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Activate Acquires Green Leads

Smashmouth Marketing

He tells me he’s hired her now at three companies, CIC, PC Connection and now BAO, and that she’s the best client service leader he’s ever worked with. 2008 The two of us get married. 2010 Expanded our pipeline generation offering with MQLs/HQLs (marketing qualified/highly qualified leads). 2008 The two of us get married.

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How B2B Brands Can Benefit from Social Listening

Brandwatch Marketing

But what about those B2B companies that sell their services to other businesses? Alternatively, they can keep an eye on the audience that really matters: the kind of people that are looking for their brand’s types of products and services. They can then contact these people/companies and attempt to nurture them into sales.

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How B2B brands can benefit from social listening

Brandwatch Marketing

But what about those B2B companies that sell their services to other businesses? Alternatively, they can keep an eye on the audience that really matters: the kind of people that are looking for their brand’s types of products and services. They can then contact these people/companies and attempt to nurture them into sales.

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The Twilight renaissance: Why retailers need social media for trend forecasting

Sprout Social

But thanks to the combined forces of Netflix and social media, teens are flocking to thrift stores to find everything you probably wore back in 2010. Even a vampire romance movie from 2008. If it looks like Bella Swan might have worn it in the 2008 film adaptation of Twilight, it fits the vibe. Here’s why.

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How Did We Do??!! How (Not) to Ruin the Customer Experience by Asking for Feedback

Webbiquity

Web searches for “online reviews” took off, doubling between July 2008 and January 2011. Spend a weekend shopping, running errands, and maybe getting the car serviced, and you may well end up five, six, even 10 desperate emails in your inbox on Monday morning. Yelp, founded in 2004, began to get traction. How did we do?

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More on Marketo Financials: Despite Past Losses, Prospects Are Bright

Customer Experience Matrix

million) for 2010. Data I've collected over the years shows that Marketo had about 120 clients at the start of 2009, 325 at the start of 2010, and should end 2010 with about 800. The table below throws in a reasonable guess for 2008 as well. million in 2009 and $21 million in 2010. million actual vs. $10.4

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2010 B2B Marketing Budgets and Mix Trends Research

Online Marketing Institute

Here are some of the more interesting things found in the January, 2010 survey: 1) Social media became the hot new marketing tool. Almost half (49%) employ corporate blogging, a number much higher than the 32% who embraced this digital medium in 2008. More than half of respondents (55%) said they use Twitter for marketing purposes.