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Plan for the Social Buyer Before It’s Too Late

Tony Zambito

Image via Wikipedia.   Morgan Stanley (2010) recently reported in a study that there are now more social network users than email users.    An even more profound and sobering fact is that 80% of business buyers today say that they found their vendors as opposed to vendors finding them. 

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What does Audience Development Really Mean to Social Media, Digital Marketing, and Content Marketing?

Tony Zambito

Image via Wikipedia. One of the interesting outcomes of the rise of Social Media , Demand Generation , and Content Marketing in 2010 was the increasing use of the term audience development.  In the new world of content marketing, the idea of thinking like a publisher has taken root.    How? 

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Turn B2B Buying Into a Social Experience

Tony Zambito

Image via Wikipedia. B2B marketing and sales has lived in a neat framework centered on the purchase transaction.  B2B buyers are increasingly thinking less in terms of a transaction and more about the experience.  What is going on today is B2B buyers are expecting more social experiences. 

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A Conversation on 7 Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011

Tony Zambito

Image via Wikipedia.   My recent post entitled Seven Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011 is one of those instances for me personally.    Thanks to Lou Dubois from the Customer Collective for his editorial and moderation guidance and for the gracious subtle hints by Stephanie Tilton of Tenton Marketing

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11 Underdog Brands That Differentiated Themselves From the Competition

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By 2010, Apple exceeded Microsoft in sales for the first time in 10 years. All of their marketing is consistently simple and honest; it’s all “For the Love of Beer,” (a tagline that other breweries probably wish they thought of first). Burt’s Bees Hand Salve illustrated package design (Image source: Wikipedia ). 4) Burt''s Bees.

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Top 35 B2B Marketing Posts for May 2010

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Best of B2B Marketing. Great stuff in the world of B2B Marketing this month. 9 Social Listening & Tracking Tools - Marketing Genius Blog , May 7, 2010 Here is a list of 9 social media tracking and monitoring tools. Is The White Paper Dead for B2B Marketing? Want your posts included here? come at a price.

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Top 56 B2B Marketing Posts for September 2010

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Best of B2B Marketing for September 2010. Great stuff in the B2B Marketing world in September. 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.