SmartBug Media

JUNE 13, 2023

Ideally, e-commerce brands strategically market their products or services without advertising them outright. Allow SmartBug Media’s marketing experts to break it down. Instagram: Key Features Instagram ’s original intention to share photos with friends has evolved significantly since its debut in 2010.

Ideal Customer Profiles 98

Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Management Multi-Channel Tagging 98

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 27, 2023

Marketing podcasts (and coffee) are hot! A few years ago, I was interviewed by Marketing Over Coffee podcast host John J. Tune in to hear our industry’s thought leaders share their two cents on some pretty revolutionary marketing ideas. What is Marketing Over Coffee? This marketing podcast is hosted by John J.

Lead Ranking 185

Lead Ranking Planning Paid Search Agency B2B Thought Leadership 185

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

You can view all the articles posted on socialmedia.org and also in the “Social Media&# category of B2C Marketing Insider. A common theme: almost all the presentations highlighted the importance of identifying and working with the top influencers in your target market as a key starting point and component of success.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Paid Search Agency Customer Satisfaction Telemarketing 100

markempa

MAY 24, 2010

BtoB Magazine just published their 2010 Lead Generation Guide. The guide contains information about trends, expert columns, market statistics and vendor lists. BtoB: 2010 Lead Generation Guide. I recommend you check it out.

BtoB 120

BtoB Lead Generation B to B Generation 120

LeadSloth

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

What are the key events to attend when you’d like to learn more about B2B Marketing, Marketing Automation, Lead Management? I’ve compiled a list of the events that matter: B2B Marketing Events for 2010. Some featured events: Silverpop B2B Marketing University. Sales & Marketing 2.0

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services B2B 100

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 4, 2011

On May 7th, 2010 I started this journey to document my thoughts and perspective on B2B Marketing. So as I begin 2011, I want to start by thanking all of you for putting up with my yammering on about the trends, hot topics and occasional outbursts on the state of B2B Marketing today. B2B Marketing Predictions For 2011 , Nov.

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B2B Marketing B2B Advertising Agencies B2B Sales 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Marketing Sherpa last week released its 2010 Social Media Marketing Benchmark report. The report’s authors begin by noting that: “An important transition in the use of social media for marketing purposes is taking place. In business and consumer services, the figures are 54% increase, 1% decrease.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 100

Smashmouth Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

She asked a bunch of B2B marketing experts for their predictions for 2010. Until then, I give you more thoughts to ponder than predictions: Are marketing's goals aligned with sales? Are you shoring up those marketing techniques that are tried and true? Leads per marketing event (blogs, tweets, whitepapers)?

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Cost per Lead B2B Adwords 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 7, 2010

Summary: the demand generation market will continue to grow in 2010, and it may attract some new, big competitors from outside the industry. But the real excitement will be features that expand the scope of demand generation products to support inbound marketing, better measurement, and more efficient content creation.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Marketing Automation Services Work Management 120

Tomorrow People

OCTOBER 3, 2017

How to build meaningful competitive advantage with your content marketing agency to differentiate your offering and stand out from the crowd. Remember 2010? In the world of content marketing , as in current affairs, big changes were afoot. In the world of content marketing , as in current affairs, big changes were afoot.

Advertising Agencies 239

Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Ad Agencies Content Marketing 239

Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 27, 2019

The Sales Manager is always looking for better performance from a team, and in order to get that, you've got to give a little. Here are four things you, as a Sales Manager, need to give your team if you want to get more production out of them: 1. That's what having impossible sales goals are like. Believe me, it works!

Telemarketing 108

Telemarketing Training Intent Webinar Metrics 108

Anything Goes Marketing

DECEMBER 21, 2009

2009 has been a long year but as I reflect back on my many conversations, I've created a top 5 list of items to avoid in 2010: 1. In 2010 you will not have a choice but to make social media part of your overall marketing strategy. This concept needs to be at the forefront of your planning in 2010.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Planning 100

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As part of go to market, loyalty initiatives include a mix of actions, such as VIP programs, product upsells, and campaigns for user-based reviews. Loyalty is one of the four building blocks that creates a core go-to-market framework for businesses. Loyalty marketing has evolved over the years. Source: ZoomInfo.

