing professionals, and one of the questions is aimed at better understanding what activities marketing teams are doing more or less of than 3 years ago.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

We are conducting a survey of B2B marketing professionals. One of the questions is asking participants to select the biggest challenges B2B marketers face when it comes to social media. Stay tuned for more sneak peaks and the complete survey report to be available soon.

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APRIL 14, 2010

In my last post “ 5 Steps to B2B Marketing Success ” we established a simple approach to improving success in B2B marketing, starting with understanding your audience, building a strong value proposition, mapping out the buyer’s journey, building compelling messages and content, and finally, investing in robust marketing automation.

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JULY 10, 2010

We often discuss in this blog how B2B marketing is becoming more complex, and how to manage this complexity. Marketing is getting involved in many more areas that touch the customer along the buying process, multiplied by a dizzying variety of new tactics, online communications and engagement platforms.

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APRIL 8, 2010

By Holger Schulze Major shifts are taking place in B2B marketing that started a few years ago but have accelerated in recent months – in the marketplace as well as inside vendor organizations. They are tuning out a lot of the marketing noise they receive which makes it harder for marketers to reach audiences the old fashioned way.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

One of my recent posts (“ The Top-10 B2B Marketing Trends for 2011 ”) received a lot of great comments. The number one marketing trend for 2011, according to the 17,000 member B2B technology marketing group on LinkedIn, is the increasing integration of social media with traditional marketing tactics to drive qualified leads.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

by Laura Patterson Many organizations can achieve substantial growth by entering a new market with a well thought out and flawlessly executed plan. It’s surprising -actually alarming -at how many organizations attempt this strategic endeavor without a Go-to-Market (GTM) plan and end up flying blind into new territory.

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AUGUST 26, 2012

The new report " B2B Content Marketing Trends 2012 " is now available on Slideshare. Be one of the first marketers to share the brand new report with your friends and colleagues via Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook (just go to Slideshare and use the social sharing feature)! from last year 4.

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JUNE 22, 2010

I was surprised to learn that a plurality of B2B marketers (45%) say they don't have ANY metrics in place for measuring social media effectiveness. Something tells me that B2B marketers will get away with this only for a short time until investment in social media comes under increased scrutiny.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Educate me with new ideas or perspectives Producing educational content for your audiences pulls a lot of marketing weight -- and it contributes to sales, too. At the beginning of a relationship between buyer and seller, as you’re closing the sale, buyers report that they want to see a willingness to collaborate.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn conducted a survey earlier this year to explore the rapidly changing landscape of social media in the context of B2B marketing. The survey generated over 270 responses from B2B marketers - and the results are in! What is your experience with social media in B2B?

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