It's that time of year when reporters, bloggers and companies take out their crystal ball to predict trends for 2008. Here are my top three trends that will impact the PR industry: Here are links to other Top Trends for 2008: Top Marketing Trends via CRM Blog Jon Fine of Business Week via blip.tv 1.     Let a 100 Blogomerates Bloom: With the relaunch of Industry Standard (I believe as a blog) and the popularity of GigaOm , VentureBeat and TechCrunch , I envision more blogomerates gaining prominence and influence on the media landscape. "Traditional

believe it’s a positive reflection on the efficiency of Twitter to stream the most important news and trends my way before they get summarized by a business periodical. Of these facts and trends, which jumps out for you as having an impact on the way you do business? The Economist is one of my favorite magazines. I

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In this post I want to focus on the trends in Marketing Automation for 2010. These are the trends that are mentioned most often: With that said, I believe the overall trend towards accountability, measurement and marketing ROI will continue to pick up steam. 2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. Several new vendors appeared on the market, many existing vendors experienced rapid growth, and Marketing Automation as a term gained popularity among B2B marketers.

  One of my most popular posts last year was my summary of 2008 trend lists . I’m a little late this year, but better late than never =) When I look back at my three trends, it seems odd that I selected the growth of blogomerates, social media connections for PR and long tail PR. So what do I think will be top trends for 2009? To me, these seem almost second nature! Here are my top three:   Brands that participate in conversations will thrive: Ever more so than ever, the need to participate in conversations with your community/customers is more important.

CoTweet :   Self proclaimed: “how business does Twitter”  a beta app providing for multiple accounts/multiple uses; keyword monitoring and trend tracking, duty cycle alerts, click tracking, tweet scheduling, threaded conversations, and more. Posted in Client Side, Marcom for B2B, Statistics/Factoids/Trends Tagged: B2B Marketing, Marketing Communications, social media, statistics, web tools ...Tags: Other Popular Posts:      DIY Media Buying Or Use A Pro ?   Twitter Deivers A PR Gem       Email Scoop +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (Read time: 3 minutes) I’ll try not to boil the “tool” ocean. 

Tags: Blogging Content Marketing Knowledge Center Marketing Basics News Online Tips & Mini-Guides Trends website How to go from clueless to compelling to transform prospects into buyers In 2007, the mention of content marketing brought as many blank stares from small business owners as the mention of a website did 10 years before. In fact, in 1997 when we started our small business magazine

What are the three trends you see emerging in 2009? Last October, Craig Rosenberg shared some insightful best practices in one of my first thought leadership interviews, titled Lead Generation Best Practices: Thought Leadership with The Funnelholic . He recently turned the tables on me with seven questions of his own as part of his own interview series: Thought Leadership Interview #6: Miller Time: Marketo’s Jon Miller on Lead Generation and Management in 2009 .

Tags: Blogging Content Marketing Knowledge Center Marketing Basics News Online Social Media Tips & Mini-Guides Trend It’s much more powerful than those young whippersnappers–Twitter and Facebook We often talk about the need to develop a content marketing mindset. This requires companies to think like publishers.

Tags: Branding Demand Generation Management Marketing Social Networking Viral Marketing Web/Tech b2b b2b marketing branding demand marketing marketing trends social medi The great global economic meltdown of 2009 has passed, and we are still here and breathing, mostly a sigh of relief. It’s been a tough year for B2B marketers as many of us had to deal with decreased budgets, staff... ...Tags: