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DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve already published my B2B Marketing predictions for 2011 and while I think I captured a good mix of new and traditional issues, I realized that one thing was missing: a common theme. He goes on to explain how most marketers’ budgets are not aligned to what McKinsey calls the &# customer decision journey.&#

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

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. Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix The New Marketing Accountability 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail A B2B Marketing Manifesto?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

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. Report: Blogs Are An Important Part Of The Marketing Mix The New Marketing Accountability 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail A B2B Marketing Manifesto?

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JUNE 11, 2010

Finally, I provide practical tips for developing your own strategy, gaining the buy-in required to execute the plan and working with your executive team on marketing their own personal brands to your customers. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" A special thanks to Jeremy Victor and Make Good Media for the opportunity.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Try These Traditional Tactics Now Lead Generation Programs That Work About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

Now I know that 2011 planning season is in full swing. It means listening to what will make our customers lives better. It means allowing as many employees in our companies to interact with our customers as real people. Umair even suggests that if we can achieve this, our customers might actually love us. .&#

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DECEMBER 16, 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 December 16, 2010 8 Subscribe What Is The Future Of The Social Media Role? That sounds ominous.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

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JUNE 22, 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 June 22, 2010 1 Subscribe 10 Reasons Why Mobile is Hot! Need to Drive Leads? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Internet Trends From The Web 2.0

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AUGUST 5, 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 5, 2010 Subscribe Holy Cow! Blog more, email market less.” Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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AUGUST 17, 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 17, 2010 Subscribe What Is Marketing Acceleration? Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Less People.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

And fields overflowing with the weeds of bad ideas grown from the seeds of false assumptions… A couple of months ago I experimented with a blog rant on Whatever Happened To Marketing Strategy. So as you finalize your marketing plans for 2011 , ask yourself if you have a solid business case.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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NOVEMBER 30, 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 November 30, 2010 Subscribe Internet Trends From The Web 2.0 Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?

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JULY 6, 2010

Similarly, a recent report from eMarketer titled The Future of Social/E-Mail Integration highlighted the 2 most popular social media and email integration points as adding a Twitter share option in emails and sending blog entries to email lists. by Michael Brenner, July 6, 2010 Related Posts: Need to Drive Leads? Learn more at: [link].

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JUNE 24, 2010

Summit Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Need to Drive Leads? Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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MAY 18, 2010

For B2B companies, social media is more about interaction and knowledge sharing (think whitepapers, videos, thought leadership blogs, etc.). Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Rita’s Water Ice tweeting about their flavor of the month on a hot summer day).

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JUNE 9, 2010

These social media tactics can include the following: blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, social media bookmarking, etc. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" The next step is building your social media strategy while leveraging the findings of your monitoring program.

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JULY 1, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives. "Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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AUGUST 26, 2010

How to Monitor, Analyze and Participate in Customer Conversations using Social Media This post is filled with information surrounding three main topics: 8 Stages of Listening, Developing a Listening Program and Identifying Specific Business Objectives. "Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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JUNE 3, 2010

But customers are looking for you to demonstrate an understanding of their needs before they are ready to engage in the sales process. If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. Know how they rank.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

My sister blog B2C Marketing Insider recently ran this article called Where Search Meets Social: Integrating Social Media into Organic and Paid Search Can Generate Exponential ROI written by Kent Lewis, President and Founder of Social Media and Marketing agencies Anvil Media and Formic Media. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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AUGUST 19, 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 19, 2010 2 Subscribe Life Is Short! Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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JULY 15, 2010

My answer: use your customers and sales people to write about, videotape and blog about successes and tips on navigating through the buying process. What are the most successful lead sources? If you weren’t able to attend, feel free to download my presentation Lead Generation Programs That Work.

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MAY 3, 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 May 4, 2010 7 Subscribe Why am I in Marketing? But that is all we do! I hope you’ll join me.

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MAY 3, 2010

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

To our customers there is no funnel. I believe we should align our efforts to customer needs. The earlier engagement and continuous activity level will create more efficient demand management by delivering against customer needs. Our customers will tell us when they are ready to speak to a salesperson.

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JULY 21, 2010

Michaels B2BMarketingInsider blog is dedicated to sharing the ideas, topics and marketing strategies that drive real results like sales, leads, and higher customer loyalty. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I “live blogged” the event that included Brian Ellefritz from SAP, Anna Lingeris from Hershey, Marc Monseau from Johnson & Johnson, Ivy Li from Scholastic, Leah Patterson from Sungard, Jonathan Haley from BlackRock, Kate Bird from Pfizer and Discovery Communications’ Amber Harris. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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JUNE 18, 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 June 18, 2010 3 Subscribe Need to Drive Leads? But social media has opened up a channel.

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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. In the FastCompany Expert Blog post “How to Measure Brand Value: Likes, Followers, Influencers, Views? But how do you measure brand value in the social age?

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Quantity 6 Content Marketing Tips That Drive Leads 11 Reasons Why Outbound Telemarketing Programs Fail About Michael Brenner Michael Brenner is the author of B2BMarketingInsider and serves as Director of Online and Social Media Marketing for SAP. We’re a sales blog that offers tips and advice to b2b sellers.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This misses the point, of course, since social media is about customer relationships and not really about the technology at all. They are: Customers: something that is missing from many social media plans is the focus on customers. And once you have a customer, you need to keep them. Community is how social media scales.

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JULY 13, 2010

As user-generated content becomes a greater part of professional workflow, it is important for B2B marketers to understand not only where their customers are interacting, but also their motivations when they are consuming or participating in these communities. Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?" Click here to cancel reply.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Social media is simply about having an interaction with customers (at the most basic level) in all the places where our customers are hanging out. Customers are expecting it and some of them are making businesses pay a steep cost when the brand presence isn’t there. Quite simply: Executive buy-in. It’s all about content!

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Well we need to focus on wringing out every lead and every deal from our funnels. Opt-outs increased and our brand image suffered — all because we were spamming our customers. What we need is Insight-driven marketing that starts with the customer. Then the economy turned. Squeezed out. This is not about tactics.

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