Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Many are contradictory, but it's clear that marketers need to invest in social media, which might eventually replace search as the primary way that customers find them. I’m sitting on a panel next week that will discuss long-term marketing trends. Marketers might be investing in blogs than they are really worth.

Spending 120

Spending Media Mobile Advertising Forrester 120

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 5, 2009

Anyone can learn how to become more effective as long as they apply themselves to it and marketers are no exception. In 2004 Drucker wrote an article for Harvard Business Review Magazine titled “What makes an effective executive”. Combining both sources, you have excellent material to guide you in becoming a better marketing manager.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Effectiveness 100

The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking What is an Effective Marketer? An effective marketer, therefore, is someone who can accomplish his/her goals and produce the results set forth by the company. Now we are getting somewhere.

Planning 100

Planning Effectiveness Work Management Marketing Management 100

Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 7, 2017

That’s the question that content strategist and UX specialist Melissa Eggleston answers in her Content Marketing World talk, Zombies All Look the Same: Using Identity-based Content Strategy to Stand Out. This article peeks into Melissa’s messages for marketers. 8 Big Questions From Content Marketing World to Ask Year Round.

Brand Identity 96

Brand Identity Branding Business CMO 96

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 7, 2010

However, the role of B2B marketers is changing and evolving more into revenue generation. The recently released B2B Marketing Skills Survey jointly done by Genius and BtoB Magazine reveals some new trends and contradicts certain popular beliefs. Stay tuned as the role of B2B marketer continues to evolve.

Lead Generation 60

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Web 2.0 B2B Marketing 60

Atomic Reach

JANUARY 3, 2019

This is where content marketing comes into play. Content Marketing allows brands to speak to you while coming across as authentic, empathetic, and dedicated to connecting with you. According to Content Marketing Institute , content marketing receives 3 times the leads per dollar spent when compared to paid search.

Paid Content 112

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Content Marketing 112

Chris Koch

AUGUST 7, 2009

When I covered CIOs for 13 years at CIO Magazine, I found that it was very difficult to generalize about the profession, beyond a handful of universal problems such as alignment with the business and the complexities and the voracious needs of the IT infrastructure. And that has big implications for marketers. Business Strategist.

Planning 100

Planning Segmentation Work Management Gartner 100

Chris Koch

AUGUST 7, 2009

When I covered CIOs for 13 years at CIO Magazine, I found that it was very difficult to generalize about the profession, beyond a handful of universal problems such as alignment with the business and the complexities and the voracious needs of the IT infrastructure. And that has big implications for marketers. Business Strategist.

Planning 100

Planning Segmentation Work Management Gartner 100

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 8, 2011

But for marketers, there is nothing better than good press coverage in a respected trade publication. I’ve always read CIO Magazine to learn more about the IT business, and to keep on top of the latest news. The 2009 article caught my attention because this CIO was Making IT Fun Again , and I like fun. It’s a fun story.

Press 100

Press Social Media PR Media 100

markempa

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Entrepreneur magazine (February 06) says is a must read for sales managers. Continue reading if you want to see the questions I plan to ask Jill.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Paid Search Agency Companies Generation 120

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2009

In the fourth of a series of Thought Leader interviews for MarketingSherpa's 6th Annual B2B Marketing Summit 2009 , we talk to Richard Fouts, research director at Gartner, Inc., Richard: Sure, there are a range of benefits to blogging that inform all phases of what we at Gartner call the marketing activity cycle.

Gartner 100

Gartner Social Media Social Marketing Planning 100

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 8, 2009

In the fourth of a series of Thought Leader interviews for MarketingSherpa's 6th Annual B2B Marketing Summit 2009 , we talk to Richard Fouts, research director at Gartner, Inc., Richard: Sure, there are a range of benefits to blogging that inform all phases of what we at Gartner call the marketing activity cycle.

Gartner 100

Gartner Social Media Social Marketing Planning 100

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Sales & Marketing. --> Bloggers. --> Resources. ENews Sign-Up. --> Magazine. 2009 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Winners. Digital Magazines. -->. Study: B-to-B Marketers Lagging With Social Media. Data shows about 40 percent of b-to-b brands aren’t using social marketing. Consumer Media. Design & Production.

B to B 40

B to B Paid Content Social Media CMS Development 40

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 26, 2009

focuses on the importance that readers, viewers, and attendees place on business info rmation to info rm and help the purchase/decision-making process. focuses on the importance that readers, viewers, and attendees place on business info rmation to info rm and help the purchase/decision-making process.

