markempa

MARCH 30, 2005

Recent research shows that reputation makes a huge difference for B2B companies in the following areas; demand creation, lead generation and overall revenue growth. Recent research shows that reputation makes a huge difference for B2B companies in the following areas; demand creation, lead generation and overall revenue growth.

Word of Mouth 120

Word of Mouth Lead Generation WOM B to B 120

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

IDC research shows that because of frugal buyer sentiment, 62% of B2B vendors need more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, and 72% indicate an increase in sales cycle time over the past 6 months. Sources: 1) SiriusDecisions B-to-B Buyer's Survey 2010 2) New Realities about B2B Buying, Jeff Ogden, SandHill.com Blog, Jun.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

email pitches per week, up 32 percent from 2006 according to sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions. Prospect driven buying cycles mean that buyers research solutions on their own, and do their own due diligence, engaging sales much later in the sales cycle. For example, the typical B2B prospect receives an average of 20.3

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Interactive Marketing Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Buying Cycle 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Matter of Trust - although the research indicates that buyers truly rely on vendor content to help drive purchase decisions, with so much noise, buyers have become skeptical of vendor claims. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential. Death of a Salesman?

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Spending Marketing Budget 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2009

University of Missouri Researchers Find Search Process Affects Cognition and Emotion. 40% of Marketers plan to increase their budgets in 2010. Social media use soars among b-to-b marketers. Internet surveys combined with traditional research methods are becoming the norm. Internet Ad spending goes down in Q309.

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Paid Content Online Marketing Paid Search Agency Web 2.0 48

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? From our research and best practices work with leading B2B sales and marketing groups, Alinean provides its top 5 predictions for 2011: 1. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

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MLT Creative

OCTOBER 28, 2010

And a great B2B tech marketing expert @ckburgess Cheryl is managing partner and marketing technologist at Blue Focus Marketing, and winner of a 2010 Shorty Award. I like to see a good idea keep getting better, and The B2B Twitterer of the Year Awards are a great example. B2B_MarketingPR Kim Cornwall Malseed is a good seed.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Valuable research and interactive tools are required. However, new research shows that most buyers rely on vendor relationships and recommendations and not search. 08, 2010 4) IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010.

Demand Generation Agencies 40

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Peer-to-peer Demand 40

MLT Creative

MAY 25, 2010

When our agency is engaged on channel marketing projects, we like to perform primary research (phone surveys, face-to-face interviews) with a select group of our client's B2B target audience. 2010 Lead Generation Guide. What can be done? And in B2B sales, that is certainly far better than just the chirping of crickets. Craig Lindberg.

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Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 7, 2010

B-to-B Offer Strategies: How to Keep Your Sales Pipeline Filled with Qualified Leads. Michele Linn is a B2B marketing consultant specializing creating and promoting buyer-focused content, such as white papers, research reports, feature articles and case studies. May your 2010 bring enviable response rates!

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Generation Lead Scoring 100

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Best of B2B Marketing for September 2010. Best Social PR Guides and Tips of 2010 (So Far) - Webbiquity , September 1, 2010 Social media has fundamentally altered the practice of public relations. B2B Voices , September 1, 2010 Image via CrunchBase. Great stuff in the B2B Marketing world in September. How Is PR Changing?

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B2B Marketing Work Management Marketing Management Advertising Agencies 40

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010 Building an engaged community through a business blog can be extremely difficult — sometimes impossible. Twitter for B2B Marketing - MI6 Marketing Agency , November 18, 2010 Author: Chris Herbert. There better be. Why not use it?

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 40

Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

5 Most Popular Blog Posts Content Marketing: How to get your subject matter experts on your corporate blog (7) Social Marketing: Twitter contest boosts followers 43% (6) Marketing Research: Cold, hard cash versus focus groups (4) Email Marketing: Improve deliverability by deleting subscribers? (4)

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The ROI Guy

JUNE 29, 2011

Overall, buyers continue to prefer documents such as research briefs, white papers and blog posts as the most important form of content along each stage in the buyer’s journey. The podcasts are effective at providing research insights and education, but quickly fall off as a decision support tool in later phases of the decision cycle.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

So, here are the Best of B2B Marketing for August 2010 based on on social signals. Ten social media and technology mega-trends to watch - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , August 10, 2010 I just read a fascinating (and lengthy!) And the hot topics this month are pretty interesting as well - see at the bottom. How do you do it?

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Work Management Advertising Agencies 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? Although social media and blog content have the hype, when we look to which marketing content B2B buyers use more than any other in driving decisions, the white paper shines well above all others (MarketingSherpa and IDG 2010). They do if they are Interactive!

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Paper Work Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? Research shows that customers do not want generic messages or the hard sell, but instead want relevant and consultative tips and advice. Less than 17% trust vendor provided business cases unless third party research / proof is provided.

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