Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

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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

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

According to SirrusDecisions research, the B2B buyer receives 20.3 Therefore B2B and industrial marketers continue to favor email marketing over other direct marketing channels. Savvy B2B email marketers are being very creative in order to rise above the noise, get their lists to open their emails and take a desired action.

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Want to compare the historical growth of your RSS subscribers to your YouTube channel subscribers?

Social Media 117

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 117

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website The 6 essential rules of a website redesign – Ignore them at your peril by Achinta Mitra on January 26, 2010 in Industrial Websites , Search Engine Optimization (SEO) , Website Design & Development Is you current website an asset or a liability?

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Creation Made Easy by Achinta Mitra on August 24, 2009 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Blog Are you struggling with creating content? an industrial and business-to-business (B2B) marketing communications company in Houston, Texas.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers. This is especially misplaced with group written blogs, where the broad content focus and inconsistent tonality makes RSS subscription less likely.

Webinar Metrics 132

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Paid Search Agency Blogger 132

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Better ROMI (Return-On-Marketing-Investment) is one of the many reasons that more and more b2b marketers are turning to Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation. Unlike B2C, B2B customers generally have a significant Lifetime Value beyond the initial purchase. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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ROMI Ad Building Marketing Automation Services Privacy Policies 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 30, 2010

Doesn’t your B2B marketing strategy deserve a makeover? As we wrap up the first quarter, try out these 5 ideas to improve your B2B marketing strategy: 1. If your B2B marketing strategy is heavily concentrated in one channel, or marketing efforts are completely siloed, it may be time to consider a more holistic, comprehensive strategy.

B2B Marketing 48

B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Marketing Management 48

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

MEMBER LOGIN > | BECOME A MEMBER > Column: Strictly Business Finding The Right Calls-To-Action For Your B2B Website Nov 17, 2010 at 12:23pm ET by Shellie Foriska Marketers continue to search for ways to convert more website visitors into actual leads. Using the power of website analytics can help make that search a little easier.

Paid Content 40

Paid Content Marketing Websites Paid Search Agency Webcast 40

Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Quick question: it looks like Backtype has changed its business model, removed the search feature from the website and instead is now focusing on overall analytics. Heather Rast 07/06/2010 at 8:18 PM Permalink Hi, Elizabeth! Read our thoughts on B2B trends in Professional Services, Financial Services and Healthcare.

Social Media 40

Social Media Lead Ranking B2B Thought Leadership Lead Scoring 40

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

If your blog is consistent enough that you believe RSS subscription is realistic, make sure visitors can easily subscribe to your RSS feed. (As then you have a much better chance that they’ll return or sign up for your RSS feed, email newsletter or other call to action. At first, you knew everyone at the party.

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 120

Online Marketing Institute

APRIL 4, 2011

Real-Time Activity Stream 5 Steps for Crafting an Effective B2B SEO Blogging Strategy Derek Edmond | Mar 4, 2011 | 0 Comments Search engine marketers frequently recommend blogging as a tactic for achieving search engine optimization ( SEO ) goals. The Argument for B2B Blogging Some may argue blogging is a " dying initiative. "

SEO 40

SEO SEM Effectiveness Enterprise Management 40

Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 25, 2010

BLOG HOME ARCHIVES RSS/XML BECOME A MEMBER MARKETINGPROFS Adam Needles BIO 01.21.10 BLOG HOME ARCHIVES RSS/XML BECOME A MEMBER MARKETINGPROFS Adam Needles BIO 01.21.10 Is this the best projection of market growth — i.e., is this ‘the number’ for 2010? Is their definition the same as mine?

Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Top of Funnel Work Management 40

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The B2B Social Media Marketing Series is supported by IDG Enterprise. Digital marketing is gaining traction in a number of industries, and business-to-business (B2B) marketers are in on that trend, too. Let us know how your brand uses social media for B2B marketing in the comments below.

Social Media 40

Social Media Enterprise Management Social Marketing B2B Marketing 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

by Bill Binch B2B companies don’t have the same luxury that businesses had in former years, when sales controlled consumer behavior. Using revenue cycle analytics to determine what sources of leads converts the highest or the fastest can help the two teams prioritize activities to fill the funnel with desired type of lead.

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Top of Funnel Forecasting Digital Marketing Funnels Sales Qualified Leads 48

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

MEMBER LOGIN > | BECOME A MEMBER > Column: Strictly Business 6 Tactics For Overcoming The High Cost Of Clicks In B2B PPC Jun 8, 2010 at 9:05am ET by Andy Komack For anyone involved in marketing their B2B companies via paid search, it’s painfully obvious that the cost of clicks can be prohibitively high.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Mark Jackson | August 18, 2010 | 0 comments ); //]]> Share Tweet My company has recommended blogging to many of our search engine optimization clients. SEF June 9, 2010 Community activity stream Most read Tag cloud Pop-out the activity stream to keep a real- time feed of what ClickZs community is saying, reading and sharing.

Paid Content 40

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Marketing Websites B2B Thought Leadership 40

Online Marketing Institute

MAY 26, 2010

There are many more such as monitoring tools and more defined analytics. Article comments: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 12:21:08 PM by Tina Great info, easy read! Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:38:27 PM by Tony Karrer Great post. I find that most b2b marketers ultimately care about quality leads. Read his blog here [link].

Social Media 40

Social Media Advertising Channels Media Blogger 40

B2B Marketing Savvy

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Even when some research indicates that ~40% Twitter traffic is “pointless babble&# ( Pear Analytics study ), the potential audience/traffic is large, indeed. Another social media research scientist, Dan Zarrella ( bio here ) pulls apart re-tweet trends and success analytics. His data presentation is posted at SlideShare here.