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Loyalty Personalization Zoominfo Ad Building 226

Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Far and away one of the best blog posts I wrote this year was on the new 4′c of B2B Marketing – it was read over 15,000 times and 3X more popular than the next most read blog post of the year. This inspired me to do a quick 10 Best Posts of 2010 as we slide into the New Year. Is The White Paper Dead for B2B Marketing?

Best Practices 100

Best Practices Social Media Paper Public Relations 100

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2020

Nobody can say with 100% certainty what the future of marketing will look like, but industry professionals can offer useful insights and predictions into some of the possibilities that might be available in the coming years. As marketers, it’s important for us to keep an eye on statistics, research, and trends in data to spot opportunities.

Trends 337

Trends Planning Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency 337

Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Enjoy the following collated list of best blog posts from Connect the Docs in 2010. 2010 Content Marketing Trends and Predictions. Content marketing is changing like never before at a faster pace than we’ve seen in the last 100 years. What is the future of content marketing? The 6C's of Content Marketing.

Viral Marketing 100

Viral Marketing Best Practices Paper Blogger 100

Martech

DECEMBER 4, 2023

As a general rule, marketers should major in the majors. Edge cases are usually considered to be more of an issue for software and hardware developers than they are for marketers. Marketers are dealing with audiences, and it’s understood that some people will fall through the cracks. Marketing is a percentage game, after all.

Work Management 123

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 123

ANNUITAS

MARCH 10, 2016

The changes his invention brought to our world and especially as they relate to marketing, are nothing short of mind blowing. It’s been nearly two decades since marketing automation pushed into the B2B scene with the introduction of Eloqua in 1999. Since then, every marketer is now a potential buyer of this technology.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation Eloqua Paid Search Agency 100

Biznology

MARCH 23, 2018

I’ve been noticing some ironies in the world of B2B marketing lately; you know what I mean. Hubspot preaches inbound marketing as a mantra, right? The result: you get higher quality prospects, with higher conversion rates and at lower cost than traditional outbound marketing. But guess what? Kudos to them. But hold on.

B2B Marketing 190

B2B Marketing Work Management Marketing Management Opt-out 190

Webbiquity

MARCH 26, 2019

Amanda LaGrange helped found Tech Dump as a board member in 2010, while working at General Mills in Corporate Finance. She took on the Director of Marketing role there in 2013, and in 2015 became CEO and launched Tech Discounts. Year founded: 2010, with the specific Tech Dump brand founded in 2011. The Company. The Lessons.

Barriers 240

Barriers Multi-Channel Training Fulfillment 240

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 24, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Why Sales and Marketing Don’t Get Along Talk to marketing mangers and sales managers about their biggest complaint and you will likely hear “They don’t follow up on leads!&#

Planning 100

Planning Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget Creation 100

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 14, 2021

That move led me to become a director of sales operations — a dream role for me! The first time someone offered me a job in sales operations, I wasn’t sure what the role entailed. It was 2010, and I had been working for a software company in Singapore, where I was initially a solutions engineer and then a client renewal sales manager.

Peer-to-peer 95

Peer-to-peer Thought Leadership Work Management Communities 95

markempa

AUGUST 20, 2010

How does Sales perceive the leads Marketing produces? Marketing gives us leads? The second thing I would say is, "When is the last time you've talked with your sales team?”. The second thing I would say is, "When is the last time you've talked with your sales team?”. They love them - couldn't be happier!

BtoB 120

BtoB Peer-to-peer B2B Sales B2B Marketing 120

ViewPoint

MARCH 13, 2014

Nick Stein, Vision Critical, Youth Meets Experience in Sales Force. Click to start video at this point —The young people entering the sales force are changing the dynamic between managers and their reps. Not so long ago, managers and their sales team were in one centralized location. That has pros and cons, Nick said.

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Social Marketing Paid Search Agency Leads 120

Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 1, 2022

Back in 2007, Linda and I had no idea we would have built a global pipeline generation company that the Fortune 1000 and some of the biggest tech firms in the industry would trust to generate their sale pipeline from high level Ideal Customer Profile leads (ICPs) to booked and confirmed Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs, or appointments).

