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Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 19, 2010 2 Subscribe Life Is Short! So on average, we will spend just half our lives working.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

The report has more interesting stuff and I suggest you spend a few minutes reading it. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! Web Design Webinar Yes, Please Share This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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AUGUST 5, 2010

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 9:00 am and is filed under Hiring , productivity , Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter!

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

They spend on average more than 10 hours a week blogging. Share: Read more from Social Media Blog , Blogwell , Marketing Mix , Social Media 4 Comments Post a comment Andrew Corliss Nov 9 2010 I believe blogging but all acts of social media are now necessary for businesses. Michael Brenner Nov 11 2010 Thanks Andrew!

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

I agee that ALL marketing spend should be tied to quanitifiable results that the sales team and executives want to see. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Pages About Michael Brenner Appearances Search Based on Traction Theme by The Theme Foundry Copyright © 2010 B2B Marketing Insider.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

The first was the Harvard Business Review’s “ Branding in the Digital Age: You’re Spending Your Money in All The Wrong Places &# written by David C. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? Two timely articles I saw yesterday helped me to crystallize these thoughts.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

I have used sales pipeline return on marketing spend. Total unweighted pipeline divided by total marketing spend is a good measure because it allows you to analyze a wider set of marketing activities then if you just looked at closed sales. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Many college kids do not use Twitter or LinkedIn. Depending on your audience, your primary focus should look back to #1, the Customer to understand where they spend their time, what Content would be helpful and in what Context do they expect to receive it. Michael Brenner Oct 2 2010 Thanks Steve and it was great meeting you too.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Marketing spend is much more efficient. Share: Read more from Demand Generation B2B Marketing , Inbound Marketing , Online Demand Generation , Sales Alignment , Sales Funnel , Strategy 2 Comments Post a comment kenny madden Oct 19 2010 AMEN!!! Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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JULY 21, 2010

Source: The Google/TechTarget Behavioral Research Project: Phase 2) Key Takeaways: Spend more budget and time optimizing brand and solution keywords and less time on more generic keywords. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples? How To Shorten The B2B Buyer Cycle With Landing Pages Need to Drive Leads?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Tips for Designing in Powerpoint This entry was posted on Monday, September 27th, 2010 at 9:06 am and is filed under Communication , Online Marketing , Teamwork , Web Design. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 How can we improve this process? You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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MAY 5, 2010

I realize my first blog posts are a bit self-indulgent but since I am only talking to myself and a few friends, I hope you will allow me these few introspections until I grow my followers and hopefully start to dispense pearls of wisdom that become widely shared across the web. We all have a brand and need to channel our inner Brian Solis.

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MAY 5, 2010

I realize my first blog posts are a bit self-indulgent but since I am only talking to myself and a few friends, I hope you will allow me these few introspections until I grow my followers and hopefully start to dispense pearls of wisdom that become widely shared across the web. We all have a brand and need to channel our inner Brian Solis.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

If I decided to spend the money for MarketingSherpa’s Email Marketing Benchmark Guide their benchmark open rate would probably be different. This entry was posted on Monday, February 15th, 2010 at 8:15 am and is filed under Email Marketing , Online Marketing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Well, we know that customers will pay a premium for brands they trust or simply will be more willing to spend their hard-earned money with a strong brand. Michael Brenner Oct 4 2010 Great point: putting yourself in the customer’s shoes is the really the MOST if not the ONLY important thing. Give them what they want.

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JANUARY 6, 2009

Action plan checklist: - Desired results - Probable restraints - Future revisions - Check-in Points - Implications for how the marketer will spend his time I need to stress the first bullet, “desired results”. It is very important to make sure your marketing activities are results-oriented.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Here’s a great example of how one firm used segmentation to optimize their media spend and increase conversions: Mini Case Study Challenge : A large virtualization company launched a paid search campaign to generate leads for their compliance solutions for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Here’s a great example of how one firm used segmentation to optimize their media spend and increase conversions: Mini Case Study Challenge : A large virtualization company launched a paid search campaign to generate leads for their compliance solutions for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).

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MAY 7, 2010

Organizations are spending considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. (See Despite all the hype surrounding social media in B2B marketing, 50% of the marketers said they didn’t blog, 49% don’t use Twitter and 25% don’t use LinkedIn. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

you will be far more successful if you think in terms of WIIFM – make it attractive enough that they will want to spend a few minutes answering your questions. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! United States License.

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APRIL 26, 2010

Junta42 reported that for the third straight year, marketers are planning to spend significantly more on their content marketing efforts. For 2010, approximately six in 10 marketing professionals surveyed plan to increase their spending on content initiatives. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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JUNE 24, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on June 24, 2010 in B2B E-Mail Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking Lately, social media seems to garner all the attention in the media and blog posts with very little mention about email marketing. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 10, 2010 15 Subscribe Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy? Will Deacon Aug 11 2010 Great post.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 10, 2010 15 Subscribe Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy? Will Deacon Aug 11 2010 Great post.

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MARCH 15, 2009

Long-term productivity is the focus on your overall goals, how you spend your time, and what do you need to change in your daily habits that will let you achieve your objectives in the amount of time you have available. Do we even know how much time we need to spend on specific tasks and whether those tasks will get us to where we want?

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Spend 80% of your time writing engaging content and the rest of your time on optimizing your blog. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy October 14, 2010 16 Subscribe Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?! James Oct 18 2010 Great article.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

kenny madden Aug 13 2010 Michael, Great post. On average a software company will spend between $40 – $75K in additional “qualification” costs for every 1000 “leads”. Happy to connect kenny@spiceworks.com Michael Brenner Aug 14 2010 Hi Kenny, thanks for your comments. Here is something I put together on the topic.

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MAY 12, 2010

ROI” and “Sales” are the 4 th and 5 th most important metric according to Chief Marketer April 1, 2010 study. Asked about their online marketing performance measurement ability, the plurality of respondents to that survey (44%) were either working on increasing their capabilities or “struggling” to put a value on their interactive spending.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Companies spend a lot of time and money when they need to hire someone and spend even more when they make a wrong hiring decision. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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JUNE 21, 2009

Commitment : you will have to commit to spending time developing your social media strategy; it doesn’t work overnight and require backing from your company willing to let you spend time doing it. Veredict : If you are new to using LinkedIn and Facebook for your business, Elyse’s presentation is a great starting point.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Instead of spending most of their marketing budget on traditional industrial marketing channels like trade shows or direct mail, Vico produces webinars and creates content that site visitors download and others link to. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc.

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MARCH 9, 2010

We also spend some time talking about the emails we hated and those that could be improved. I think the only good thing going for them is that their name is recognizable and so people may spend some time deciphering their email. This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 12:15 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.

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JUNE 15, 2010

The client uses their in-house resources to regularly update the site content without spending more money on our professional marketing services. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. We converted several of their PowerPoint files into online Flash presentations to highlight the primary benefits and features of their software suite.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

Don’t force them to spend extra time or use multiple clicks because of a non-intuitive navigation scheme. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers. Thanks for the post.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

You should spend considerable amount of time in planning your strategy for effective lead scoring. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

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