B2B Thought Leadership 40

B2B Thought Leadership Advertising Benchmark Viral Marketing Social Networks 40

Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

Implement “subscribe” buttons via RSS and Email 23. Subscribe to SmartBrief newsletters, RSS feeds, and Google alerts in order to find ideas for new content (that’s how I found this blog!) Jeremy 2010 December 2 at 6:32 am Hey Jeff, I saw your post on Twitter about this article. Nice points and thanks!

Paid Content 40

Paid Content Tips Webinar Metrics Ideal Customer Profiles 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You can also set up various searches from Google, Twitter, etc and run the RSS feeds from each search through Yahoo Pipes and have the resulting feed delivered to your inbox or RSS reader to monitor ongoing. Check out this post from @ktvan on choosing the right one [link] [link] B2B Online Marketing Very informative!

Social Media 157

Social Media Media Paid Content Work Management 157

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2012

RSS Feeds. --> --> Bookmark FOLIOMag.com. B2B: Business Media. 2010 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Call for Entries OPEN! While Facebook and Twitter offer their own analytics tools, a host of third-party offerings exist to pick up where they leave off. B2B Publishing. Mix of B2B and Consumer Pubilshing. Search Jobs.

Social Media 40

Social Media Enterprise Management Marketing Management CMS Development 40

Webbiquity

JANUARY 31, 2011

Twitter came of age in 2010, growing at a scorching pace —from 75 million users at the beginning of the year to more than 190 million by the end of December. Twitter is used (officially) in 65 of the Fortune 100 companies , 63% of small to midsized businesses, and nearly half of all B2B enterprises. Twitter Tools. Related Post.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 5, 2010

You’ll find the answers to these questions and many more here in 50 of the best Twitter tools, posts, how-to guides and rants of 2010 so far. Brian Solis provides a wealth of statistics that answer these questions and more, e.g., 87% of Americans said they were familiar with Twitter in 2010, up from just 26% in 2009.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Real-Time Activity Stream 4 Steps to B2B SEO Accountability Ryan DeShazer | May 4, 2010 | 0 Comments Tweet Though measurement and analytics tools have evolved to a new level of robustness and utility, many (if not most) B2B SEO initiatives are still judged by one primary KPI : rankings. Wed prefer now to focus on PPC."

SEO 40

SEO SEM Paid Search Agency B2B 40

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Theres a never-ending dialogue about the difference between B2B and B2C marketing. But one thing does seem annoyingly true of B2B marketing departments compared to their consumer peers: B2B departments dont learn. Maybe the long sales cycle in many B2B markets is the culprit. Theyre missing out on a hugely powerful asset.

Paid Content 40

Paid Content B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Work Management 40

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake by Achinta Mitra on October 26, 2009 in Industrial Websites , Website Design & Development You’ve read up on all the traffic generation tactics and optimized your site to rank high on major search engines.

Traffic 60

Traffic Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 60

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The B2B Social Media Marketing Series is supported by IDG Enterprise. Digital marketing is gaining traction in a number of industries, and business-to-business (B2B) marketers are in on that trend, too. Let us know how your brand uses social media for B2B marketing in the comments below.

Social Media 40

Social Media Enterprise Management Social Marketing Work Management 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). Tracking Google Analytics No surprise, this is my primary statistical source for Convince & Convert. Despite being free, Google keeps adding functionality to Google Analytics.

Social Media 167

Social Media Media Paid Content Webinar Metrics 167

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 1, 2011

Like Doug I was experimenting with this new technology in all of its forms from RSS, blogging, podcasts, videos, twitter, social networks, Facebook applications, mobile, location based applications and as you have seen me speak about before I think the role of marketing is changing to one that is becoming more like a Marketing Technologist.

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CMO Buzz RSS Network Marketing 100

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Also, Facebook’s enhancements to its Insights analytics product aim to give companies information about their visitors that far exceeds the data available from Google Analytics (another reason Google is freaking out). In the case of this blog, you'll see the top level “like&# in the top right corner by the RSS icon.

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Paid Content Marketing Websites 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Also, Facebook’s enhancements to its Insights analytics product aim to give companies information about their visitors that far exceeds the data available from Google Analytics (another reason Google is freaking out). In the case of this blog, you'll see the top level “like&# in the top right corner by the RSS icon.

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Facebook Marketing Websites Paid Content Social Media 167

Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang Home About Speaking Research Media Contact Subscribe via RSS Connect with Jeremiah: twitter friendfeed linkedin flickr technorati Connect with Jeremiah on twitter A few years ago, critics said Blogging was a fad. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 How about in the B2B space?

Social Networks 40

Social Networks Enterprise Management Marketing Websites Work Management 40

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

MEMBER LOGIN > | BECOME A MEMBER > Column: Strictly Business Why B2B Blogs Aren’t Achieving SEO Success May 26, 2010 at 9:22am ET by Galen DeYoung Earlier this month, I led the Hot Seat Lab on Better Blogging for Business at MarketingProfs’ B2B Forum in Boston. Take some time to take a fresh look at your blog.

SEO 40

SEO Webcast B2B De-duplication 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Concepts under consideration include a variety of different search results (not just by time, but possibly by relevancy or impact), analytics, RSS feeds, widgets and more. What neither of them seems to have is an RSS feed for results, which would be the Holy Grail of Facebook open-graph API monitoring. It's weird on RSS.

Social Media 165

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 165

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The RSS feed is: [link]. They asked us to come and help them with their strategy starting in 2010 and things progressed from there. If you’re a B2B company that gets four tweets a day, to say that you need to staff that nights and weekends is probably not worth the additional expense, but you never know. Listen Now.

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Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Work Management 117