Research 40

Research Marketing Management Media Planning 40

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Home » B2B Marketers Have Little Social Media Engagement B2B Marketers Have Little Social Media Engagement Almost 60% of B2B marketers have little or no engagement in social media, according to a recent study by digital marketing firm White Horse.

Social Media 40

Social Media Paid Search Agency Social Marketing B2B Marketing 40

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 3, 2009

B2B Marketing News SMEs flock to BT Tradespace 10 June 2009, 11:30 GMT BT Tradespace has announced 400 per cent year-on-year growth. buy (or rent) business data A 15 point plan on what to look for when sourcing data What techniques could help you take your brand forward?

Business to Business 40

Business to Business Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies 40

Hubspot

APRIL 1, 2018

Then, a fitness craze emerged -- and the folks in Nike's marketing department knew they needed to take advantage of it to surpass their main competitor, Reebok. (At It was a breaking story across the marketing and advertising industry. of the vodka market. Think it's easy to create a whole new market for your product?

Advertisements 101

Advertisements Advertising Best Practices Paid Search Agency 101

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 VMware launches Realized ROI toolkit, powered by Alinean Provides quantifiable proof to customers of the realized ROI from prior VMware deployments. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Budget Programs Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing?

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 VMware launches new version of ROI / TCO Calculator Virtualization is one of the key cost savings initiatives that IT executives are implementing in order to tighten their belts in these uncertain economic conditions. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Is Marketing Too Busy?

ROI 40

ROI Budget Programs Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

To address this growing market opportunity, Alinean developed the EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advisor, a TCO calculator at the heart of this new SMB virtualization marketing campaign. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

SMB 40

SMB ROI Marketing Budget Work Management 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 How TCO is a common sense sales and marketing Tool for Today’s Chaotic Economy My friend and board member Bill Kirwin, original father of TCO analysis with Gartner, put it best when he wrote this article for us on the power of using TCO as a sales and marketing advantage to win deals in these tough economic times.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 40

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Sure, I pay attention to where I’m ranked in the AdAge Power 150 (a broader ranking of all marketing blogs), and I look at my search rankings, etc. But I am incredibly delighted to top the list of content marketing blogs, because for me content marketing is becoming fundamental to business success at every level.

Paid Content 125

Paid Content Content Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning 125

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing?

ROI 40

ROI Enterprise Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Using an Alinean powered ROI calculator, he explained how customers can combine the cloud with existing applications and infrastructure, achieving IT cost savings, flexibility and an ability to get ideas to market rapidly. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Although Forrester was predicting 8-9% IT budget growth earlier in the year, its latest survey of 2,800 global CIOs and other IT decision-makers, revealed that their predictions, as were others, were overly optimistic, with the vast majority of respondents indicating that their budgets remained the same in 2010 as they were in 2009.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Spending 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

As financial due diligence is a requirement, each marketing investment comes under more scrutiny for ROI measures, and understanding the true bottom-line impact of social media marketing becomes a requirement. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Budget Programs Marketing Budget 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence. To paraphrase Tina Turner , we don’t need another acronym.

Social Media 123

Social Media Work Management Marketing Management Media 123

Convince & Convert

MAY 13, 2010

I think Charlene Li may have coined this one) The goal of social media is to turn customers into a volunteer marketing army. Every company is its own TV station, magazine, and newspaper. Social media isn’t inexpensive, it’s different expensive. (I I use this a lot. It’s not viral unless it is.

Social Media 153

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 153

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Is Marketing Too Busy?

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. Most organizations continue to spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives.

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Succession Planning. Marketing IT. Join CIO Executive Council members and participate in the following live teleconferences: * Planning for Succession: Models for IT Leadership Development, June 23. Apply today for a FREE subscription to CIO Magazine! We could tell he wasnt planning to use the tool. Background.

Enterprise Management 100

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 100

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

New Customers in Q1 2010 Alinean has been selected to develop and power value-based sales and marketing campaigns for Wipro , PGI , CSC , CiRBA , MokaFive , Shoretel , Informatica and OfficeMax. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010 Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 2011 according to new Harte-Hanks research Technology marketers are challenged today with handling proliferating marketing channels to reach and engage more overloaded, skeptical and frugal buyers than ever before.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Budget 40

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. I’m constantly referring back to Forrester’s POST methodology when planning campaigns. Technology should only be determined at the last stage of the planning process.

Social Media 118

Social Media Webinar Metrics Media Marketing & Strategy 118

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F. Content Marketing and the Forgotten Sales Professi. How Do You Get Started in Content Marketing?

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Budget Programs 40