Ideal Customer Profiles 246

Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Qualified Leads Activities Lead Ranking 246

Scoop.it

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Generating leads in SaaS now is different from what it was in 2010. But what is a substitute for the old-good (yet no longer effective) marketing tactics? Some have probably whispered account-based marketing (ABM) in your ear, and you want to dig this topic deeper. Let’s start with the reasons for introducing ABM first.

Account Based Marketing 104

Account Based Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Personalization 104

The Point

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular blog posts from our blog, “ The Point ” in 2010 (as measured by page views). Blog Makeover Nets Sales Leads for Software Company. Comments after the fold. 26 Must-Have Negative Keywords for B2B PPC Campaigns. 7 Mistakes To Avoid In Your Next Webinar Invitation.

Lead Gen 100

Lead Gen Webinar Metrics Salesforce.com Eloqua 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The following excerpt is certainly important to sales and comes from my colleague, Rob Krekstein. This post also appeared recently in B2C Marketing Insider. I have been a student of selling and sales management for more than twenty years, and I have used a grand total of five “closes” during that time.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Telemarketing Work Management Marketing Management 100

LeadSloth

OCTOBER 20, 2010

In short, it is about understanding how marketing and sales drive revenue. It highlights the transition to a more metrics-driven way to optimize sales & marketing for revenue growth. Jeremy Victor has a nice write-up of the 16 sales and marketing reports that measure revenue performance.

Eloqua 100

Eloqua Jigsaw Salesforce.com Work Management 100

Zoominfo

AUGUST 19, 2018

In a 2010 blog post, we state that in order to stay viable, B2B companies need to hire a social media manager. According to one recent study, 93% of B2B marketers reported social media as the most utilized marketing tactic of their teams ( source ). Today, the role of a social media manager is more important than ever.

Social Media 174

Social Media Work Management Marketing Management Media 174

Industrial Marketing Today

DECEMBER 22, 2010

2010 has been another tough year for the industrial sector but I’m encouraged by all the good news that I’ve heard throughout the year about a modest rebound in U.S. In keeping with that spirit, here are my five most popular industrial marketing blog posts from 2010. Marketing Automation vs. Inbound Marketing.

Top of Funnel 60

Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Analytics Tools Curation 60

Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It’s become pretty impossible to escape those themes, particularly if you’re a small business owner or on a sales team. In today’s climate, companies that aren’t adapting to online sales are missing out on a massive opportunity to better meet customer needs and generate more revenue while still cutting costs. Looming recession.

Digital Transformation 59

Digital Transformation Hubspot eCommerce B2B Sales 59

Webbiquity

JANUARY 28, 2011

According to recent research from eConsultancy, “Paid search consumes the largest portion of online lead generation budgets, accounting for 28% of spending (in 2010), up from 22% in 2009.&# Yet many marketers struggle to optimize this channel in the face of increasing competition, changes to Google results pages (e.g.

Adwords 100

Adwords Paid Content Paid Search Agency Tactics 100

NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2019

I feel comfortable doing things by the book and following marketing best practices. Every once in a while, however, at NuSpark Marketing we stray from the best-practice guidelines. The anecdotal evidence that breaking the rules sometimes pays off comes from the world of email marketing. Rule 1: Thou Shalt Not Sell.

Marketing AI 164

Marketing AI Practices Account Based Marketing Best Practices 164

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 16, 2010

In Defy Gravity: Propel Your Business to High-Velocity Growth , Rebel Brown shows business owners and executives how to shed the weight of legacy baggage, filter out the noise and focus on those opportunities which provide the best potential for profitable growth… Social Media Marketing by Liana “Li&# Evans.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Emarketing Media 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

LinkedIn is firmly ensconced among the “big 3″ social networks for marketing and business purposes, and though its base of 80 million members is far smaller than the 600 million users of Facebook, its impact in B2B marketing is larger. Mark Walsh reports on company pages, another new feature added by LinkedIn in late 2010.

Linkedin 100

Linkedin Tactics Tips Work Management 100

ViewPoint

JULY 17, 2013

To read an excerpt from her latest book, Smart Sales Manager , click here. Today’s “new normal” sales landscape has sales leaders scratching their heads, wondering about the best way to structure their sales organizations. Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales?

B2B Thought Leadership 120

B2B Thought Leadership Skype Work Management Thought Leadership 120