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Maker’s Mark: PR Debacle or Social Media Genius?

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A mere week later, after a firestorm of protest erupted on social media and the Internet in general, the company reversed course. And I began to ask the question: what if the whole affair were not a mistake at all, but instead, a masterstroke of social media marketing?

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Meeting the Needs of the Self-Serve B2B Buyer

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The sudden, wholesale transition to remote work and virtual teams has only accelerated trends that were evident pre-COVID, led by younger generations of digital consumers who brought their buying preferences to the office (even if that office is now their living room). Key Finding 1: Buyers have all but replaced vendor-provided content.

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Report: B2B Blogging Trends in 2011

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Tony Karrer and Tom Pick, founders of the popular B2B Marketing site B2B Marketing Zone just released a compelling report on B2B Blogging Trends in 2011. Reproduced with permission from B2B Blogging Trends in 2011 , © 2011 Aggregage. My contribution is reproduced (with permission) below.

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Salesforce “State of Marketing” Report: Better Happy Than Good

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The report covers a wide range of trends and topics, but focuses on the best practices most common amongst “high-performing” marketing teams. 75 percent of high-performing teams report that social is generating ROI. In my view, social media remains one of the great untapped opportunities for marketing ROI, especially in B2B.

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Forrester: B2B Companies Score Low in Marketing Best Practices

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Is that a reflection of a larger trend, namely that marketers are no longer just responsible for front end lead generation? Account-Based Marketing (ABM) has also accelerated the trend. I concluded that, as a discipline, B2B marketing is advancing quite well in what I call the B2B Marketing Renaissance.

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Pearlfinders Index Offers Insight Into Marketing Execs’ Plans for 2H 2012

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In their most recent report, the Pearlfinders Index Q2 2012 (free download, no registration required), the company offers detailed insight on trends and patterns across a wide spectrum of marketing services. Customer acquisition was the main catalyst for 62% of advertising investments in Q2. •

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10 Ways to Generate More Leads from Your Business Blog

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If you’re not generating leads – as in: a lot of leads – from your company’s blog, you’re missing out on what is perhaps not only your best opportunity to convert organic Web traffic into actionable, measurable sales inquiries, but also the best way to actually show real ROI from your social media investment. No problem.